On December 4, 2012, Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust completed a public offering of $200 million aggregate principal amount of 4.23% Series 2 senior unsecured debentures due December 4, 2019, for total net proceeds to Cominar of approximately $199.0 million.
The debentures were offered to the public by a syndicate of agents led by National Bank Financial Inc. and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., including Desjardins Securities Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., TD Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc., Canaccord Genuity Corp., Dundee Securities Ltd. and Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd.
The syndicate of agents was represented by a team from Lavery consisting of Marc Rochefort, Michel Servant, Guillaume Lavoie and Geneviève Fournier (corporate and securities), and Philip Nolan (tax).
Cominar is the third largest diversified real estate investment trust in Canada and the largest commercial property owner in the Province of Québec.