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folio is comprised of eight solar PV facili-
ties: two in California, three in Georgia and
three in Ontario.
e facilities reached commercial opera-
tion between 2012 and 2015, and each uti-
lizes tier-one solar PV modules and invert-
ers. Each plant operates under a long-term,
fixed-price contract with an investment
grade utility.
Axium was represented by Norton
Rose Fulbright LLP in both the US
and Canada, with a team that included
Patrick Groomes, Brenda Hanzl, Byron
Tse and Patrick Selinger in the US and
Andrew Pritchard, Mike Moher, Oliver
Moore, Matthew Bernardo and Daniel
Shapiro in Canada.
Shearman & Sterling LLP acted as US
counsel to RET, with a team led by Chris
Forrester and included Patrick Fischer and
Jeremy Cleveland.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP acted
as Canadian counsel to RET, with a team
led by Ken Pearce and included Neelu
Toor, Andrew ompson, David Mender
(corporate/M&A), Ian Binnie (financial
services), Kathleen Penny and Ian Caines
(Tax), Darren Littlejohn (securities), Dan
Kofman (real estate), Sharon Wong (ener-
gy regulatory) and Navin Joneja (competi-
tion/antitrust).
Latham & Watkins LLP acted as US
counsel for a lending syndicate led by
Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale
(the "Lenders"), with a team led by David
Penna and including Eric Merrill and Ar-
thur Singletary.
Torys LLP acted as Canadian counsel
for the Lenders, with a team led by Scott
Kraag and including Adrienne Love and
Olga Matyash.
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Aerospace & Defence Automotive Materials
Utilities Financials Health Research
Media & Entertainment Recreation & Leisure Advertising & Marketing
E-Commerce Construction & Engineering
Consumer Staples
TRANSCANADA TRUST
CLOSES HYBRID TRUST
NOTE OFFERING
CLOSING DATE: AUGUST 11, 2016
On August 11, 2016, TransCanada Trust
closed its public offering in the United
States of Hybrid Trust Notes Due
2076 for aggregate gross proceeds of
US$1.2 billion.
e notes are guaranteed on a subor-
dinated basis by TransCanada PipeLines
Limited ("TCPL"). e notes provide
TCPL with a cost-effective means of rais-
ing capital, which qualifies for Basket "C"
equity treatment by Moody's Investors
Service, Inc., and for "Intermediate Eq-
uity Credit" by Standard & Poors Rat-
ings Services. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC,
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC
Securities (USA) Inc., Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
(USA) Inc., Mizuho Securities USA Inc.,
Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.,
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated, SMBC Nikko Securities
America, Inc., Barclays Capital Inc. and
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as un-
derwriters in respect of this offering.
TransCanada was represented by its in-
house counsel Lisa Grams and Kelly Gal-
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