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April 2016

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LEXPERT MAGAZINE | APRIL 2016 33 ment of Learning, which is vested under its constating legislation with all of the property of McGill University (McGill) and assumes all debt incurred by McGill, completed the offering by way of private placement of $160,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.975 per cent senior unsecured debentures due January 29, 2056. e net proceeds of the offering are in- tended to be used principally to finance de- ferred maintenance and communication and information technology projects. e offer- ing was carried out by a syndicate of agents consisting of RBC Dominion Securities Inc. (as sole book-runner and co-lead agent), BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. (as co-lead agent), Casgrain & Company Limited, Desjardins Securities Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc. and TD Securities Inc. McGill was represented by an in-house team led by Line ibault, General Counsel, and Heather Andersen, Legal Counsel and assisted by a team from McCarthy Tétrault LLP. e McCarthy Tétrault team was com- posed of Sonia Struthers, Fraser Bourne and Isabelle Nazon. e agents were represented by Stikeman Elliott LLP. e Stikeman Elliott team comprised Robert Carelli, Aniko Pelland and Antoine Champagne. Consumer Services Energy & Power Pipelines Aerospace & Defence Automotive Materials Utilities Financials Health Research Media & Entertainment Recreation & Leisure Advertising & Marketing E-Commerce Construction & Engineering Consumer Staples MOGO STRIKES GROUND-BREAKING STRATEGIC MARKETING ARRANGEMENT WITH POSTMEDIA CLOSING DATE: JANUARY 25, 2016 On January 25, 2016, Mogo Finance Tech- nology Inc. (Mogo) completed the negotia- tion of its ground-breaking strategic market- ing collaboration with Postmedia Network Inc. (Postmedia). Mogo launched its first online loan prod- uct in 2006. Since that time, Mogo has be- come the leading online lender in Canada, with over 1 million loans originated. e company is listed on the TSX under the symbol "GO." Postmedia Network Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Postmedia Network Canada Corp. is a Canadian newsmedia company representing more than 200 brands across multiple print, online, and mobile platforms. Postmedia is listed on the TSX under the symbols "PNC.A, PNC.B." Under the arrangement, Postmedia will provide Mogo with a minimum of $50 mil- lion in media value over a three year period and in return, Mogo will provide Postmedia with a revenue sharing payment equal to 4 per cent of Mogo's current revenues and 11 per cent of Mogo's incremental revenues over the three year period. Mogo also issued a warrant to Postmedia entitling it to acquire 1,196,120 common shares of Mogo (equal to 6 per cent of Mogo's outstanding shares calculated on a fully-di- luted basis) at a price of $2.96 per share. 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