Douglas Bryce

Kinross Gold Corporation in its US$1.4 billion acquisition of Great Bear Resources

On February 24, 2022, Kinross Gold Corporation completed its previously announced acquisition of Great Bear Resources Ltd. Through the transaction, Kinross will acquire Great Bear’s flagship Dixie project located in the Red Lake mining district in Ontario, Canada. Kinross has agreed to an...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: February 24, 2022 Value: US$1.4 billion

The Levy Family in theScore’s US$2 billion acquisition by Penn National Gaming

On August 5, 2021, Penn National Gaming announced it will acquire theScore for US$2 billion in cash and stock. The acquisition creates a first-of-its-kind, vertically integrated media and omni-channel gaming business, combining sports, gaming and media in North America, and will allow the company...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: October 19, 2021 Value: US$2 billion

Richardson Financial Group in the sale of Richardson GMP to GMP Capital Inc.

On October 20, 2020, GMP Capital (GMP) consolidated its ownership of Richardson GMP Limited (Richardson GMP). Pursuant to a definitive purchase agreement dated August 13, 2020, as amended, between GMP and Richardson Financial Group Limited, GMP acquired all of the shares of Richardson GMP that it...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: October 20, 2020 Value: -

Corus Entertainment Inc. in the proposed sale of specialty channels to Bell Media Inc. for approximately $200 million

In October 2017, Osler acted for Corus Entertainment Inc. (“Corus”) in its proposed agreement to sell French-language specialty channels Historia and Séries+ to Bell Media Inc. (“Bell Media”) for approximately $200 million. The increased financial flexibility that this transaction...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: -- Value: $200 million

Halogen in its sale to Vector Capital

On May 1, 2017, all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Halogen Software Inc. (“Halogen”) were acquired by Saba Software Inc. (“Saba”), Vector Capital and its affiliates (“Vector”), and Michael Slaunwhite, Halogen’s founder, executive chairman and largest shareholder. The...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: May 1, 2017 Value: $293 million

The underwriters in a $173 million equity offering by Shawcor Ltd.

On December 23, 2016, Shawcor Ltd. (“Shawcor”) completed a bought deal offering of 5,261,250 common shares of Shawcor, including 686,250 common shares pursuant to the full exercise of the over-allotment option, at a price of $32.80 per common share (the “Offering”) for aggregate gross...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: December 23, 2016 Value: $173 million

Corus Entertainment Inc. in connection with its $2.65 billion purchase of Shaw Media Inc. from Shaw Communications Inc.

On January 13, 2016, Corus and SCI entered into a share purchase agreement, pursuant to which Corus agreed to purchase all of the shares of Shaw Media Inc. for an aggregate purchase price of $2.65 billion, of which $1.85 billion will be paid in cash, and the balance will be satisfied through the...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: April 1, 2016 Value: $2.65 billion

COM DEV in connection with its acquisition by a subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc. by way of a plan of arrangement and its spinoff of exactEarth Ltd.

On February 1, 2016, COM DEV International Ltd., a leading manufacturer of space hardware subsystems, completed an arrangement agreement with a subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., pursuant to which Honeywell would acquire all of COM DEV’s issued and outstanding common shares. In...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: February 1, 2016 Value: $580 million

KingSett Capital-led consortium in its proposed take-over bid for Primaris REIT and acquisition of 17 Primaris properties as part of H&R REIT’s acquisition of Primaris

Osler was counsel to the KingSett Capital-led consortium, which consisted of certain KingSett Capital managed funds, the Ontario Pension Board and RioCan REIT, in the $4.5 billion, 5-way, friendly transaction among H&R, Primaris, KingSett, Ontario Pension Board and RioCan REIT, which closed on...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: April 4, 2013 Value: $4.5 billion