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Acted for Xstrata plc in connection with the renewal of its US$6.0 billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme. |
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4/15/2010/2010 |
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Acted for Neucel Specialty Cellulose Ltd. and Wellspring Capital in connection with the financing of a pulp mill in Port Alice, British Columbia and a strategic investment by a Chinese firm, Fulida. |
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5/20/2010/2010 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to ING Groep N.V. in the transfer of a portion of the business of the Canadian branch of its subsidiary, ReliaStar Life Insurance Company, to Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated. |
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1/1/2010/2010 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for an affiliate of Apollo Global Management, a leading global alternative asset manager, in connection with the proposed acquisition of Cedar Fair LP, a publicly traded partnership and one of the largest regional amusement park operators in the world, in a transaction valued at approximately US$2.4 billion. |
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3/9/2010/2010 |
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Acted for CDP Financial Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in an offering of E750 million principal amount of 3.50% guaranteed notes due June 2020. |
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6/23/2010/2010 |
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Acted for CDP Financial Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in an offering of $2 billion of senior notes, comprised of $1 billion of FRN (floating rate notes) senior notes due 2015 and $1 billion of 4.60% senior notes due 2020. |
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1/15/2010/2010 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to Barrick Gold Corporation and African Barrick Gold plc in connection with the US$864 million initial public offering of African Barrick Gold. The offering was one of the largest recent initial public offerings on the London Stock Exchange. |
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3/24/2010/2010 |
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Acted for Toromont Industries Ltd. in its successful cash and share unsolicited takeover bid to acquire Enerflex Systems Income Fund, resulting in a $684 million supported transaction, and also acted for Toromont in establishing an unsecured $450 million term credit facility with a syndicate of banks to finance the acquisition. |
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1/20/2010/2010 |
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Acted for Pershing Square Capital Management LP in connection with the sale of its 17.6% interest in Sears Canada Inc. to Sears Holdings Corp. for $559.8 million. |
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4/27/2010/2010 |
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Acted for Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, an Asia investment company headquartered in Singapore, in a $500 million PIPE investment in subscription receipts of Inmet Mining Corporation. The proceeds from the investment will be used by Inmet for the development of its Cobre Panama project in Panama and for general corporate purposes. The subscription receipts are subject to certain conditions, including the coming into effect of new legislation permitting entities in which foreign governmental bodies or authorities have an interest to hold interests in mining concessions in Panama. |
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4/23/2010/2010 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to the syndicate of underwriters led by Morgan Stanley and RBC Capital Markets in a cross-border US$442.5 million initial public offering of Sprott Physical Gold Trust. |
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3/3/2010/2010 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for BofA Merrill Lynch, TD Securities Inc., and Scotia Capital Inc. in a $300 million underwritten private placement by Metropolitan Life Global Funding I of 2.625% fixed rate notes due December 3, 2012, secured by a funding agreement issued by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. |
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1/14/2010/2010 |
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Acted for RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and a syndicate of underwriters in a $300 million offering of Videotron Ltd.'s 7 1/8 Senior Notes due 2020. |
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1/12/2010/2010 |
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Acted for the founders of Dollarama Inc. in connection with a $282 million bought deal secondary offering of common shares and related over-allotment option in January, 2010 and in connection with a $287.5 million bought deal secondary offering of common shares and related over-allotment option in April, 2010.
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1/28/2010/2010 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to the syndicate of underwriters led by Morgan Stanley and RBC Capital Markets in a cross-border US$279.5 million follow-on public offering of Sprott Physical Gold Trust. |
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6/1/2010/2010 |
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Acted for Fortis Inc. in its $250 million bought deal public offering of cumulative redeemable five-year rate reset first preference shares. |
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1/26/2010/2010 |
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Acted for Kimco North Trust III, an entity controlled by Kimco Realty Corp., a leading U.S.-based REIT, in connection with its private placement offering of $150 million principal amount of 5.99% notes due 2018. |
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4/13/2010/2010 |
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Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its $115 million public offering, after full exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option. |
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4/7/2010/2010 |
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Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its takeover bid for Overland Realty Limited in an all-cash deal that values Overland at $70.9 million. |
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1/19/2010/2010 |
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Acted for BMO Capital Markets in connection with a $60 million bought deal private placement of subscription receipts of Fluid Music Canada, Inc. and for Bank of Montreal in connection with a US$100 million senior secured credit facility. The proceeds of the private placement and the bank financing will be used by Fluid Music to complete the EUR 160 million acquisition of Mood Media Group SA. |
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5/10/2010/2010 |
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Acted for Rogers Sugar Income Fund in its $50 million public offering of principal amount of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures. |
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4/8/2010/2010 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and TD Securities Inc. in connection with a $45 million bought deal offering of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures of Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust. |
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2/8/2010/2010 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for JP Morgan Securities Inc. in a US$236 million private placement of senior-secured second-priority notes due 2016 issued by Lions Gate Entertainment Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. |
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10/16/2009/2009 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to ING Groep N.V. in connection with its EUR 7.5 billion rights issue. |
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12/16/2009/2009 |
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Acted for CDP Financial Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, in connection with an offering of US$5 billion of senior notes in the United States. This offering is the largest non-government guaranteed offering by any Canadian issuer in US dollars to date. |
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11/25/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in connection with its bought deal equity offering of approximately 109 million common shares for gross proceeds of approximately US$4 billion. The common shares were offered in Canada by way of a short form prospectus and in the United States by way of a registration statement filed under the Multi-Jurisdictional Disclosure System. It is the largest bought deal equity offering in Canadian history. |
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9/23/2009/2009 |
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Acted for ING Groep N.V. in the sale of its entire 70% stake in ING Canada Inc. through a public offering and a concurrent private placement of shares of ING Canada for gross proceeds of $2.2 billion.
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2/18/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in connection with the private placement by its affiliate of US$1.25 billion of notes maturing in 2020 and 2039, each guaranteed by Barrick, and the subsequent exchange of such notes for registered securities.
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10/16/2009/2009 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to Tenedora Nemak, S.A. de C.V. (Nemak) with respect to its US$1.2 billion refinancing of existing debt in a transaction involving its creditors around the world. |
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10/30/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in its public offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of debt securities, consisting of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.38% Senior Notes due 2019 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.68% Senior Notes due 2039. |
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11/4/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in its public offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.80% senior notes due 2016 made in each of the provinces of Canada through a syndicate of agents. |
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5/26/2009/2009 |
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Acted for a syndicate of agents co-led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc. in a $1 billion offering by Manulife Financial Corporation of 4.896% medium term notes due 2014. |
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6/2/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation on its US$750 million underwritten public offering of 6.95% notes due 2019 made in the United States pursuant to the Multi-jurisdictional Disclosure System and led by Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
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3/24/2009/2009 |
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Acted for a syndicate of agents co-led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc. in a $600 million offering by Manulife Financial Corporation of 7.768% medium term notes due 2019. |
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4/8/2009/2009 |
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Acted for a syndicate of agents led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in two separate offerings in 2009 by 407 International Inc. of Senior Medium Term Notes (issued in two series) in the aggregate principal amount of $500 million. |
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10/1/2009/2009 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to Banc of America Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in a US$450 million offering by Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. of 8.750% senior notes due 2016 concurrently in the U.S. and Canada. |
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11/10/2009/2009 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc. in a $450 million bought deal public offering of rate reset preferred shares of Manulife Financial Corporation. |
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3/4/2009/2009 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by Scotia Capital Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in a $350 million bought deal public offering of rate reset preferred shares of Manulife Financial Corporation. |
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6/3/2009/2009 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by CIBC World Markets Inc. in a $300 million offering by Cogeco Cable Inc. of 5.95% senior secured debentures due 2014. |
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10/1/2009/2009 |
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Acted for the founders of Dollarama Inc. in connection with the corporation's $300 million initial public offering of common shares. |
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10/16/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Genuity Capital Markets and a syndicate of underwriters in connection with a bought deal offering by Air Canada of units comprised of shares and warrants for aggregate gross proceeds of $260 million. |
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10/6/2009/2009 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for a syndicate of underwriters led by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. in a cross-border US$215 million public offering of common shares by SXC Health Solutions Corp. |
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9/23/2009/2009 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for BofA Merrill Lynch and TD Securities Inc. in a $200 million underwritten private placement by Metropolitan Life Global Funding I of two year floating rate notes, secured by a funding agreement issued by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. |
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7/31/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Fortis Inc. in its public offering of $200 million principal amount of 6.51% senior unsecured debentures. |
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7/2/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Russel Metals Inc. in its $175 million bought deal public offering of convertible debentures due 2016. |
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10/8/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Jaguar Mining Inc. in a 144A private placement of US$165 million aggregate principal amount of senior convertible notes due 2014. |
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9/15/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and CBC Monetization Trust in its offering of $135,700,000 4.688% amortizing notes due 2027 and the purchase of assets from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. |
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12/23/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its bought deal public offering of $115 million principal amount of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures. |
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9/22/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Onex Corporation and Celestica Inc. in the $113.3 million sale by Onex and certain of its affiliates of 11 million Celestica subordinate voting shares to a syndicate of underwriters led by the CIBC World Markets Inc. |
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10/14/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Jaguar Mining Inc. in connection with the upgrade of the listing of its common shares from the NYSE Arca Exchange to the NYSE. |
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10/1/2009/2009 |
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Acted for BELLUS Health Inc. in its restructuring of US$80 million of its outstanding convertible notes and an investment of $20.5 million in senior secured notes by Victoria Square Ventures Inc. and Vitus Investments III Limited. |
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4/16/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Jaguar Mining Inc. in connection with its $86.3 million overnight marketed offering of common shares sold publicly in Canada and on a private placement basis in the United States. |
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3/2/2009/2009 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and TD Securities Inc. in connection with an $85 million bought deal offering of 6.25% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures of Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust. |
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9/30/2009/2009 |
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Acted for NordDeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch in the establishment of credit facilities for the acquisition, construction and operation by Starwood SSM1 Canada Incorporated of 22.352 MW DC solar power facilities in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. |
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12/18/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Paladin Labs Inc. in connection with its $58.7 million bought deal public offering of common shares. |
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6/11/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its initial $57.5 million bought deal public offering of trust units. |
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4/21/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its second $57.5 million bought deal public offering of trust units. |
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10/1/2009/2009 |
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Acted for InnVest Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with a $50 million bought deal issuance of units. |
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10/14/2009/2009 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and TD Securities Inc. in a $36.9 million bought deal public offering of trust units of Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust. |
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6/25/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed Hunan Non-Ferrous Metals Corporation Ltd., the largest antimony company in China, in its acquisition of Beaver Brook Antimony Mine Inc. located in central Newfoundland. The Beaver Brook Mine is the only operating antimony mine in North America, and is one of the world's largest antimony deposits outside China and South Africa. |
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10/13/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Bellus Health Inc. with respect to a rights offering, resulting in the issuance of 52,363,419 common shares for aggregate proceeds of $9,687,233. |
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9/10/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Merrill Lynch Canada Finance Company in its renewal of its $5 billion medium term note program. |
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7/31/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Credit Suisse in the establishment of its $2 billion medium term note program. |
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6/1/2008/2008 |
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Acted for an agency syndicate led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. in an offering of $2 billion medium term notes of Greater Toronto Airports Authority ("GTAA"). GTAA, with a syndicate of dealers led or co-led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., and in one case CIBC World Markets Inc., subsequently completed issues of $500 million, $325 million, $300 million and $300 million in April 2008, December 2008, May 2009 and October 2009, respectively. |
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10/13/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in its US$1.75 billion underwritten public offering of debt securities, consisting of US$1.40 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.80% senior notes due 2018 and US$350 million aggregate principal amount of 7.50% senior notes due 2038, made in the United States pursuant to the Multi-jurisdictional Disclosure System. |
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8/6/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries in connection with its US$1.25 billion public offering of debt securities due 2013, 2018 and 2038.
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9/11/2008/2008 |
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Acted for a syndicate of agents co-led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and TD Securities Inc. in an offering by Manulife Financial Corporation of $950 million aggregate principal amount of medium term notes. |
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6/26/2008/2008 |
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Acted for a syndicate of agents led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. in two separate offerings in 2008 by 407 International Inc. of Senior and Subordinated Medium Term Notes (issued in two series) in the aggregate principal amount of $550 million. |
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12/31/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Fortis Inc. in its $300 million bought deal public offering of common shares. |
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12/19/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Ontario Infrastructure Projects Corporation in its private placement of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 3.95% Infrastructure Renewal Bonds due 2013. |
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1/1/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited in its US$290 million underwritten private placement of units consisting of common shares and share purchase warrants. |
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12/3/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Fortis Inc. in its $230 million bought deal public offering of Series G fixed reset first preference shares. |
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5/23/2008/2008 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by GMP Securities L.P. and TD Securities Inc. in a $210 million bought deal public offering of trust units of CI Financial Income Fund. |
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12/30/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Jaguar Mining Inc. in connection with its $110.6 million bought deal of common shares sold publicly in Canada and on a private placement basis in the United States. |
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2/21/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Camrose Resources Limited in connection with its $100 million investment by private placement in Africo Resources Ltd., a TSX-listed mining company with assets in the Congo. |
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7/24/2008/2008 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and TD Securities Inc. in a $93 million bought deal public offering of subscription receipts and 7.0% extendible convertible unsecured subordinated debentures of Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust. The net proceeds from the offering were used by Crombie to satisfy a portion of the purchase price of its acquisition of a portfolio of 61 retail properties from subsidiaries of Empire Company Limited. |
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3/20/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited in connection with its US$34 million prospectus issuance of common shares to Fidelity Management and Research Company. |
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10/1/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Adaltis Inc. in its $20 million private placement of 10% secured convertible notes due 2013. |
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12/1/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Adaltis Inc. in its $12.6 million rights offering for common shares. |
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5/1/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Points International Ltd. in its $49 million public treasury and secondary offering of common shares. |
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6/11/2008/2008 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch Canada, RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Bank in four separate offerings in 2007 by Canada Housing Trust No. 1 of Canada Mortgage Bonds (issued in various series) in the aggregate principal amount of $35.7 billion. |
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7/11/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Global Alumina Corporation in connection with the formation of a joint venture with BHP Billiton, Dubai Aluminium Company and Mudabala Development Company for the development of an alumina mining and refinery project in the Republic of Guinea. |
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5/21/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Xstrata plc in connection with the establishment of its US$6.0 billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme. |
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10/1/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Dundee Securities Corporation in connection with the restructuring of approximately $2 billion of short-term debt obligations and contractual obligations of Skeena Capital Trust, a Canadian third-party asset-backed commercial paper conduit. This transaction was the first negotiated restructuring of a Canadian third-party asset-backed commercial paper conduit affected by the August 2007 Canadian asset-backed commercial paper market disruption. |
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12/19/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Fortis Inc. in its $1.15 billion bought deal public offering of subscription receipts. The net proceeds were used to finance a portion of the acquisition of Terasen Inc. from Kinder Morgan, Inc. |
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4/4/2007/2007 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in connection with an underwritten private placement offering by Quebecor Media Inc. in the US and Canada of US$700 million of 7 3/4% senior notes due 2016. |
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10/1/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Xstrata plc in connection with its 144A US$500 million offering of 6.9% notes due 2037. The notes were offered by Xstrata Finance (Canada) Ltd., a subsidiary of Xstrata and guaranteed by Xstrata and certain of its subsidiaries. |
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11/13/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Lehman Brothers in connection with the US$360 million purchase and resale of senior notes of Calpine Canada Resources Company. |
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8/14/2007/2007 |
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Acted for InnVest Real Estate Investment Trust in its $270 million public offering of subscription receipts and convertible extendible unsecured subordinated debentures. The net proceeds of the offering were used to fund a portion of the purchase price for the units of Legacy Hotels Real Estate Investment Trust. |
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10/23/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its offering of $170 million of subscription receipts and $80.5 million of 5.70% convertible debentures due 2014. |
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10/1/2007/2007 |
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Acted for the agents, CIBC World Markets Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc., in a $200 million private placement by Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Authority of 4.733% Revenue Bonds, Series D, due May 2, 2017. |
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7/11/2007/2007 |
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Acted for BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. as agent for a $200 million private placement offering by Vancouver International Airport Authority of 5.02% Series E Debentures due in 2015. |
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10/1/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Patheon Inc. in the issuance of US$150 million private placement of convertible preferred shares to JLL Partners and concurrent refinancing of Patheon's North American credit facilities with new US$225 million syndicated credit facilities by JP Morgan Securities Inc. and GE Commercial Finance. |
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4/27/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Fortis Inc. in its $150 million bought deal public offering of common shares. |
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10/1/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its $110 million offering of 5.80% convertible debentures due 2014. |
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11/14/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Jaguar Mining Inc. in its cross-border private placement offering of $86.25 million of units consisting of common shares and 10.5% secured notes due 2012. |
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7/11/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Neurochem Inc. (now BELLUS Health Inc.) in its private placement offering of US$80 million in 6% senior convertible notes due 2027, 5% senior subordinated convertible notes due 2012 and warrants to purchase its common shares. |
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10/1/2007/2007 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. in connection with an offering of units consisting of common shares and common share purchase warrants of North American Palladium Ltd. |
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12/13/2007/2007 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and TD Securities Inc. in connection with an offering of convertible debentures by Newport Partners Income Fund. |
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10/1/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Adaltis Inc. in connection with its $31 million private placement of units consisting of common shares and share purchase warrants. |
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5/25/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Khan Resources Inc. in its $30 million underwritten public offering of common shares. |
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3/1/2007/2007 |
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Acted for MethylGene Inc. in a $20.1 million bought deal public offering of common shares. |
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3/2/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Le Château Inc. and a selling shareholder, 125387 Canada Inc., in a $19 million bought deal secondary offering of subordinate voting shares of Le Château. |
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10/26/2007/2007 |
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Acted for NeurAxon Inc. in regard to the successive equity and secured debt financing arrangements aggregating approximately $50 million in a Canadian-U.S. parallel corporate structure for NeurAxon Inc. |
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7/29/2007/2007 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch Canada, RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Bank in four separate offerings in 2006 by Canada Housing Trust No. 1 of Canada Mortgage Bonds (issued in various series) in the aggregate principal amount of $25 billion. |
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10/1/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Xstrata plc in connection with its US$2.25 billion 144A note offering. |
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11/8/2006/2006 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. in a $1.25 billion initial public offering of three and five-year asset-backed notes by Master Credit Card Trust, a special purpose securitization vehicle sponsored by the Bank of Montréal. |
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12/7/2006/2006 |
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Acted for a syndicate of agents co-led by Scotia Capital Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in a $1.2 billion offering of senior and subordinate debentures of Manulife Finance (Delaware) LP, an indirect subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corporation. The offering of subordinated debentures was the first innovative Tier 2b capital offering in Canada. |
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12/14/2006/2006 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in connection with an underwritten private placement offering by Quebecor Media Inc. in the US and Canada of US$525 million of 7 3/4% senior notes due 2016, issued as part of Quebecor Media's US$1.1 billion refinancing plan. |
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9/7/2006/2006 |
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Acted as special counsel to Tim Hortons Inc. in its $900 million initial public offering by Wendy's International, Inc. on the TSX in Canada and the NYSE in the United States. |
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10/31/2006/2006 |
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Acted for the Province of Ontario with respect to providing corporate securities and corporate governance advice on its strategic alternatives for Teranet Inc., the Province's electronic land registry system, and advised the Province in connection with the execution of Teranet's $700 million private placement offering. |
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9/7/2006/2006 |
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Acted for a syndicate of agents of BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in a $350 million private placement offering by Vancouver International Airport Authority of floating rate Series C Debentures and 4.424% Series D Debentures due in 2018. |
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12/7/2006/2006 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by Scotia Capital Inc. in a bought deal public offering of $300 million preferred shares of Manulife Financial Corporation. |
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8/25/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited in a US$250 million bought deal cross-border public offering of common shares in Canada and the United States. |
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6/13/2006/2006 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc. in the $205 million initial public offering of Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust. |
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8/25/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Tim Hortons Inc. on the establishment of its cross-border automatic share repurchase program for up to $200 million on the TSX and the NYSE. |
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10/2/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Kimco North Trust III, an entity controlled by Kimco Realty Corp., a leading U.S.-based REIT, in connection with its private placement offering of $200 million principal amount of 5.18% notes due 2013. |
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8/16/2006/2006 |
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Acted for a syndicate of agents led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc. in the $180.7 million public offering of units of Diversified Preferred Share Trust. |
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8/30/2006/2006 |
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Acted for RBC Dominion Securities Inc., TD Securities Inc. and the underwriting syndicate in the $133 million initial public offering by Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc. by way of secondary offering. |
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10/31/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Fortis Inc. in its $125 million bought deal public offering of first preference shares. |
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11/22/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Neurochem Inc. (now BELLUS Health Inc.) in its private placement offering of US$42 million in 6% senior convertible notes due 2026. |
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11/1/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Fortis Inc. in its acquisition of a majority ownership position in Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd., a TSX-listed company that is the sole provider of electricity on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. |
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12/16/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Sleep Country Canada Inc. in its offering of senior secured notes, the proceeds of which were used to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Sleep America of Arizona. |
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10/31/2006/2006 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch Canada, RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Bank in seven separate offerings in 2005 by Canada Housing Trust No. 1 of Canada Mortgage Bonds (issued in various series) in the aggregate principal amount of $18.1 billion. |
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10/2/2005/2005 |
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Acted for Brascan Corp. in the equity financing, bridge loan and asset-based facility for the $1.2 billion acquisition of Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd.'s British Columbia coastal business. |
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4/6/2005/2005 |
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Acted for Ontario Strategic Infrastructure Financing Authority in its $650 million inaugural offering of Infrastructure Renewal Bonds. |
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4/18/2005/2005 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in the $400 million initial public offering by Brompton Tracker Fund. |
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9/7/2005/2005 |
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Acted for a syndicated of underwriters led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in the $400 million initial public offering by Brompton Advantaged Equal Weight Oil & Gas Income Trust. |
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5/25/2005/2005 |
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Acted for Celestica Inc. in a public offering in the United States and concurrent private placement in Canada of US$250 million aggregate principal amount of 7 5/8% senior subordinated notes due 2013. |
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6/29/2005/2005 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in the US$185 million initial public offering of First Trust/Highland Capital Floating Rate Income Fund II. |
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8/10/2005/2005 |
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Acted for Kimco North Trust III, an entity controlled by Kimco Realty Corporation, a leading U.S.-based REIT in connection with the private placement issuance of $150 million principal amount of notes. The financing was reported to be the first by a U.S.-based public REIT in Canada. |
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4/21/2005/2005 |
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Acted for Fortis Inc. in its $130 million bought deal public offering of common shares. |
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3/11/2005/2005 |
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Acted for CIBC World Markets Inc. in the $125 million initial public offering of units of Adjustable Rate MBS Trust. |
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6/15/2005/2005 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in an $85 million public offering of subordinated unsecured convertible debentures of the Newport Partners Income Fund. |
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12/12/2005/2005 |
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Acted for RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in the $77.6 million closed end income fund initial public offering for Brascan Adjustable Rate Trust I. |
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8/16/2005/2005 |
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Acted for Madacy Entertainment Income Fund in connection with its initial public offering for total proceeds of $75.4 million. |
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4/20/2005/2005 |
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Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by BMO Nesbitt Burns in a $75 million initial public offering of Altus Group Income Fund, creating a national leading independent multi-disciplinary provider of real estate consulting and advisory services in Canada. |
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5/19/2005/2005 |
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Acted for Neurochem Inc. (now BELLUS Health Inc.) in connection with its cross-border US$61.2 million public offering of common shares in the U.S. and Canada. |
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4/18/2005/2005 |
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Acted for Rogers Sugar Income Fund in its public offering of $50 million principal amount of 6.00% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures. |
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5/26/2005/2005 |
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Acted for Sleep Country Canada in its private placement of 5.191% senior secured notes due 2010. |
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6/29/2005/2005 |
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Acted for CIBC World Markets Inc. in the $30 million initial public offering of units of Criterion Dow Jones - AIG Commodity Income Fund. |
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5/31/2005/2005 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its US$28 million subscription for shares and warrants of Celtic Resources Holdings plc, a London Stock Exchange AIM-listed company with mining interests in Russia and Kazakhstan, as well as participation rights in Celtic's future acquisitions in Kazakhstan. |
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2/1/2005/2005 |
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Acted for two separate syndicates of underwriters co-led in Canada by BMO Nesbitt Burns and TD Securities Inc. and in the U.S. by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated in private placement offerings by Molson Coors Capital Finance ULC of $900 million 5.00% senior notes due 2015 in Canada and US$300 million 4.85% senior notes due 2010 in the United States. The senior notes issued in Canada were subsequently exchanged for 5.00% senior notes due 2015 of Molson Coors Capital Finance qualified by a Canadian prospectus filed under the northbound Multi-jurisdictional Disclosure System. |
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9/22/2005/2005 |
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