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- A Canadian public company, operating in the United States, in its acquisition, by way of plan of arrangement, of another Canadian public company, for equity consideration valued at approximately $835 million.
- Great Panther Mining Limited, in its acquisition, by way of scheme of arrangement (under Australian law), of Beadell Resources Limited, for equity consideration valued at approximately $135 million.
- Total Capital S.A. and Total Capital Canada Ltd., in connection with obtaining exemptive relief in Alberta for the offering of securities under an F-3 registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
- Hillcore Group/Abacus Private Equity, in connection with secured lending transactions involving Trenchant Capital and certain portfolio companies of Hillcore, including Waiward Steel and Omni Health Group.
- Founders Advantage Capital Corp., in a $24.7 million acquisition of a 60% interest in Astley Gilbert Limited.
- Ambyint Inc., USD$11.5 million series A preferred shares funding round, led by early stage venture capital firm Mercury Fund with participation by GE Ventures, Statoil Technology Invest, and Cottonwood Venture Partners.
- Founders Advantage Capital Corp., in its $12 million acquisition of a 52% majority interest in Cape Communications International Inc.
- Founders Advantage Capital Corp., in its $20.5 million acquisition of a 60% majority interest in eight Club 16 and five She’s FIT! health clubs.
- Kissner Holdings LP, in a $400,000,000 offering of notes and related refinancing transactions.
- Founders Advantage Capital, in its $74 million acquisition of a 60% Interest in the Dominion Lending Centre group of companies.
- Eagle Energy Inc., in its conversion from an income trust to a dividend-paying corporation and its acquisition of Maple Leaf Royalties Corp.
- The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Intermap Technologies Inc., in connection with a review of strategic alternatives and subsequent funding of the company.
- Mavenir Systems, Inc., as Canadian counsel in its proposed acquisition by Mitel Networks Corporation in a stock and cash exchange offer valued at approximately US$560 million.
- Crossroads Systems, Inc. as Canadian counsel in a public offering of US$12 million of cumulative perpetual preferred stock.
- The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Sino Vanadium Inc., in connection with a take-private transaction.
- Acumen Capital Finance Partners Ltd., in two underwritten private placements of common shares by Sylogist Ltd. for aggregate proceeds of $45 million.
- Northern Frontier Corp., in its $27 million acquisition of Central Water & Equipment Services Ltd., a concurrent $21 million bought deal offering of common shares and warrants and the establishment of new senior credit facilities.
- Zedi Inc., in the proposed acquisition by a management-led group in a transaction valued at $125 million.
- Argent Energy Trust, in its $244.1 million initial public offering of trust units.
- Compass Petroleum Ltd., in its $98 million acquisition, by way of Plan of Arrangement, by Whitecap Resources Inc.
- Technicoil Corporation, in its business combination with Essential Energy Services Ltd., by way of Plan of Arrangement, with a total transaction value of approximately $275 million.
- Compass Petroleum Ltd., in its $12 million public offering of common shares and “flow-through” shares.
- Whitecap Resources Inc., in its $223 million acquisition of Spry Energy Ltd. by way of Plan of Arrangement.
- FirstEnergy Capital Corp., as lead underwriter, in the $80 million IPO of common shares of Condor Petroleum Inc. on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
- Acumen Capital Finance Partners Limited and AltaCorp Capital Inc., as co-lead underwriters, in the $22 million public offering of common shares of IROC Energy Services Corp.
- Total Capital Canada Ltd. and Total Capital S.A., in the implementation of a $4 billion Canadian medium term note program guaranteed by Total S.A.
- Pengrowth Energy Trust, in the $350 million acquisition, by way of plan of arrangement, of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Monterey Exploration Ltd.
- Secure Energy Services Inc., in its $66 million IPO of common shares and the initial listing of the Secure common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
- RBC Dominion Securities Inc., as lead underwriter, in the Churchill Corporation’s prospectus offering of $100,500,000 of Subscription Receipts and $75 million of convertible debentures.
- EnQuest Energy Services Corp., in the sale of assets to TransForce Inc. and the concurrent plan of arrangement to restructure EnQuests share capital.
- Western Prospector Group Ltd., in the acquisition, by way of takeover bid, of the company by CNNC International Limited through its wholly owned subsidiary, First Development Holdings Corporation, for $31 million.
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