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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016 29
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CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS OF IMPORTANCE
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Nancy Ramalho (employment), Natasha
vandenHoven (benefits), Neil Shapiro and
Scott Brasil (real estate), Howard Rosenoff
and Scott Perrin (financing), Larry Cobb
(environmental), Ryan Sheahan and Justine
Johnston (food regulatory), Jonathan Auer-
bach (intellectual property).
NAFTA-CAT was represented by Torkin
Manes LLP with a team including Matthew
Tevlin, Kobi Bessin and Adrian Myers (cor-
porate), Catherine Nicholson (tax) and Ken-
neth Beallor (real estate) along with Rajeev
Sharma of Sharma Lawyers (competition).
DOLLARAMA COMPLETES
PRIVATE OFFERING
CLOSING DATE: JULY 22, 2016
On July 22, 2016, Dollarama Inc. completed
a private offering of $525 million aggregate
principal amount of 2.337 per cent sen-
ior unsecured notes due July 22, 2021 (the
Notes). e Notes were offered through an
agency syndicate consisting of RBC Capital
Markets and CIBC Capital Markets, as joint
bookrunners and co-lead private placement
agents, and including National Bank Finan-
cial Inc., TD Securities Inc., Desjardins Se-
curities Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc.
Dollarama Inc. was led in-house by Josée
Kouri, Vice-President, Legal Affairs and
Corporate Secretary; and by a team from
Stikeman Elliott LLP that included Robert
Carelli, Jeremy Sculnick and Jason Paper-
man (corporate and securities) and Frank
Mathieu (tax).
e agency syndicate was represented by
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP with
a team composed of Stephen Kelly, Amelie
Metivier and Michelle Felsky (corporate and
securities) and Derek Chiasson (tax).
ALLIED PROPERTIES REIT
COMPLETES OFFERING
CLOSING DATE: AUGUST 19, 2016
On August 19, 2016, Allied Properties Real
Estate Investment Trust ("Allied Proper-
ties REIT") completed a public offering of
6,089,250 units (inclusive of 794,250 units
issued pursuant to the exercise in full of the
underwriters' over-allotment option) at a
price of $37.80 per unit for gross proceeds
of just over $230 million. e units were of-
fered on a bought deal basis by a syndicate
of underwriters co-led by Scotiabank and
RBC Capital Markets, and including BMO
Capital Markets, CIBC, TD Securities Inc.,
Desjardins Securities Inc., Canaccord Genu-
ity Corp. and Raymond James Ltd.
Aird & Berlis LLP represented Allied
Properties REIT with a team composed of
Margaret Nelligan, Sherri Altshuler, Anne
Miatello, Melanie Cole and Daniel Ever-
all (corporate and securities), Mike Smith
(real estate), and Barbara Worndl and Carol
Burns (tax).
Stikeman Elliott LLP represented the
syndicate of underwriters with a team com-
posed of David Weinberger, Ryan Kirvan,
Christopher Yung and Katarina Zoricic
(securities), Brady McLeod (real estate) and
Lindsay Gwyer (tax).
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