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AND Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. (con’d) Details: approximately $166-million, including an over-allotment option exercised in full by the under- writers of the offering. The offering, completed on March 4, 2011, was underwritten by a syndicate of underwriters led by BMO Capital Markets and National Bank Financial Inc. that included TD Securities Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., and Desjardins Securities Inc. Marc Dorion, Ron Ezekiel, Frank Schober, Joseph Yang, Date: Closed April 4, 2011. McCarthy Tétrault LLP Fasken Martineau Fasken Martineau Fasken Martineau On the Deal: For Innergex: In-house counsel by Yves DuMoulin LLP DuMoulin LLP DuMoulin LLP Baribeault and Nathalie Théberge; Marc Dorion, Philippe Fortier, Frédéric Cotnoir, Richard O’Doherty, Benjamin Silver, Frédéric Harvey, Christian Meighen, Dominic Therrien, Julie Elmlinger, Charles Flicker, Sven Milelli, Tim Kwan, Joshua Walters, Conrad Rego, and Lynn Le Nobel, McCarthy Tétrault LLP. For Cloudworks, its principals, and certain of its shareholders: Ron Ezekiel, Frank Schober, Don Dalik, Richard Berrow, John Kim, Joseph Yang, and Stephanie Sanger, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. For the underwriters: John Godber, Sylvie Bouvette, Christian Faribault, Réda Ray Saad, and Marianne Sallin-Gingras, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. Golden Credit Card Trust Details: Golden Credit Card Trust completed a public offering of $1,200,000,000 3.51 per cent credit card receivables backed senior notes, series 2011-1 and $56,544,503 5.06 per cent credit card receivables backed subordinated notes, series 2011-1. For the senior notes, the agency syndicate was led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and also included BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc. RBC Dominion Securities Inc. was the sole agent for the subordinated notes. Royal Bank of Canada is the seller and the servicer of the interest in the credit card receivables acquired by the trust, which back the series 2011-1 notes. Date: Closed April 28, 2011. On the Deal: For Golden Credit Card Trust and Royal Bank of Canada: Paul Guthrie, Senior Counsel, Royal Bank of Canada, and Melinda Anderson, Senior Counsel, Royal Bank of Canada; Marc MacMullin, Michael McConnell and Michael McConnell, Aida Shahbazi (corporate) and Gabrielle Richards and Brian Pel (tax), McCarthy Tétrault LLP. McCarthy Tétrault LLP For the agents: Rick Fullerton and Mary Sum (corporate), and Lara Friedlander (tax), Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. Gestion Bayonne Inc. Details: Gestion Bayonne Inc. and its subsidiaries, including Dépôt Rive- Nord Inc. and EBI Énergie Inc., recently completed an $80,000,000 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, which added to the existing credit facilities the financing of a new EBI Énergie cogeneration plant. The lenders were National Bank of Canada and Roynat Inc. Date: Closed May 13, 2011. On the Deal: For Gestion Bayonne Inc: Jacques Paul-Hus (corporate) and Pierre Denis (financing), Lavery, de Billy, LLP. For the lenders: Jean-Sébastien Dugas and Marc-André Godin Jacques Paul-Hus, Pierre Denis, Jean-Sébastien Dugas, Lavery, de Billy, LLP Lavery, de Billy, LLP Fraser Milner (Financing), Robert Béland (Real Estate), and Mylany David (Energy), Casgrain LLP Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP. Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited and The Forzani Group Ltd. Details: Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“Canadian Tire”)hasenteredintoaSupport Agreement with The Forzani Group Ltd. (“FGL”) for Canadian Tire to acquire all of the out- standing shares of FGL for $26.50 per share in cash for total acquisition cost of $771-million Doug Nathanson, Sheldon Freeman, Lawson Hunter, Robert Engbloom, Lianne Tysowski, (excluding debt and shares Canadian Tire Corporation Goodmans LLP Stikeman Elliott LLP Macleod Dixon LLP Macleod Dixon LLP already owned by Canadian Tire). The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2011 subject to relevant regulatory approval and other customary conditions. Date: Announced May 9, 2011. On the Deal: For Canadian Tire: In-house by Robyn Collver, Senior Vice-President, Secretary and General Counsel, and Doug Nathanson, Vice President and Associate General Counsel; Stephen Halperin, Sheldon Freeman, Grant McGlaughlin, Peter Hawkings and Stacey Kline (corporate), Ira Barkin and Ken Herlin (real estate), Jon Northup (tax), Amalia Berg Trister (intellectual property), Jana Steele (pensions & benefits), Joe Conforti and Michelle Dobranowski (employment), and Tom Macdonald (environmental), 46 CCCA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association FALL 2011