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omas M. Rose, Cot Eversole,
Christine Kim and Shona Smith
(Corporate), Mark Goldsmith
and Joel Post (Tax), Heather Et-
tinger (Intellectual Property) and
Robert Browne (Regulatory).
e underwriters were rep-
resented by Norton Rose Ful-
bright Canada LLP, as Cana-
dian counsel, with a team that
comprised Stephen Kelly, Amelie
Metivier, Evelyn Li, Mark Bisseg-
ger, Julia Godolphin and Alexane
Samson; and by Cooley LLP,
as United States counsel, with a
team that comprised John McK-
enna, Richard Segal, Div Gupta,
Rose A. McKinley, Antoine Des-
roches and Darwin Ng.
*Submitted by Davies Ward Phil-
lips & Vineberg LLP
Utilities Financials Health Research
Media & Entertainment Recreation & Leisure Advertising & Marketing
E-Commerce Construction & Engineering
Consumer Staples
DOCEBO INC. COMPLETED
$75 MILLION IPO
CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 8, 2019
On October 8th, 2019, Docebo
Inc. completed its initial public
offering of 4,687,500 common
shares at a price of C$16.00 per
share for total gross proceeds of
C$75 million.
e underwriters were granted
an over-allotment option (the
"Over-Allotment Option") to
purchase up to an additional
703,125 common shares at a
price of C$16.00 per share for
additional gross proceeds of
C$11,250,000 if the Over-Allot-
ment Option is exercised in full.
e Over-Allotment Option can
be exercised for a period of 30 days from the
closing date.
From a legal perspective, the IPO re-
quired coordinating complex securities law,
IP, tax, banking, commercial and employ-
ment advice across several jurisdictions –
most notably Canada, Italy and the U.S.
Goodmans LLP counsel included Brad
Ross, Jamie Firsten, Joe Conforti, Jarrett
Freeman, Allan Goodman, Francy Kussner,
David Nadler, Chris Baxter, Laura Fraser,
Laura Magisano, Alexandra Murray and
Ledya Yohannes.
Stikeman Elliot LLP acted as counsel
to the underwriters, with a team con-
sisting of David Weinberger Marshall
Eidinger, Rishi Dhir and Sally Wong
(Capital Markets), Jill Winton (Tax),
Alethea Au and Victoria Hale (Technol-
og y), Allyson Marta (Pensions and Ben-
efits), Lucy Carruthers (Employment),
Alexa Peng (Real Estate), Ryan Sheahan
(Intellectual Property).
Dorsey & Whitney LLP acted as U.S.
counsel to Docebo, Inc., with Richard
Raymer as lead counsel.
Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Part-
ners acted as Italian counsel to Docebo, Inc.,
with Cristina Capitanio as lead counsel.
*Submitted by Goodmans LLP.
