On April 15, 2005, Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. was acquired by Goldcorp Inc. in a transaction valued at CDN$2.4 billion.  Goldcorp shares were issued under the plan of arrangement and will replace outstanding Wheaton shares on the basis of 0.25 of a Goldcorp share for each Wheaton share.

Under the plan of arrangement, Wheaton Series A, B and Common Share Purchase warrants become Goldcorp Series A, B and C warrants, respectively.

Wheaton River was represented by Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, with a team from Toronto that included Bill Gula, Vince Mercier and Peter Hong (corporate/securities), Lori Cornwall (competition), and Duncan Osborne and Siobhan Monaghan (tax) and from New York, Gerald Shepherd and Valerie Vena (corporate/securities) and Peter Glicklich (tax).