Hydro One wins award for Best Investor Relations for an Initial Public Offering

TORONTO, Feb. 3, 2017 /CNW/ - Last night, Hydro One received the award for Best Investor Relations for an Initial Public Offering from IR Magazine. Hydro One's November 2015 Initial Public Offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange was the largest in Canada in more than 15 years.

"We are honored to be recognized by IR Magazine for the hard work over the past 18 months helping not just to execute our successful initial public and secondary offerings, but for the multiple efforts over the ensuing months introducing Hydro One to equity investors and analysts around the world and putting in place from scratch the numerous communication and disclosure channels and processes that are so critical to this important stakeholder group," said Bruce Mann, Vice-President, Investor Relations, Hydro One Limited.

Held annually for the past 25 years around the world, the IR Magazine Awards celebrate excellence in Investor Relations in 30 different categories. Publically traded companies selected as winners are identified through a combination of in-depth research and votes cast through the magazine's independent investment community surveys with thousands of institutional investors and analysts across North America, Europe and Asia. Opinions expressed in the survey serve as the benchmark for IR excellence in Canada and around the world.

About Hydro One Limited:

Hydro One Limited is Ontario's largest electricity transmission and distribution provider with more than 1.3 million valued customers, $24.8 billion in assets and revenues of over $6.5 billion. Our team of 5,500 skilled and dedicated employees proudly and safely serves suburban, rural and remote communities across Ontario through our 30,000 circuit km high-voltage transmission and 123,000 circuit km primary distribution networks. Hydro One is committed to the communities we serve, and has been rated as the top utility in Canada for its corporate citizenship, sustainability, and diversity initiatives. We are one of only four utility companies in Canada to achieve the Sustainable Energy Company designation from the Canadian Electrical Association.  We also provide advanced broadband telecommunications services on a wholesale basis utilizing our extensive fibre optic network. Hydro One's common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: H). For more information about everything Hydro One, please visit www.HydroOne.com.

SOURCE Hydro One Limited

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