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26 LEXPERT MAGAZINE | JANUARY 2013 BIG DEALS COUCHE-TARD COMPLETES PUBLIC OFFERING OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES CLOSING DATE: NOVEMBER 1, 2012 Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. ("Couche- Tard"), the largest independent convenience store operator in North America, completed a public offering of (i) $300 million princi- pal amount of 2.861 per cent Series 1 senior unsecured notes due November 1, 2017 (the "Series 1 Notes"); (ii) $450 million principal amount of 3.319 per cent Series 2 senior un- secured notes due November 1, 2019 (the "Se- ries 2 Notes"); and (iii) $250 million principal amount of 3.899 per cent Series 3 senior unse- cured notes due November 1, 2022 (the "Se- ries 3 Notes", and with the Series 1 Notes and the Series 2 Notes, collectively, the "Notes") for total net proceeds of approximately $995.5 million, aer deducting the agents' fees and the estimated expenses of the offering. e Notes were sold through a syndicate of agents composed of National Bank Finan- cial Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., HSBC Securi- ties (Canada) Inc., UBS Securities Canada Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc., and Barclays Capital Canada Inc. e Notes were publicly offered in Canada, under Couche-Tard's short form base shelf prospectus dated October 2, 2012, and a pro- spectus supplement dated October 25, 2012. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. was repre- sented by Sylvain Aubry, its Senior Director, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary, and a team at Davies Ward Phillips & Vine- berg LLP that consisted of Olivier Désilets, Christine Lenis and Julien Brosseau (capital markets); Sébastien ériault, Véronique Gaumond-Carignan and Liliana Korosi (financing) and MarieEmmanuelle Vaillan- court (tax). e agents were represented by Stikeman Elliott LLP, with a team that comprised Warren Katz, Vanessa Coiteux and Élise Sauvé (capital markets); Jean Lamothe and François Gilbert (financing) and Luc Bernier and Philippe Kattan (tax). BELDEN ACQUIRES MIRANDA TECHNOLOGIES CLOSING DATE: JULY 30, 2012 Belden Inc. ("Belden"), a global leader in sig- nal transmission solutions for mission-crit- ical applications, completed its acquisition of Miranda Technologies Inc. ("Miranda"), by way of a take-over bid for a cash consid- eration of $17.00 per common share or ap- proximately $350 million. Miranda was represented by Patrick St- Yves, its Director of Legal Services and Cor- porate Secretary; and by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP with a team consisting of Robert Yalden, Christopher Main, Chima Ubani, Raphaël Amram and Alexandre Martin (corporate); Antoine Stébenne and Nadia Rusak (tax); Shuli Rodal (competi- tion) and Jason Comerford (US corporate). Belden was represented by Kevin Bloom- field, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel; and Brian Anderson, Cor- porate Attorney; and by McCarthy Tétrault 2 0 1 3 VIEW Brought to you by Canada's leading CLOs explore their challenges for the year ahead Read it in print or online at www.canadianlawyermag.com/inhouse CANADIAN LAWYER INHOUSE AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAW & BUSINESS Live on January 28 th NS MAIL AGREEMENT # 40766500 INHOUSE vol.7 • issue 4 • 08 . 12 AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAW & BUSINESS MANAGING RISK IN-HOUSE NS MAIL AGREEMENT # 40766500 MIND THE DISCLOSURE GAP LAW DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT: THE EVOLUTION OF THE EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIP >> >> From left: Brian Hilbers, Av Maharaj, Nathalie Clark, Mark Adams, Veta T. Richardson, Megan Evans SEVENTH ANNUAL INHOUSE/ACC GENERAL COUNSEL ROUNDTABLE P.18 l counsel play a signifi cant role in managing they work for, and have US US U ENT # 40766500 INHOUSE vol.7 • issue 5 • 10 . 12 AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAW & BUSINESS CASHING IN ON REIT FEVER LAW DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT TAKING CONTROL OF >> >> inside: AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAW & BUSINESS tips for in-house counsel Bringing e-discovery 12 ONS MAIL AGREEMENT # 40766500 How large corporate legal departments are taking control of the litigation discovery process. NG IN IT FEVER PARTMENT MENT How large How large legal depa legal depar taking co liti liti liti CASHIN ON R ING IN InHouseView_Lexpert_Dec_12.indd 1 12-12-10 1:30 PM