CN announces US$1.5 billion debt offering

CN today announced a public debt offering of US$1.5 billion comprised of US$800 million 3.85% Notes due 2032 and US$700 million 4.40% Notes due 2052. CN expects to close the offering on August 5, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.

CN plans to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including the redemption and refinancing of outstanding indebtedness, share repurchases, acquisitions and other business opportunities.

The debt offering is being made in the United States under an effective shelf registration statement dated May 4, 2022. The joint book-running managers of the debt offering are: BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and TD Securities (USA) LLC. The senior co-managers of the debt offering are: BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. The co-managers of the debt offering are: BMO Capital Markets Corp., CIBC World Markets Corp., Desjardins Securities Inc., and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.