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CCCA_V6No1_Col-DealDevelop-FIN_CCCA_V6No1_Col-DealDevelop-V1.qxd 2/13/12 10:54 PM Page 42 AND Dundee REIT Details: Dundee Real Estate Investment Trust (“Dundee”) purchased from affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Advisors LP (“Blackstone”) and Slate Properties Inc. (“Slate”) a Canadian office portfolio con- sisting of 29 properties located in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto Stephen Belgue, Ken Herlin, George Valentini, John Torrey, John Currie, Goodmans LLP Goodmans LLP Osler, Hoskin & Fasken Martineau McCarthy Tétrault LLP and Ottawa for a purchase Harcourt LLP DuMoulin LLP price of $831.8-million. As part of the deal, Dundee redirected title to four of the properties to Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (“Allied”) and one property to KingSett Canadian Real Estate Income Fund LP (“KingSett”) for a combined sale price of $142-million. This transaction constituted the largest office portfolio ever acquired by a Canadian REIT. Date: Closed August 15, 2011. On the Deal: For Blackstone and Slate: Stephen Belgue, Ken Herlin, Jeff Shore and Gail Jaffe (real estate), Richard Annan (competition law) Joe Conforti (employment) and Jon Northup, and Jarrett Freeman (tax), Goodmans LLP; Allen Evaniew and Jill Sheward, Brownlee LLP; Charles Reagh, Stewart McKelvey. For Dundee: George Valentini, Rod Davidge, Craig Harkness, Stella Di Cresce, Brian Donnelly, Ryan Nielsen and Eric Presseau (real estate), Peter Glossop and Matt Anderson (competition), Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. For Allied: Michael Smith and Steven Pavlides (real estate), and Bill VanderBurgh (competition), Aird & Berlis LLP; For KingSett: Paul Mantini, Simon Crawford and Michael Kershaw, Bennett Jones LLP. For Dundee’s lender, the Toronto-Dominion Bank: John Torrey, Andrea Centa, Jon Holmstrom and David Johnson, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP; John Currie, Tzen-Yi Goh and Greg Barker, McCarthy Tétrault LLP. For CIBC Mortgages Inc. and Allied’s lender, The Bank of Nova Scotia: John Currie and Paul Galbraith, McCarthy Tétrault LLP. Anixter International Inc. Details: Anixter International Inc., a leading global distributor of communi- cation and security products, electrical and electronic wire and cable, fas- teners and other small parts, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Aerospace Hardware Division to entities controlled by Greenbriar Equity Group LLC. Under the terms of the agreement, Anixter will receive $155-million in cash, subject to a net working capital adjustment, and up to an additional $30-million if certain milestones are achieved on or before December 31, 2013. The transaction is expected to be completed during the third quarter subject to regulatory approval and customary clos- Jim Elder , Neil Hazan, Clemens Mayr, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Borden Ladner Gervais LLP McCarthy Tétrault LLP ing conditions. Date: Announced August 16, 2011. On the Deal: For Anixter: Jim Elder, Neil Hazan, Katherine Poirier, Joe Takhmizdjian and Kevin Bianchini, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. For GB Aero Canada, ULC: Clemens Mayr, Véronique Wattiez Larose, Max Rogan, Ryan Rabinovitch, Lindsay Hollinger, Mary Jeanne Phelan, McCarthy Tétrault LLP. Amdocs Limited Details: Amdocs Limited, through its wholly owned indi- rect subsidiary Amdocs Canada Acquisition Corporation (collec- tively, “Amdocs”), acquired all of the outstanding common shares of Bridgewater Systems Corporation (“Bridgewater”) at a price of $8.20 per share in Andrea Johnson, Charles Spector, David Matlow, Shevaun McGrath, Leah Ramkaran, Fraser Milner Fraser Milner Goodmans LLP Goodmans LLP Goodmans LLP cash pursuant to a court- Casgrain LLP Casgrain LLP approved plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act. The aggregate consideration paid was equal to approximately $211-million. Bridgewater and 42 CCCA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association SPRING 2012