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• Acted for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in connection with the $1.5-billion partial sale of its holdings in Québecor Média to Québecor Média and Québecor Inc.

• Acted for the Board of Directors of Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. in connection with the $635-million acquisition of Zarlink by Microsemi Corporation.

• Acted for Eurocopter Holding SAS, a subsidiary of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V., in connection with its acquisition of Vector Aerospace Corporation in a transaction valued at $635 million by way of a takeover bid.

• Acted for Bain Capital, a principal shareholder of BRP Inc., in connection with BRP's initial public offering on the TSX consisting of 12,200,000 subordinate voting shares of BRP at a price of $21.50 per share, for an expected $262.3 million to be generated in gross proceeds from sale, making it the largest Canadian IPO this year so far.

• Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its unsolicited takeover bid for Canmarc Real Estate Investment Trust, valued at approximately $904 million.

• Acted for Cogeco Cable Canada Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cogeco Cable Inc., in connection with its acquisition of the issued and outstanding shares in the share capital of MTO Telecom Inc., a private telecommunications provider in the Greater Montréal Area and the Province of Québec.

• Acted for the initial purchasers led by J.P. Morgan and TD Securities Inc. in connection with Air Canada's US$1.1 billion private placement offering of secured notes. The offering consisted of US$600 million of first-lien secured notes, $300 million of Canadian dollar-denominated first-lien secured notes and US$200 million of second-lien secured notes.

• Acted for the initial purchasers led by J.P. Morgan in connection with Bumble Bee Foods, LLC's US$605 million offering of senior secured notes, the proceeds of which were used to fund part of the acquisition of Bumble Bee Foods by Lion Head LLP.

• Acted for Canaccord Genuity Corp. and a syndicate of underwriters in connection with the $156-million bought deal secondary offering by ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. of shares of Air Canada.

• 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.

• Acted for Honeywell International Inc. in connection with the $144-million acquisition of Matrikon Inc., a company specializing in software used in manufacturing operations.

• Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its takeover bid for Overland Realty Limited in an all-cash deal that valued Overland at $70.9 million.

• Acted for U.S.-based private equity firm Mill Road Capital, L.P. in its successful "white knight" bid for Cossette Inc. for approximately $134 million.

• Acted for TPG Partners V LP in connection with its acquisition of Axcan Pharma Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at US$1.3 billion.

• Acted as Canadian counsel to Schaeffler KG in connection with its acquisition of Continental AG, one of the world's leading automotive industry suppliers, in a transaction valued at US$16.1 billion.

• Acted for CryoCath Technologies Inc., a medical device company, in its sale to Medtronic, Inc. by way of a negotiated takeover bid valued at US$400 million.

• Acted for St. Lawrence Cement Group Inc. in connection with the $630-million acquisition of St. Lawrence Cement by way of a takeover bid by its controlling shareholder, Holcim Ltd.

• Acted for Reitmans (Canada) Limited in regard to the acquisition of Shirmax Fashions Ltd. in a transaction valued at approximately $86 million.

• Acted for Paladin Labs Inc., in connection with a $40.25-million bought deal financing.

• Acted for Rogers Sugar Income Fund and Rogers Sugar Inc. in the conversion of Rogers Sugar Income Fund to a corporate structure by way of plan of arrangement.

• Acted for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, a significant shareholder of Sirius Canada Inc., in connection with the merger between Sirius Canada Inc. and Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. in a deal valued at $520 million.

• Acted for Kimco North Trust III, an entity controlled by Kimco Realty Corp., a leading U.S.-based REIT, in connection with private placement offerings of $150 million principal amount.

• Acted for Rogers Sugar Income Fund in its $50-million public offering of principal amount of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures.

• Acted as Canadian counsel for Epicor Software Corporation in its acquisition of NSB Retail Systems plc by way of a UK scheme of arrangement for $322 million.

• Acted for Game Day Entertainment, LLC in its acquisition of Kangaroo Media Inc.

• 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 $9.7 million.

• Acted for Paladin Labs Inc. as it entered into a strategic partnership with Isotechnika Pharma Inc. for the commercialization of voclosporin. The transaction was achieved by way of a Plan of Arrangement.

• Acted for Paladin Labs Inc. in connection with its $58.7-million bought deal public offering of common shares.

• Acted for Zygo Corporation Inc. (a U.S. publicly traded corporation) in its acquisition of the assets of Solvision Inc. from the interim receiver appointed to the assets of Solvision Inc.

• 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.

• Acted for each of Glencore International AG and RP Explorer Master Fund, significant stakeholders in Katanga Mining Limited, in connection with the merger of Katanga and Nikanor PLC to create a company with a combined market capitalization of approximately US$3.3 billion.

• Acted for Scotia Capital Inc., GMP Securities L.P., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc. as lead agents in Cogeco Cable Inc.'s bought deal financing of 3 million subordinate voting shares for total proceeds of $153.45 million.

• 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.

• 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.

• Acted for SITQ, an indirect subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, with respect to financing the acquisition by Eimskip Holdings Inc. of Versacold Income Fund in a deal valued at $1.2 billion.

• Acted for CryoCath Technologies Inc. in the sale of its surgical business to ATS Medical.

• Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its $592-million acquisition of 6.5 million square feet of office and industrial properties from Homburg Invest Inc., representing approximately 72% of the leasable space acquired by Homburg in its purchase of Alexis Nihon REIT.

• Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its acquisition of the assets of Alexis Nihon Real Estate Investment Trust in a transaction valued at $440 million.

• Acting for a syndicate of underwriters led by CIBC World Markets Inc. in connection with Cogeco Cable Inc.'s public debt offering on a bought deal basis of $300 million of senior secured debentures due 2023.

• Acting for the special committee of independent directors of RONA inc. with respect to the non-binding and non-solicited acquisition proposal RONA inc. received from Lowe's Companies, Inc.

• Acted for Le Château Inc. in connection with the establishment of a $70-million asset-based credit facility arranged by GE Capital.

• Acted for Paladin Labs Inc. in connection with its unsolicited takeover bid for Afexa Life Sciences Inc.