Fortis completes $500M offering of senior unsecured notes

On December 12, 2016, Fortis Inc. (“Fortis”) completed its offering of $500-million aggregate principal amount of 2.85 per cent senior unsecured notes due December 12, 2023. The offering was made to the public through a syndicate of agents co-led by Scotia Capital Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and TD Securities Inc., and including CIBC World Markets Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc., Merrill Lynch Canada, Inc. and Casgrain & Co. Ltd.

Fortis was represented by
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP with a team that included James Reid, Robin Upshall, David Wilson, Michael Jemczyk, Matthew Rosen, Jonathan Bilyk (securities) and Raj Juneja and Kimberly Brown (tax).
  
The agents were represented by
Stikeman Elliott LLP with a team that included Joel Binder, Anne Weintrop, Aaron Sigal, Yoni Grundland, Rolake Adeniran, Caroline Klinkhoff, Rachel Wasserman, Andrew Chan, Chres Lee and Jonathan Lin (securities), Lindsay Gwyer (tax) and Keith Miller (regulatory).

Lawyer(s)

James R. Reid David T. Wilson Raj Juneja Joel E. Binder Keith F. Miller

Firm(s)

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Stikeman Elliott LLP