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CCCA_V7No1_Col-DealDevelop-FIN_CCCA_V6No4 2/12/13 5:27 PM Page 45 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. Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust Details: Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust (“Cominar”), the third largest diversified real estate investment trust in Canada and the largest commercial property owner in the province of Québec, completed the re-opening of its 4.274 per cent Series 1 senior unsecured deben- tures due June 15, 2017, in the principal amount of $125 million. The offering was completed on an agency basis through a syndicate of agents co-led by National Bank Financial Inc. and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., and which included Desjardins Securities Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., TD Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc., Canaccord Genuity Corp., Dundee Securities Ltd. and Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. (collectively, the “Agents”) for gross proceeds to Cominar of approximately $126.5 million. Date: Closed September 14, 2012. On the Deal: For Cominar: Sylvain Cossette, Sébastien Roy and Elise Beauregard (corporate finance and securities) and Fred Purkey (tax), Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. For the Agents: Marc Rochefort, Michel Servant and Geneviève Fournier (corporate finance and securities) and Philip Nolan (tax), Lavery, de Billy, L.L.P. ISTOCKPHOTO PRINTEMPS 2013 CCCA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association 45