Transaction|April 8, 2009
Manulife Financial completes C$600 million offering of medium term notes
Torys acted as counsel to Manulife Financial, working with Richard Lococo, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, David Kerr, Assistant Vice President, Senior Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary, and Michael Ward, Assistant Vice President & Counsel. The Torys team included Sharon Geraghty, David Seville, Jon Reay, Morgan Crockett and Raymond Archer (securities), Blair Keefe (insurance regulatory) and Jim Welkoff and Catrina Card (tax).
On April 8, 2009, Manulife Financial Corporation completed an offering of C$600 million principal amount of 7.768% medium term notes due 2019, pursuant to its medium term note program.
The notes were issued under a pricing supplement dated April 1, 2009 to Manulife's short form base shelf prospectus dated March 12, 2007 and prospectus supplement dated March 27, 2007. The notes were offered through a dealer syndicate led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc.