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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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2010 |
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Acted for the Special Committee of Huntingdon REIT in its merger with IAT Air Cargo Facilities Income Fund ("IAT") by way of a unit-for-unit exchange through which IAT unitholders will receive 9.75 units of Huntingdon for each IAT unit held. The combined entity will have an enterprise value of $370 million and it will own, operate and lease 85 properties across Canada. |
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2010 |
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Acted for WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. in its acquisition of the assets of BorderWare Technologies Inc. from a court appointed receiver. |
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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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2009 |
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Acted for FortisOntario Inc., a subsidiary of Fortis Inc., in its acquisition of the Great Lakes Power electric distribution business from Brookfield Renewable Power Inc. for a purchase price of approximately $75 million. |
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2009 |
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Acted for Fortis Inc. in its $300 million bought deal public offering of common shares. |
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2008 |
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Acted for Atlas Holdings LLC in connection with its acquisition, together with Blue Wolf Capital Management, of a pulp mill in Pictou, Nova Scotia from Neenah Paper, Inc. |
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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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2008 |
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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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2007 |
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Acted for IPC US REIT in its strategic process and ultimate sale of its assets to Everclear Acquisition Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Behringer Harvard REIT I, in a US$1.4 billion all-cash transaction. |
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2007 |
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Acted for Osprey Media Income Fund in its auction process and the resulting negotiated all cash takeover bid for Osprey by Quebecor Media Inc., including successfully defending Osprey against litigation initiated by Quebecor to challenge Black Press Ltd.'s superior proposal that was eventually matched by Quebecor in a transaction valued at $578 million. |
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2007 |
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Acted for Fortis Inc. in its acquisition of Terasen Inc., the Canadian natural gas distribution business of Kinder Morgan, Inc., in a transaction valued at $3.7 billion, creating the largest investor-owned utility in Canada. Awarded 2007 Deal Team of the Year at the inaugural Canadian Dealmakers Gala. |
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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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2007 |
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Acted for Fortis Inc. in its US$90 million acquisition of two electricity utilities which together serve 80% of the electricity customers on the Turks & Caicos Islands. |
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2006 |
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Acted for SCRE Investments Inc. and the Reichmann family as entities affiliated with SCRE Investments completed the sale to Ventas, Inc., a leading US healthcare REIT, of a portfolio of healthcare and seniors' housing properties for $649 million. |
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2006 |
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Acted for IPC US REIT in its acquisition of a preferred equity interest in the 3.5 million square foot Bank of America Center in San Francisco, California. |
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2006 |
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Acted for CashCode Co., a payment solutions company, in its sale to Crane Co. in a transaction valued at US$86 million. |
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2006 |
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Acted for the lending syndicate to the successful consortium in connection with Canada Line, the $2 billion, 19.5 kilometre long rapid transit rail line connecting downtown Vancouver with the Vancouver International Airport. The project was the largest public-private partnership to be implemented in Canada and the first rail PPP in North America. This project won the Project Finance 2005 North American PPP Transportation Deal of the Year award. |
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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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2005 |
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Acted for FortisBC Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortis Inc., in its initial public offering of $140 million prinicipal amount of senior unsecured debentures. |
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2004 |
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Acted for FortisAlberta Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortis Inc., in its initial public offering of $400 million principal amount of senior unsecured debentures. |
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2004 |
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Acted for Osprey Media Income Fund on the completion of a $200 million initial public offering of units to acquire subordinated notes and shares issued by Osprey Media Group Inc., one of Canada's leading publishers of daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and specialty publications. |
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2004 |
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Acted for Hemosol Inc. in the reorganization under a plan of arrangement involving its principal shareholder MDS Inc., which allowed Hemosol's business to receive a cash infusion of $16 million for its unused tax losses and other tax assets. |
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2004 |
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Acted for Fortis Inc. in its public offering valued at approximately $50 million. |
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2004 |
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Acted for IPC Advisors Limited and Mr. Paul Reichmann in connection with the takeover bid process for Canary Wharf Group plc, owner and manager of the 14 million square foot Canary Wharf estate in London, England, and the sale of the Reichmann family's shares in Canary Wharf Group plc. |
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2004 |
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Acted for IPC US REIT in its acquisition of a 30% interest in the one million square foot State Street headquarters in Boston. |
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2004 |
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