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JUNE 2016
BIG DEALS
worth and Jordan Smith (labour/benefits), Gloria Geddes (tax), Dan
Hayhurst (pensions), Ian Macdonald (competition), Harry Dahme
(environmental) and Lewis Retik (regulatory).
David Wilwerding, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of
Ag Processing was assisted by a team from Miller omson LLP led
by Kristina Shaw and that included Glenn Jones and Farah Roho-
man (corporate/M&A), Eric Dufour (competition), Rosanne Rocchi
(pension), Andre Nowakowski (labour and employment), Kelly Har-
ris (marketing, advertising & regulatory) and Gerald Courage (tax).
MATERIAL SCIENCES CORPORATION
ACQUIRES METAL KOTING
CLOSING DATE: JANUARY 5, 2016
Insight Equity Holdings LLC, a private equity firm based in South-
lake, Texas, through its portfolio company Material Sciences Corpor-
ation acquired Continuous Colour Coat Limited, recognized in the
market by its tradename Metal Koting.
Material Sciences Corporation was represented in Canada by
Goodmans LLP with a team that included Michael Partridge and
Matthew Rossetti (corporate/M&A), Jean Anderson, Celia Rhea
and Elizabeth Jackman (banking), Jarrett Freeman and Ken Sad-
dington (tax), Nick Staubitz (real estate) and Amalia Berg (IP) and in
the United States by Hunton & Williams LLP with a team that in-
cluded Gregory Schmitt (corporate/M&A), Kim MacLeod, Hillary
Peet Paterson and Jessica Tobin (banking) and Alex McGeoch (tax).
Metal Koting was represented by John Wright, James Stranges and
Rochelle Perera of Owens Wright LLP.
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E-Commerce Construction & Engineering
Consumer Staples
COGECO SELLS MÉTROMÉDIA CMR
PLUS TO ASTRAL MEDIA OUTDOOR
CLOSING DATE: JANUARY 5, 2016
On January 5, 2016, a subsidiary of Cogeco Inc., Cogeco Diffusion
Inc., completed the sale of its subsidiary Métromédia CMR Plus Inc.,
an out-of-home advertising company specialized in the public transit
sector, to Astral Media Outdoor L.P.
Cogeco Inc. was represented in-house by a team led by Christian
Jolivet, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Chief Legal Officer
and Secretary and Annie Beaudoin, Senior Legal Counsel, and Marie
Claude Laroche, Director, Legal Services and Secretary, and by Stike-
man Elliott LLP with a team including Warren Katz, David Massé,
Olivier Godbout (corporate and M&A), Maxime Jacquin (banking),
Éric Lévesque (tax) and Jeffrey Brown (regulatory).
Astral Media Outdoor L.P. was represented in-house by Mar-
tin Cossette, Vice-President Legal, Marie-Josée Henri, Assist-
ant General Counsel, Jean-François Laroche, Assistant General
Counsel, David Létourneau, Legal Counsel, and Melissa Azuelos,
Legal Counsel, and by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP with a team
including Patrice Martin, Patricia Galella, Calvin Leung, Maxime
Lemoyne and Andrew Hodhod (corporate and M&A) and Maryse
Tremblay (labour and employment).
CN COMPLETES US$500M
DEBT OFFERING
CLOSING DATE: FEBRUARY 23, 2016
On February 23, 2016, Canadian National Railway Company
(CN) completed the offering of US$500 million aggregate principal
amount of 2.750 per cent Notes due 2026. e offering was made
in the United States under a shelf prospectus dated January 5, 2016,
and pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated February 18, 2016.
Net proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate
purposes, including the redemption and refinancing of outstanding
indebtedness, and share repurchases.
e transaction was completed on an underwritten basis by a syn-
dicate co-led by joint book running managers Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. e syndicate also included BNP
Paribas Securities Corp. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC as senior
co-managers and BMO Capital Markets Corp., HSBC Securities
(USA) Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., Scotia Capital
(USA) Inc., SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., TD Securities
(USA) LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. as co-managers.
CN's legal team was led by the Executive Vice-President Corporate
Services and Chief Legal Officer, Sean Finn, by Deputy Corporate
Secretary and General Counsel, Cristina Circelli and by Counsels,
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