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June 2016

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26 LEXPERT MAGAZINE | JUNE 2016 BIG DEALS ENDEAVOUR ACQUIRES TRUE GOLD, CLOSES EQUITY PLACEMENT TO LA MANCHA HOLDING CLOSING DATE: APRIL 26, 2016 JOHN ANDERSON STIKEMAN ELLIOTT LLP BOB WOODER BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP PAUL RAYMOND NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP On April 26, 2016, Endeavour Mining Cor- poration (Endeavour) completed its acquisi- tion of True Gold Mining Inc. (True Gold), a TSX-V listed company, for approximately $260 million. e acquisition was completed under a statutory plan of arrangement pur- suant to which shareholders of True Gold received Endeavour shares in exchange for their True Gold shares. In addition, Endeav- our completed a $82.6-million private place- ment of Endeavour shares to La Mancha, Endeavour's largest shareholder. Endeavour was represented by John An- derson, Neville McClure, Alice Davidson, Victor Gerchikov, David Massé, Léa Béni- tah-Bouchard and Charlotte Verdebout of Stikeman Elliott LLP. True Gold was represented by Bob Wood- er, Kathleen Keilty, Jennifer Ruddick, Bren- dan Depoe, Garrett Lee, Kevin Zimka and Samantha Rossman of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP and by its in-house counsel Mischa Zajtmann. La Mancha was represented by Paul Ray- mond, Steve Malas, Emmanuel Grondin and Laurence Farmer of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP. JUNIPER NETWORKS ACQUIRES BTI SYSTEMS CLOSING DATE: APRIL 1, 2016 SIMON ROMANO STIKEMAN ELLIOTT LLP DEBORAH WEINSTEIN LABARGE WEINSTEIN LLP On April 1, 2016, Juniper Networks, Inc. completed its acquisition of BTI Systems Inc. by way of a plan of arrangement. While not a public company, BTI has a very complex VC- based capital structure, with many classes of shares, warrants and options, and many shareholders, which led to the choice to do a plan of arrangement. Juniper Networks was represented by Si- mon Romano, Michael Decicco, Paul Burd (M&A), John Lorito, Katy Pitch (tax), Michael Kilby (competition), Aiden Talai (pensions/benefits), and Khalfan Khalfan (employment) of Stikeman Elliott LLP, by Bradley Finkelstein, Melissa Smit (M&A), and Michael Montfort (employment/ben- efits) of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Ro- sati, P.C., and by Sean Belanga, Sayoko Blodgett-Ford, Anthony Decicco and Leon Schwartz (intellectual property) of GTC Law Group LLP. BTI Systems was represented by Debo- rah Weinstein, Daniel Scott, Emma Mohns (M&A), Estelle Duez (tax), Michael Morgan and Meaghan Mahadeo (intellectual prop- erty) of LaBarge Weinstein LLP. NORWEST VENTURE PARTNERS, GEORGIAN PARTNERS AND BMO FINANCIAL GROUP ACQUIRE EQUITY INTEREST IN MEDGATE CLOSING DATE: MARCH 21, 2016 JOHN-PAUL BOGDEN BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP CRAIG BROWN FASKEN MARTINEAU DUMOULIN LLP ANDRÉ PEREY BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP JOEL SCOLER DAVIES WARD PHILLIPS & VINEBERG LLP On March 21, 2016, a group led by Nor- west Venture Partners and including Geor- gian Partners and BMO Financial Group acquired a significant equity interest in Medgate Inc. (Medgate). Several members of Medgate management remain equity-holders in the company. © 2015 Stewart. All rights reserved. Unique transaction needs call for unique title insurance solutions. That's what we provide. Get solutions that are the perfect fit for you, call (888) 667-5151 or visit stewart.ca. Tailored

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