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CCCA_V3No3_Col-DealDevelop-FIN.qxd:CCCA_V1No2_Col-News-V1.qxd 9/16/09 10:24 AM Page 44 AND Loblaw Companies Limited (con’d) Date: Announced May 5, 2009. On the Deal: For Loblaw: Robert Balcom, Senior Vice-President and Secretary, David Gore, Vice-President, Legal Counsel and Adam Walsh, Legal Counsel, and Paul Mingay, Gordon Raman, Dyana McLellan, Shaunik Katyal and Andrew Bunston (corporate and securities), and Larissa Tkachenko (tax), Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. For the syndicate of agent dealers: Edward Kerwin, Matthew Kelleher, Wendi Locke and Jason Badal (corporate and securities), and James Morand (tax), McCarthy Tétrault LLP. Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund Details: Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund (“the Fund”), through its wholly owned subsidiary Armtec Limited Partnership, completed its acquisition of the assets of Groupe Tremca Inc. for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $45 million. The Fund is a leading manufacturer and marketer of a comprehensive range of infrastructure products and engineered construction solutions for cus- tomers in a diverse cross-section of industries that are located in every region of Canada. Date: Closed May 11, 2009. On the Deal: For the Fund: Richard Scott, Matthew Hibbert (Toronto), Yan Besner, Mathilde Carrière, Serge Lalonde and Rachael Golem (Montréal), Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP. For Groupe Tremca: Jean Farley, Sarah Kingsley, Myriam Fortin, Jonathan Auerbach and Stephanie Weschler, Stikeman Elliott LLP. Ivanhoe Cambridge Details: Ivanhoe Cambridge entered into a $250-million senior secured credit facility, made available by a syndicate of domestic lenders. The syndicate of lenders was led by Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, and RBC Capital Markets and National Bank Financial as joint lead arrangers. Date: Announced May 14, 2009. On the Deal: For Ivanhoe Cambridge: Patty Keroglidis, Senior Legal Counsel, and Tony Kiru, Jim Russell and Stephen Morris in Toronto, and Joel Goldberg, Joel Cabelli and Marie-Josée Couture in Montréal, Heenan Blaikie LLP. For the lenders: Michael Matheson, Rod Davidge and Brodie Swartz in Toronto, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. Patty Keroglidis, Ivanhoe Cambridge Transcontinental Inc. Details: Transcontinental Inc., the largest printer in Canada and Mexico, and sixth largest in North America, arranged a five-year loan for $100 million from Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. Caisse is a financial insti- tution that manages funds primarily for public and private pension and insurance plans, and is one of the largest investors in Québec. Date: Announced May 15, 2009. On the Deal: For Transcontinental Inc.: In-house by Christine Desaulniers, Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, and Isabelle Lamarre, Director, Legal Affairs and Assistant Corporate Secretary, and Sterling Dietze, François Ouimet, Marie Garneau, Michael Dyck, Helve Hess, Darina Bashilova, David Tournier (banking), Valérie Mac-Seing, Dana Porter, Rachel Hutton, Jessica Sisk Roehle, Aubrey Guild-Young, Mathieu Locas (real Christine Desaulniers, Transcontinental Inc. estate) and Kevin Smyth (corporate), Stikeman Elliott LLP. For Caisse: David Lemieux, Gary Rose, Félix Gutierrez, David Johnson, Francis Trifiro, KC Miu (banking), Daniel Law, Lise Rochette, David Martin, Stuart Blyth, James Lee (real estate) and Mitch McCormick (corporate), Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. Rogers Communications Inc. Details: Rogers Communications Inc. closed its public offering of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.80% senior notes due 2016. The offering was made in each of the provinces of Canada through a syndicate of agents pursuant to Rogers’ short form base shelf prospectus (filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada). Date: Closed May 26, 2009. On the Deal: For Rogers: Shawn McReynolds, David Wilson, Sonny Bhalla, Greg Harnish and Mark O'Brien (corporate and securities), and Paul Lamarre (tax), Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. For the agents: Steven Smith, Michael Innes and Rosalind Hunter (corporate and securities), Patrick Marley (tax) and Phil Rogers (regulatory), Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. US Gold Corporation Details: US Gold Corporation completed a US$50.3-million cross-border offering of its common stock. The majority of the net proceeds of this offering will be used to fund its ongoing exploration in Nevada’s Cortez Trend and in Mexico. The common stock was 44 CCCA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association FALL 2009