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CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS OF IMPORTANCE
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Kelsyus and Coop, and includes the popular,
patented Spring Float line of products, com-
plemented by pool category licenses from a
number of popular entertainment franchises.
Swimways' experienced leadership team will
lead Spin Master's Outdoor segment from its
current headquarters.
Spin Master was represented in-house by
Christopher Harrs, Executive Vice Presi-
dent, General Counsel and Corporate Secre-
tary. External representation was provided by
its lead outside counsel Torkin Manes LLP
with a team led by Jeffrey Cohen and Glen
Eddie, and including Adrian Myers.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
LLP acted as US counsel to Spin Master
with a corporate team consisting of Jonathan
Russo, Bianca Bowen and Naresh Lall. Addi-
tional counsel to Spin Master in Hong Kong
was provided by William Fan and Jackie Ip
of William W.L. Fan & Co.
omas Inglima, Jeffrey Breeser and Jo-
seph Allen of Willcox Savage P.C. acted as
counsel to the controlling shareholder of the
Swimways Group.
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CARA OPERATIONS
COMPLETES ACQUISITION
FINANCING FOR ITS
ST-HUBERT ACQUISITION
CLOSING DATE: SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
On September 2, 2016, Cara Operations
Ltd. ("Cara"), Canada's oldest and largest
full-service restaurant company, completed
$550,000,000 of senior secured credit fa-
cilities with a syndicate of lenders in which
e Bank of Nova Scotia acted as the lead
arranger and bookrunner and the admin-
istrative agent. e senior secured credit fa-
cilities financed Cara's acquisition of Groupe
St-Hubert Inc., Québec's leading full-service
restaurant operator.
e Bank of Nova Scotia was represented
by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP with a
team that included Gus Karantzoulis, Chris-
tian Lazarre, Aliza Premji, Raphael Roditi,
Cristina Arantes and Nathalie Olivier. Cara
was represented in-house by Dave Lantz and
David Blumberger and by Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP with a team including Laurie
Barrett, Kevin Whittam, Joshua Lam, Con-
stantine Troulis and Kathy McGowan.
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PATTERN ENERGY GROUP
COMPLETES US$270M
PUBLIC OFFERING
OF COMMON STOCK
CLOSING DATE: AUGUST 12, 2016
On August 12, 2016, Pattern Energy Group
Inc. ("Pattern Energy") completed an under-
written public offering of 10 million shares of
its Class A common stock ("common stock")
and on August 22, 2016, the underwriters
partially exercised their over-allotment op-
tion to purchase an additional 1,300,000
shares of common stock. In total, Pattern
Energy sold 11,300,000 shares of common
stock at a price of US$23.90 per share, for
proceeds of approximately US$270 million.
e common stock was registered and sold
in the United States under Pattern Energy's
shelf registration statement and base pro-
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