Michael Innes

Corporate Finance

• Dream Industrial REIT in its $250 million green bond offering
• The syndicate of agents in Nissan Canada’s $500 million notes offering of 2.103% senior notes
• The Underwriters in John Deere’s $400 million private placement
• The Agents in CGI Inc.’s Canadian and U.S. offerings of Notes consisting of a private offering of US$1 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes, consisting of US$600 million aggregate principal amount of 5-year notes and US$400 million aggregate principal amount of 10-year notes, and $600 million aggregate principal amount of 7-year senior unsecured notes which bear interest at 2.100% per annum
• Offerings by Hydro One Inc. of $900 million Medium Term Notes consisting of $450 million of 2.23% Medium Term Notes and $450 million of 3.10% Medium Term Notes
• RBC Capital Markets in TELUS Corporation’s $750 million inaugural Sustainability-Linked Bond offering
• Dream Industrial REIT in its $800 million debenture offering and inaugural green bond issuance
• Initial public offering of Hydro One Limited by way of secondary offering of the Province of Ontario of 89,250,000 common shares for aggregate gross proceeds of $1.83 billion (acted for Issuer)
• Offerings by Hydro One Inc. of $350 million 1.62% Notes due 2020, $228 million Floating Rate Notes due 2019 and $350 million 4.17% Notes due 2044 (acted for Issuer)
• Offerings by Rogers Communications Inc. of US$1,000 million 3.70% Senior Notes due 2049, $1,000 million 3.25% Senior Notes due 2029, US$1,250 million 4.35% Senior Notes due 2049, US$300 million 3.625% Senior Notes due 2025, US$1,050 million 5.0% Senior Notes due 2044, $250 million Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2017, $400 million 2.8% Senior Notes due 2019 and $600 million 4.0% Senior Notes due 2024 (acted for Agents)
• Cross-border MJDS Offerings by Telus Corporation of $250 million 1.5% Senior Notes, Series CS due 2018, $1 billion 2.35% Senior Notes, Series CT due 2022, $500 million 4.40% Senior Notes, Series CU due 2046 and $600 million 3.75% Senior Notes, Series CV due 2026 (acted for Agents)
• Offering by American Express Canada Credit Corporation of $575 million 2.31% Notes due 2018 (acted for Issuer)
• Offerings by Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation of $225 million 2.01% Notes due 2016 and $275 million 2.36% Notes due 2018 (acted for Issuer)
• Various bond offerings by General Motors Financial of Canada, Ltd., OPB Finance Trust, Ventas Canada Finance Limited, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (acted for Issuer)
• Cross-border MJDS Offering by Barrick Gold Corporation of 108,962,500 common shares for aggregate gross proceeds of $4.026 billion (acted for Underwriters)
• Initial public offering by Genworth MI Canada Inc. of 49,774,100 common shares for aggregate gross proceeds of $945 million (acted for Underwriters)

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Symplicity in its acquisition of Orbis Communications
• Dream Industrial REIT in its $850 million European logistics portfolio acquisition and associated financing
• The Underwriters in goeasy’s $172.5 million subscription receipt offering in connection with its $320 million proposed acquisition of LendCare
• Hydro One Inc. in connection with its agreement to acquire Great Lakes Transmission LP for $222 million in cash and the assumption of $151 million of indebtedness
• Maple Leaf Foods Inc. in connection with the disposition of its 90% interest in Canada Bread Company, Limited for aggregate proceeds to Maple Leaf of $1.65 billion
• Maple Leaf Foods Inc. in connection with its purchase of substantially all of the assets of The Puratone Corporation through a CCAA process
• Maple Leaf Foods Inc. in connection with the disposition of its turkey breeding, hatching and growing operations
• Glamis Gold Ltd. in connection with its US$21.3 billion plan of arrangement with Goldcorp Inc. and in connection with its previous $2.9 billion unsolicited hostile take-over bid for Goldcorp Inc.
• ThyssenKrupp AG in connection with its $5.3 billion take-over bid for Dofasco Inc.

Private Equity

• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in connection with investments in private equity funds located in Canada, the United States and Europe
• Mesirow Financial in connection with the offering of limited partnership interests of various private equity funds in Canada
• Ares Management LLC in connection with the offering of limited partnership interests of various private equity funds in Canada
• NAV Canada Pension Plan in connection with investments in various private equity funds located in Australia, Canada and the United States