Rayner, Will Stawell, Samir Kinger, Tom
Haggerty, and Isolde Daniell.
Grillo Higgins Lawyers acted as Aus-
tralian financial counsel to Hansen with a
team led by Alfonso Grillo and Tony Petani.
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MERCER PARK BRAND
ACQUISITION CORP. ANNOUNCES
COMPLETION OF INITIAL
PUBLIC OFFERING
CLOSING DATE: MAY 13, 2019
Goodmans LLP represented Mercer Park
Brand Acquisition Corp. ("BRND") in
connection with its initial public offering
of US$402,500,000 of Class A Restricted
Voting Units (including US$52,500,000 of
Class A Restricted Voting Units issued on
the exercise in full of the over-allotment op-
tion). is represents a total of 40,250,000
Class A Restricted Voting Units offered at
a price of US $10 per unit for total gross
proceeds of US$402,500,000.
e proceeds from the distribution of
the Class A Restricted Voting Units were
deposited into an escrow account and will
be released upon certain prescribed condi-
tions, as further described in the final pro-
spectus dated May 7, 2019.
BRND is a newly organized special
purpose acquisition corporation formed
for the purpose of effecting an acquisition
of one or more businesses or assets within
a specified period of time (a "Qualifying
Transaction"). BRND intends to focus
its search for targets that operate branded
product businesses in cannabis and/or
cannabis-adjacent industries; however, it is
not limited to a particular industry or geo-
graphic region for purposes of completing
its Qualifying Transaction.
Goodmans LLP acted as Canadian legal
counsel to BRND, with a team led by Ste-
phen Pincus and including William Gor-
man, David Coll-Black and Ledya Yohannes
(Corporate/Securities), and Jon Northup
and Michael Royal (Tax). Hodgson Russ
LLP acted as US legal counsel to BRND,
and represented BRND with a team includ-
ing George Eydt and Timothy Ho. Canac-
cord Genuity Corp. acted as the sole under-
writer in connection with the Offering.
BROADRIDGE COMPLETES
US$300 MILLION ACQUISITION
OF RPM TECHNOLOGIES
CLOSING DATE: JUNE 10, 2019
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
(NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader and
part of the S&P 500® Index, acquired,
through one of its Canadian subsidiaries,
RPM Technologies, a leading Canadian
provider of enterprise wealth manage-
ment soware solutions and services for
approximately US$300 million. RPM's
technology platforms today support over
15 million customer accounts. Building
on Broadridge's strong Canadian Wealth
Management business, the acquisition will
bring important new capabilities and next-
generation technology to both RPM's and
Broadridge's clients.
Broadridge was represented in-house by
Daniel Chernin, Chief Counsel–M&A,
and by Bennett Jones LLP with a team
including Jeff Kerbel, Kristopher Hanc,
Will Edwards and Bronwyn Shaw (M&A/
Corporate), Matthew Peters (Tax), Sara
Parchello (Employment), Dominique
Hussey (IP), Sebastien Gittens and Byron
Tse (IT) and James McClary and Andrew
Little (Insurance).
RPM was represented in-house by C. Ian
Kyer. Bayshore Capital, the principal seller,
was represented by Osler, Hoskin & Har-
court LLP with a team including Doug-
las Marshall, Rosalind Hunter and Lisa
Pincus (M&A/Corporate), and Amanda
Heale and Taylor Cao (Tax). e man-
agement shareholders were represented by
Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP with
a team including Scott Conover and Adam
Cepler (M&A/Corporate), William J. Bies
and Kathryn Walker (Tax).
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EQUITABLE BANK COMPLETES
C$150M DEPOSIT NOTES ISSUE
CLOSING DATE: APRIL 16, 2019
Equitable Bank successfully completed its
C$150 million offering of deposit notes.
e notes bear interest at a fixed rate of
3.198 per cent per annum (paid semi-an-
nually) until April 16, 2021.
CIBC World Markets and RBC Do-
minion Securities acted as joint lead deal-
ers and bookrunners for the offering, with
a syndicate that included BMO Nesbitt
Burns, National Bank Financial, Scotia
Capital and TD Securities.
e offering demonstrates strong sup-
port of Equitable Bank by the institutional
investor community and represents the
start of a more sustained issuance program.
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
represented Equitable Bank with a team
that was led by John Teolis and Heidi Re-
inhart, assisted by Sam Zadeh.
Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP
represented the dealers with a team that
comprised Robert W. McDowell, Richard
J. Steinberg and Florind Polo.
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