CIBC Capital Markets, Scotiabank, and TD Securities are acting as joint book-running managers and underwriters for the Offering. The Offering will be made in the United States pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 24, 2024 (the “Registration Statement”), and on a private placement basis in Canada to purchasers in each province of Canada under a Canadian offering memorandum (the “Canadian Offering Memorandum”), which includes the Registration Statement. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus for the Offering and, in Canada, the Canadian Offering Memorandum, may be obtained by contacting CIBC World Markets Inc., 161 Bay Street, 5th Floor, Toronto, ON M5J 2S8, Attention: Debt Capital Markets, at cibcdebtsyndication@cibc.com or by telephone at 416-594-8515, Scotia Capital Inc., 40 Temperance Street, 4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5H 0B4, Attention: Debt Capital Markets, at dcmtoronto@scotiabank.com or by telephone at 416-863-7776, or TD Securities Inc., 222 Bay Street, 7th Floor, Toronto, ON M5K 1A2, Attention: Debt Capital Markets, at tdcan-syndicate@tdsecurities.com or by telephone at 416-982-2243. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus for the Offering will also be available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.