Shearman & Sterling represented Barclays Capital Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. as joint book-running managers, CIBC World Markets Corp., Desjardins Securities Inc., National Bank of Canada Financial Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and TD Securities (USA) LLC as senior co-managers, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. and Casgrain & Company Limited as co-managers in connection with Bell Canada's registered public offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 4.464% Series US-1 Notes due 2048. The offering was a re-opening of Bell's first USD benchmark offering from March 2018, and the notes were offered in the United States under the SEC’s Multijurisdictional Disclosure System for Canadian issuers.

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