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CCCA_V6No2_Col-DealDevelop-FIN_CCCA_V6No1_Col-DealDevelop-V1.qxd 5/24/12 12:27 AM Page 44 H ere are the highlights of some of the many mergers, acquisitions, financings and other deals taking place in corporate Canada over the last few months. Each of the entries below has been provided by a Canadian law firm involved in the deal. Symphony Floating Rate Senior Loan Fund Details: Symphony Floating Rate Senior Loan Fund completed an initial public offering of Class A units at $10.00 per unit and Class U units at US$10.00 per unit for gross proceeds of approximately $50,000,000. Additional Class A units were issued on November 18, 2011, pursuant to the exercise of the over-allotment option, for additional gross proceeds of $4,500,000. The units are listed for trad- ing on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “SSF.UN.” The manager and investment man- ager of Symphony Floating Rate Senior Loan Fund is Brompton Funds Limited. The manager has selected Symphony Asset Management LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc., to act as sub-advisor for SSF Trust in connection with the selection, purchase and sale of sen- ior loans and other assets of the portfolio. The offering was co-led by RBC Capital Markets, CIBC Joel Binder, Margaret McNee, Stikeman Elliott LLP McMillan LLP and BMO Capital Markets and included Scotia Capital Inc., TD Securities Inc., GMP Securities L.P., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc., Raymond James Ltd., Canaccord Genuity Corp., Macquarie Private Wealth Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc., Dundee Securities Ltd., Mackie Research Capital Corporation and Manulife Securities Incorporated. Date: Closed November 1, 2011. On the Deal: For Symphony Floating Rate Senior Loan Fund and Brompton Funds Limited: Joel Binder, Emma Parker and Anne Ramsay (corporate and securities), John Lorito, Katy Pitch and Jill Winton (tax), and Mark McElheran (derivatives), Stikeman Elliott LLP. ISTOCKPHOTO For the agents: Margaret McNee and Stephen Genttner (corporate and securities), David Wentzell and Andrew Stirling (tax), and Shahen Mirakian (derivatives), McMillan LLP. 44 CCCA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association SUMMER 2012