pcNewsWire – Great-West Lifeco Finance (Delaware) LP, subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco Inc. (TSX: GWO) has completed US $700 million principal amount of 4.15% senior notes due 2047. The notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Lifeco.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC were the joint book-running managers for this offering.
News Release
Great-West Lifeco announces pricing of US$700 million of senior notes
Winnipeg, May 26, 2017. . . Great-West Lifeco Inc. (Lifeco) announced today that its subsidiary, Great-West Lifeco Finance (Delaware) LP (GWLP), has completed its previously announced offering of US$700 million aggregate principal amount of 4.15% senior notes due 2047. The notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Lifeco.
Lifeco and GWLP have entered into a purchase agreement relating to the issue and sale of the notes with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, who acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.
The notes are being sold to qualified institutional buyers in the United States in accordance with Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and to persons outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The notes will not be qualified for distribution to the public under the securities laws of any province or territory of Canada and may not be offered or sold in Canada, directly or indirectly, other than pursuant to applicable private placement exemptions. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the notes nor shall there be any sale of the notes in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Great-West Lifeco
Great-West Lifeco Inc. (TSX:GWO) is an international financial services holding company with interests in life insurance, health insurance, retirement and investment services, asset management and reinsurance businesses. Lifeco has operations in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia through Great-West Life, London Life, Canada Life, Irish Life, Great-West Financial and Putnam Investments. Lifeco and its companies have approximately CDN$1.3 trillion in consolidated assets under administration as at March 31, 2017 and are members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies. Great-West Lifeco trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker symbol GWO.
For more information contact:
Media Relations:
Marlene Klassen, APR
204-946-7705
marlene.klassen@gwl.ca
Investor Relations:
Deirdre Neary
416-552-3208
deirdre.neary@gwl.ca
SOURCE: Great-West Lifeco Inc.
