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Bank of Montreal in its $1 billion offering of Limited Recourse Capital Notes, Series 3

On September 13, 2022, Bank of Montreal closed its offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 7.325% Limited Recourse Capital Notes, Series 3 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital (NVCC)) (subordinated indebtedness). The notes bear interest at a rate of 7.325 per cent annually, payable...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: September 13, 2022 Value: $1 billion

HyperComply in its US$6.4 million Seed Financing

On September 8, 2022, HyperComply announced that in January of this year, it had raised US$6.4 million in an equity seed financing led by Golden Ventures and FirstMark Capital with participation from Garage Capital and Panache Ventures. With this funding, HyperComply fuels the launch of its...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: September 8, 2022 Value: US$6.4 million

AFARA in its acquisition by EY Canada

On September 6, 2022, AFARA announced it had been acquired by EY Canada, a subsidiary of Ernst & Young, a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. With this acquisition, AFARA and its team of multidisciplinary consultants will join EY Canada’s team to deepen...

Lead Office: Vancouver Date Closed: September 6, 2022 Value: -

LifeWorks in its $2.9 billion acquisition by TELUS

On September 1, 2022, LifeWorks completed its binding agreement with TELUS Corporation under which TELUS has acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of LifeWorks. The transaction represents a premium of 80% and 89% to the closing price and 20-day VWAP, respectively, of...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: September 1, 2022 Value: $2.9 billion

LumiQ in its $5 million funding round

On August 30, 2022, LumiQ announced it had completed its $5 million funding round led by Firmex founder and former CEO Joel Lessem. With this all-equity round, LumiQ plans to build its chartered professional accountant (CPA)-focused podcast platform in the United States.LumiQ is a...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: August 30, 2022 Value: $5 million

SureBright in its $3.2 million pre-seed round

On August 29, 2022, SureBright announced it had completed its $3.2 million pre-seed round led by Motivate Ventures with participation from Panache Ventures, Plug and Play, Simplex Ventures, and InsurTech Fund NYC. SureBright plans to re-invent retail insurance by enabling any e-commerce...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: August 29, 2022 Value: $3.2 million

Heritage Mining in its initial public offering and listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange

On August 25, 2022, Heritage Mining announced it had completed its initial public offering of units and flow-through units with gross proceeds of approximately $2.63 million and the listing of its common shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange. The net proceeds of the IPO, together with...

Lead Office: Vancouver Date Closed: August 25, 2022 Value: $2.63 million

KKR and AIMCo in the amendment of the partnership and related agreements in respect of their equity investment in the $11.2B Coastal GasLink Pipeline

Osler acted for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) and Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), in respect of the amendment of agreements in respect of their equity investment in Coastal GasLink Pipeline Limited Partnership (CGPLP) with TransCanada PipeLines Limited (TCPL). The...

Lead Office: Calgary Date Closed: August 25, 2022 Value: $14.5 billion

AtomVie in its spinout and Series A Financing

On August 24, 2022, AtomVie Global Radiopharma Inc. announced it had completed its series A funding with Avego Management, LLC, an investment firm specializing in healthcare. With this funding, AtomVie plans to expand their production capability by building a new state-of-the-art...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: August 24, 2022 Value: -

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund in its $86.5 million bought deal equity offering

On August 22, 2022, Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (“Chemtrade”) completed a public bought deal offering of trust units. The underwriters elected to exercise the over-allotment option in full, resulting in a total of 10,005,000 trust units being issued for gross proceeds of...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: August 22, 2022 Value: $86.5 million