On March 10, 2015, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (MLI) issued $750 million aggregate principal amount of subordinated debentures.
The 2.10 per cent fixed/floating subordinated debentures, which are due June 1, 2025 and are guaranteed by Manulife Financial Corporation on a subordinated basis, were offered through a syndicate of dealers co-led by RBC Capital Markets, BMO Capital Markets and Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets and which included CIBC World Markets, TD Securities, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, National Bank Financial, HSBC Securities, Desjardins Securities, Canaccord Capital, Laurentian Bank Securities and Manulife Securities Incorporated.
The debentures were issued under a prospectus supplement dated March 5, 2015 to MLI’s short form base shelf prospectus dated December 13, 2013.
MLI was represented by an in-house team led by Stephen Sigurdson, Executive Vice-President and General Counsel, and Cameron MacDonald, Assistant Vice President, Corporate and Divisional Law. Torys LLP provided external support with a team led by David Seville and which included Jonathan Cescon and Rob Shaw (corporate/securities), Blair Keefe (insurance regulatory) and Catrina Card (tax).