Shearman & Sterling represented the underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co., in connection with Manulife Financial Corporation’s inaugural U.S. registered offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 3.40% Senior Notes due 2015 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.90% Senior Notes due 2020.

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading Canadian-based financial services group operating in 22 countries and territories worldwide. It offers financial protection and wealth management products and services and provide asset management services to institutional customers worldwide as well as reinsurance solutions, specializing in life and property and casualty retrocession. The company operates as Manulife Financial in Canada and Asia and primarily as John Hancock in the United States.