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24 www.lexpert.ca Big Deals COMPILED BY ZENA OLIJNYK AND KIEZZSA CRUZ > TECH AND HEALTH SCIENCES DEALS Wainwright & Co. and Bloom Burton as co-managers relating to the public offering of 25,000,000 common shares valued at US$200 million. e shares were sold at a public offering price of US$8.00 per common share. In addition, the underwriters were granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an addi- tional 3,750,000 common shares from BELLUS Health. BELLUS Health intends to use the net proceeds of the offering primarily to fund research and development activ- ities, general and administrative expenses, working capital needs, and other general corporate purposes. Davies Ward Philips & Vineberg LLP acted as Canadian counsel to BELLUS Health with a team that included Sébastien Roy (capital markets and secur- ities), Alyssa Wiseman (capital markets and securities), and Amélie Doyon (capital markets and securities). Goodwin Procter acted as US counsel to BELLUS Health with a team that included Mitchell Bloom (corporate), Danielle Lauzon (corporate), Hans Ge (corporate), omas Schaad (corporate), Sara Lepis (corporate), Daniel Karelitz (tax), John Stern (tax), Alexander Varond (regulatory), and Roger Cohen (health care). Norton Rose Fulbright acted as Canadian counsel to the underwriters with a team that included Stephen J. Kelly (corporate), Solomon Sananes (corporate), Piere-Olivier Valiquette (corporate), and Sean Cohen (corporate). Cooley LLP acted as US counsel to the underwriters with a team that included Div Gupta (corporate), John McKenna (corporate), Richard Segal (corporate), Valerie Sapozhnikova (corporate), Alex Davis (corporate), Yichen Liu (corporate), Natasha Leskovsek (regulatory), Stephanie Gentile (tax), and Carol Laherty (IP) DYE & DURHAM ACQUIRES TELUS FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS BUSINESS FOR $500 MILLION CLOSING DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2021 On December 3, 2021, Dye & Durham Limited, cloud-based soware and tech- nology solutions provider, completed the acquisition of TELUS' Financial Solutions business and certain assets from TELUS Corporation for $500 million. TELUS' Financial Solutions provides leading digital infrastructure and technology solutions to the financial community across Canada. e acquisition of TELUS' comple- mentary portfolio of embedded solutions expands Dye & Durham's service offering and product capabilities, particularly in the real estate value chain. Goodmans acted as legal counsel to Dye & Durham with a team that included David Coll-Black, Richard Corley, and Michael Partridge. Stikeman Elliott acted as counsel to TELUS with a team that included Peter Castiel, Hélia Taheri, Francis Blais-Lord, Genevieve Paradis, Dana Borshy, Samantha Allen, Alexandra Vall (corporate), Nancy Ramalho, Stephanie Weschler, Stephanie Pasternyk (employment), Mark Firman, Sagar Darar (benefits), Justine Whitehead (IP), Michael Laskey, Peter Flynn (regu- latory), and paralegals Melissa Moretta, Shannon Pham, and Oksana Nevedyuk. CDW ACQUIRES SIRIUS COMPUTER SOLUTIONS FOR US$2.5 BILLION CLOSING DATE: DECEMBER 2, 2021 On December 2, 2021, CDW Corporation, a leading multi-brand provider of infor- mation technology solutions to business, government, education, and health care customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, acquired Sirius Computer Solutions Inc. for US$2.5 billion in cash, subject to certain adjustments. Sirius is a leading provider of secure, mission-critical technology-based solu- tions. e transaction will enhance CDW's services and solution capabilities in key growth areas, including hybrid infra- structure, security, digital and data innov- ation, and cloud and managed services. It will also add services scale, further balan- cing and diversifying CDW's portfolio mix with enhanced profitability. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW was founded in 1984 and employs approximately 11,000 coworkers. For the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2021, CDW generated net sales of more than US $20 billion. Davies Ward Philips & Vineberg LLP acted as Canadian counsel to CDW LLC with a team that included Justin Vineberg (corporate), Yixiao Zheng (corporate), and Mark Katz (competition). Sidley Austin LLP acted as US counsel to CDW LLC with a team that included Gary Gerstman (M&A), Brent Steele (M&A), Danielle Haikal (M&A), Matthew Johnson (M&A), and Christina Pilhofer (compensa- tion and benefits in M&A transactions). Kirkland & Ellis acted as counsel to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (the seller) with a team that included Kevin W. Mausert (corporate), Richard J. Campbell (M&A), Melissa Harclerode (employment and labour), Matt Swanson (environmental), Alexander Fischler (real estate), Kevin F. Jacobsen (IP), Michael J. Conroy (tax), Andrew Struckmeyer (M&A), Michael Schulman (employment and labour), Paul D. Tanaka (environmental), Roberto S. Miceli (real estate), Aaron H. Lorber (IP), Roger S. Lucas (tax), and Mario Mancuso (inter- national trade & national security).