Mergers and Acquisitions

The Toronto-Dominion Bank in the sale of its indirect home improvement financing assets to Financeit and Concentra

The Toronto-Dominion Bank
Team
Michelle Lally

Partner, Competition/Antitrust and Foreign Investment, Toronto

Colena Der

Partner, Tax, Calgary

 

On September 15, 2016, Financeit announced the acquisition of TD Bank’s indirect home improvement financing assets by Financeit, a leading cloud-based point-of-sale financing platform, and Concentra, a leading wholesale finance and trust solutions provider for Canada’s credit unions. TD’s indirect home improvement financing assets have a book value of $339 million.

As part of the agreement, Concentra will purchase 45,000 TD loans, and more than 800 merchant dealers, including large retailers such as Home Hardware, will be assigned to Financeit.

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP represented TD with a team led by Kashif Zaman and included Kevin Whittam (Banking & Finance), Michelle Lally (Competition), Daniel Wong (Employment & Labour), D’Arcy Schieman and Colena Der (Taxation).

Value
$339 million
Date Closed
August 31, 2016
Lead Office
Toronto
Team
Michelle Lally

Partner, Competition/Antitrust and Foreign Investment, Toronto

Colena Der

Partner, Tax, Calgary