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CCCA_V4No2_Col-DealDevelop-FIN.qxd:CCCA_V1No2_Col-News-V1.qxd 4/29/10 3:40 PM Page 43 Jilin Jien Nickel and Goldbrook Ventures Inc. (con’d) AND On the Deal: For Goldbrook and Jien Canada: Bob Wooder, Olen Aasen, Ryan Goodman, Denis Silva (corporate and securities), Bruce Sinclair, Kevin Zimka (tax), Jason Gudofsky (competition) and Sean Boyle (litigation), Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP. For Canadian Royalties: In-house counsel Luciana Zannella; John Sabine, Sander Grieve, Linda Misetich, Ralph Shay, Tim Banks, Abbas Ali Khan, Melissa Ghislanzoni, Peter Danner (corporate & securities) and Zahra Nurmohamed (tax), Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP. Videotron Ltd. Details: Videotron Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc.) completed the institutional private placement in Canada and the United States of $300-million aggregate prin- cipal amount of its Senior Notes due 2020. Videotron intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to repay the drawings under its senior secured credit facility and for general corpo- rate purposes. The private placement of the Senior Notes was led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc., as joint bookrunners. Date: Closed Jan. 13, 2010. On the Deal: For Videotron: In-house by Marc Tremblay, Vice President, Legal Affairs, Martin Corbo, Director of Legal Affairs, Financing and M&A, and Christian Marcoux, Senior Legal Marc Tremblay, Martin Corbo, Videotron Ltd. Videotron Ltd. Counsel, Compliance; Marc Lacourcière, Pete Wiazowski, Amélie Métivier, Mathieu Deschamps, Gillett Bradley and Nicholas Cerminaro (corporate and securities) and Jules Charette (tax), Ogilvy Renault LLP. For the underwriters: Scott Tayne, Sébastien Roy and Elliot Greenstone, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. Antofagasta plc Details: Antofagasta plc announced it had signed a legally binding Heads of Agreement with Duluth Metals Limited on the joint venture development of the large-scale Nokomis Mining Project in northeast Minnesota. The joint venture provides the execution and financing capabilities required to aggressively advance the Nokomis Project to commercial production. Antofagasta will initially become a 40 per cent partner in Duluth Metals’ Nokomis Project for $130-million (U.S.) in direct expenditure funding and will have the option to acquire an additional 25 per cent interest in the project under certain conditions, including the payment of 25 per cent of the net present value of the project, for an aggregate interest of 65 per cent. Antofagasta has also subscribed to a private place- ment by Duluth Metals, to become an approximately 7 per cent shareholder for $12-million. In addition, Antofagasta will provide $55- million to the joint venture and loans to Duluth Metals of $30-million for future funding commitments of the joint venture if needed. Date: Announced Jan. 14, 2010. On the Deal: For Antofagasta: In-house by counsel Daniel Altikes; Darrell W. Podowski, Laurel Petryk and Alexis Cloutier (securities), Lang Michener LLP. For Duluth Metals: Michael N. Melanson, Brian Abraham, Ralph Shay and Peter Danner, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP. CDP Financial Inc. Details: CDP Financial Inc. (“CDP Financial”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (the “Caisse”), completed 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 per cent senior notes due 2020. The agents for the offering were National Bank Financial Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch Canada Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., TD Securities Inc., Laurentian Bank Securities Inc. and Casgrain & Company Limited. Date: Closed Jan. 15, 2010. On the Deal: For CDP Financial and the Caisse: In-house by Claude Bergeron, Executive Vice-President, Legal Affairs and Secretariat, Sophie Lussier, Director, Legal Affairs, Financial Markets and Derivatives, and Julie Claude Bergeron, Caisse de depot et Tremblay, Legal Counsel; Sylvain Cossette, Olivier Désilets, Sébastien Roy and Christine Lenis (corporate finance placement du Quebec and securities) and Fred Purkey (tax), Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. For the agents: Vitale A. Santoro, François Paradis and Bastien Gauthier (corporate finance and securities), and Mark Brender (tax), Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. Lowe’s Companies Canada, ULC Details: Lowe’s Companies Canada, ULC completed its acquisition of Wal-Mart Canada Corp.’s interest in its former Sam’s Club loca- tions in London, Vaughan and Pickering, Ont., as contemplated by a purchase agreement entered into on July 30, 2009. Wal-Mart discontinued its Ontario Sam’s Club format in March 2009 to focus on its more popular and expanding supercentre format and discount-store business. The purchase price for the transaction was not disclosed. Date: Closed Jan. 20, 2010. ÉTÉ 2010 CCCA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association 43