LEXPERT MAGAZINE
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JULY/AUGUST 2016 29
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CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS OF IMPORTANCE
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e common shares were offered in each
of the provinces of Canada by way of a pro-
spectus supplement dated March 31, 2016,
to the Company's short form base shelf pro-
spectus dated May 4, 2015.
e common shares were offered in the
United States pursuant to a registration
statement on Form F-10 in accordance
with the multijurisdictional disclosure sys-
tem established between Canada and the
United States.
e offering was conducted by a syndicate
of underwriters led by RBC Dominion Secu-
rities Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC
World Markets Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc.
and including Merrill Lynch Canada Inc.,
TD Securities Inc., National Bank Financial
Inc., Canaccord Genuity Corp., GMP Secu-
rities L.P., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc.,
Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd.,
Morgan Stanley Canada Limited, Raymond
James Ltd., Dundee Securities Ltd., Gold-
man Sachs Canada Inc. and Mizuho Securi-
ties USA Inc.
Silver Wheaton Corp. was represented
in-house by Curt Bernardi (Senior Vice-Pres-
ident, Legal and Corporate Secretary) and
Tamara Howarth (Senior Legal Counsel).
Silver Wheaton was represented externally
by Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP with
a team that included Mark Bennett, Jenni-
fer Hansen and Jenna Clark (securities) and
Christopher Norton (tax).
Paul, Weiss, Riind, Wharton & Gar-
rison LLP acted as US counsel to Silver
Wheaton Corp. with a team that included
Andrew Foley, Christian Kurtz and Aaron
Abramson (securities) and David Mayo and
Rodney Hill (tax).
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP acted
as Canadian counsel to the underwriters
with a team that included Bob Wooder,
Kathleen Keilty, Karim Amlani, Iva Erceg
and Evan Straight (securities) and Kevin
Zimka (tax).
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
LLP acted as US counsel to the underwrit-
ers with a team that included Riccardo Leo-
fanti and Colin Brown (securities) and Eric
Sensenbrenner and Brooke Johnson (tax).
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MANULIFE COMPLETES
SINGAPORE DOLLAR
SUBORDINATED NOTES ISSUE
CLOSING DATE: MAY 25, 2016
On May 25, 2016, Manulife Financial Cor-
poration (MFC) completed an offering in
Singapore of SGD 500 million principal
amount of 3.85 per cent subordinated notes
due May 25, 2026 (the Notes). e Notes
will bear interest at a fixed rate of 3.85 per
cent until May 25, 2021 and thereaer at a
rate of 1.97 per cent over the prevailing five-
year SGD Swap Rate.
DBS Bank Ltd. and Standard Chartered
Bank acted as joint lead managers; Australia
and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
acted as a co-manager for the offering.
e offering was made pursuant to an
offering circular dated May 16, 2016, and
marked MFC's first debt transaction in
Asian capital markets.
MFC was represented by an in-house team
led by Stephen Sigurdson, Executive Vice-
