Manulife completes US$1.1 billion senior notes offering

Torys acted as counsel to Manulife in Canada with a team that included Sharon Geraghty, David Seville, Jonathan Cescon, Rory McGillis, Zack Newton and Rebecca Wise (securities), Blair Keefe (insurance regulatory), Tom Zverina (lending) and Jim Welkoff and Catrina Card (tax).

On September 17, 2010, Manulife Financial Corporation ("Manulife") completed a public offering in the United States of US$1.1 billion aggregate principal amount of two series of its senior notes, consisting of US$600 million of 3.40% senior notes due 2015 and US$500 million of senior notes due 2020. The notes were issued under a prospectus supplement dated September 14, 2010 to Manulife's short form base shelf prospectus dated September 3, 2010 pursuant to Manulife's registration statement on Form F-10 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 30, 2010.

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.

Manulife is a leading Canadian-based financial services group operating in 22 countries and territories worldwide.

Further information is found on Manulife's website.