Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that Shaw Communications Inc. (“Shaw”) has completed its sale of Shaw Tracking assets to Omnitracs, LLC (“Omnitracs”).
Origin Merchant Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Shaw with respect to this transaction.
Shaw Communications Inc. based in Calgary, Alberta is a leading Canadian telecommunications company providing telephone, Internet, television and wireless communication services to consumers and businesses. Shaw has over 14,000 employees and over 6.8 million subscribers.
Shaw Tracking is a leading provider of fleet management telematics solutions in Canada. The business offers satellite and wireless based tracking equipment, as well as associated data and software solutions, primarily to the Canadian transportation and logistic industries. With over 25 years of industry leadership, Shaw tracking serves over 600 customers including some of the largest Canadian transportation and logistics companies.
Omnitracs, LLC based in Dallas, Texas is a leader of fleet management, routing and predictive analytics solutions for private and for-hire fleets. The company’s software-as-a-service based solutions to help more than 12,000 private and for-hire fleet customers manage nearly 1,100,000 mobile assets in more than 70 countries.
Origin Senior Leads: Andrew Muirhead, Mario Di Pietro
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that Avena Foods Limited (“Avena”) has completed its sale to Ironbridge Equity Partners (“Ironbridge”).
Origin Merchant Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Avena with respect to this transaction.
Avena Foods Limited is a leading supplier of pure, organic certified, gluten-free oats to the North American market through its Purity Protocol farm to table production model. Avena has an established network of over 90 gluten-free and organic oat growers across the Canadian prairies and a dedicated gluten-free and allergen-free milling facility in Regina, SK.
Ironbridge Equity Partners is a Canadian private equity firm whose strategy is to make equity and equity-linked investments in high-quality, mid-market, Canadian private companies. Target industries include consumer and business products and services, manufacturing, and distribution. The operating background of the principals enables Ironbridge to be a high-value partner to management teams as they seek to improve and grow their businesses. Ironbridge’s assets under management are over $400 million.
Origin Senior Leads: Andrew Muirhead, Jim Osler
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that Nest Wealth Asset Management Inc. (“Nest Wealth”) has received a strategic minority investment of $6 million from National Bank of Canada (“National Bank”).
Origin Merchant Partners acted as financial advisor to Nest Wealth with respect to this transaction.
Nest Wealth is an automated wealth management solutions provider that offers both direct-to-investor solutions and advanced business solutions through its Nest Wealth Pro product. Nest Wealth’s consumer solutions make it easy for investors to obtain sophisticated wealth management focused on their long-term goals without high fees, large minimums or lack of transparency. Nest Wealth’s white-labeled B2B solutions allow wealth management firms to offer simple onboarding, greater transparency and fully integrated back office and compliance functionality.
National Bank of Canada is one of Canada’s leading integrated financial groups. The Bank has more than 21,000 employees.
Origin Senior Leads: Mario Di Pietro, Rob Penteliuk
Origin Merchant Partners was retained by the Board and Special Committee of Mood Media Corporation (“Mood”) to advise and provide opinions and a Formal Valuation with respect to the Company’s US$645 million Arrangement Agreement with Apollo Global Management, LLC and GSO Capital Partners LP.
Origin Merchant Partners provided a Formal Valuation and Fairness Opinions to Mood Media Corporation with respect to this transaction.
Mood Media Corporation is a leader in elevating customer experiences. With more than 500,000 active client locations around the globe, Mood combines sight, sound, scent, social mobile technology and systems to create greater emotional connections between brands and consumers. Mood’s clients include businesses of all sizes and market sectors, from the world’s most recognized retailers and hotels to quick-service restaurants, local banks and thousands of small businesses.
Origin Senior Leads: Jim Osler, Mario Di Pietro
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. is pleased to announce that Electrovaya Inc. has successfully completed a $15 million private placement of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures.
Origin Merchant Securities acted as exclusive financial advisor to Electrovaya with respect to this transaction.
Electrovaya Inc. designs, develops and manufactures proprietary Lithium Ion Super Polymer® batteries, battery systems, and battery-related products for energy storage, clean electric transportation and other specialized applications. Electrovaya is a technology focused company with extensive patents and other Intellectual Property. Headquartered in Ontario, Canada, Electrovaya has production facilities in Canada and Germany with customers around the globe.
Origin Senior Lead: Mark Ernst
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that Dye & Durham Corporation has acquired OnCorp Direct Inc.
Origin Merchant Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Dye & Durham Corporation with respect to this transaction.
Dye & Durham Corporation is Canada’s leading provider of easy-to-use legal software and technology enabled services. Founded in 1874, and employing over 200 team members in Canada and the United Kingdom, Dye & Durham is an industry leader with an existing blue chip customer base and a leading presence in the legal services market.
OnCorp Direct Inc. is a leading provider of corporate search and registration services, due diligence, PPSA and other registry related services to legal and financial professionals, corporations and financial institutions across Canada.
Origin Senior Leads: Mario Di Pietro, Andrew Muirhead
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that Information Services Corporation (“ISC”) has acquired all issued and outstanding common shares of Enterprise Registry Solutions (“ERS”).
Origin Merchant Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to ISC with respect to this transaction.
Information Services Corporation is the exclusive provider of Land Titles Registry, Land Surveys Directory, Personal Property Registry and Corporate Registry in Saskatchewan. ISC is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX-ISV).
Enterprise Registry Solutions is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland and specializes in the provision of consulting services and solutions to the commercial registry domain. Its solutions have also been used globally to implement systems that manage other legal registries such as intellectual property, securities, licenses and pension schemes.
Origin Senior Leads: Mario Di Pietro, Andrew Muirhead
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to provide a Formal Valuation and Fairness Opinion to the Board of Directors of AQM Copper Inc. with respect to a proposed acquisition by Teck Resources Ltd. for all of the outstanding shares of AQM Copper Inc., that it does not already own.
AQM Copper Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration company exploring and developing copper deposits in South America. Through its Peruvian subsidiary, Minera AQM Copper Peru S.A.C. (“MAQM”), the Company is developing the Zafranal Copper-Gold Porphyry Project located in Southern Peru. MAQM is the operator of a 50/50 Joint Venture with Teck Resources Limited through a sole purpose Peruvian company, Compañia Minera Zafranal. MAQM is owned 60% by AQM Copper Inc. and 40% by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation.
Origin Senior Lead: Jim Meloche
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that Woodbourne Canada Management Inc. (“Woodbourne”) has completed its acquisition of the assets of the Ontario Student Housing Portfolio.
Origin Merchant Partners acted as Financial Advisor to Woodbourne with respect to this transaction.
Woodbourne Canada Management Inc. is a leading developer and operator of, and investor in, high-quality apartments, senior housing communities and other multi-residential real estate assets in prime urban areas across Canada.
The Ontario Student Housing Portfolio is comprised of four properties spread throughout southern Ontario. Totaling 1,463 beds, the properties house students attending Queen’s University in Kingston, Georgian College in Barrie, and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Durham College in Oshawa. The portfolio seeks to capitalize on the lack of high-end purpose-built student housing located within close proximity to premier Canadian universities and colleges.
Origin Senior Leads: Glenn Shyba, Rob Penteliuk
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce the successful sale of Dedoes Industries, Inc. (“Dedoes”) to entities established by Ashland Capital Partners. Origin Merchant Partners acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Dedoes Industries, Inc.
Dedoes is the exclusive U.S. producer of mixing, blending, formulation and storage equipment solutions for the automotive refinish industry and a leader in the worldwide market, serving the leading paint manufacturers and distributors on a global basis.
Ashland Capital Partners is a Chicago-based private investment firm devoted to investing in and growing companies in the middle market.
Origin Senior Lead: Nick Newlin
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No.5) Core Fund (“Starlight”) has completed its consolidation of the assets of the existing Starlight U.S. Multi-Family Core Funds and Campar Capital Corporation (“Campar”) into Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No. 5) Core Fund by way of a previously announced plan of arrangement.
Origin Merchant Partners acted as Financial Advisor to Starlight U.S. Multi-Family Core Fund, Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No.2) Core Fund, Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No.3) Core Fund, and Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No.4) Core Fund with respect to this transaction.
Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No.5) Core Fund is a limited partnership focused on acquiring, owning and operating a portfolio of diversified income producing rental properties in the U.S. multi-family real estate market.
Origin Senior Lead: Charles Pennock
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that Yorkshire Valley Farms has completed its acquisition of Farm Fresh Poultry Co-operative Inc.
Origin Merchant Partners acted as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Yorkshire Valley Farms with respect to this transaction. Yorkshire Valley Farms (“Yorkshire Valley”) is a leading Ontario-based organic chicken, eggs and turkey producer, supplying product under the Yorkshire Valley Farms brand name to customers all across Canada.
Farm Fresh Poultry Co-operative Inc. (“Farm Fresh”) is a farm-owned primary processor of air chilled chicken products based in Harriston, Ontario serving customers in the foodservice and retail poultry markets.
Post-acquisition of Farm Fresh, Yorkshire Valley will be a leading integrated producer of conventional and organic chicken along with organic egg and turkey products.
Origin Senior Leads: Andrew Muirhead, Charles Pennock
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that PriceMetrix Inc. (“PriceMetrix”) has completed its strategic sale to McKinsey & Company (“McKinsey”).
Origin Merchant Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to PriceMetrix with respect to this transaction.
PriceMetrix Inc. is a leading practice management software for North American wealth managers that was founded in 2000 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Their solutions use analytics and industry benchmarking to help advisors and their firms better serve their clients and grow their businesses. PriceMetrix directly measures aggregated data representing seven million retail investors, 500 million transactions, and $3.5 trillion in investment assets. PriceMetrix combines its patented process for collecting and classifying data, with proprietary measures of revenue, assets, and households to create the largest and most insightful retail wealth management dataset available today.
McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm, deeply committed to helping institutions in the private, public, and social sectors achieve lasting success. McKinsey & Company has consultants in more than 110 locations in over 60 countries, across industries and functions.
Origin Senior Leads: Jim Osler, Mario Di Pietro
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that Continental Ingredients Canada Inc. (“CIC”) has completed its sale to Quadra Chemicals Ltd. (“Quadra”).
Origin Merchant Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to CIC with respect to this transaction.
Continental Ingredients Canada Inc. is a leading independent provider of food ingredient solutions, specializing in the design and application of functional ingredient systems that impart the desired body and texture characteristics, shelf life stability, and flavour to processed foods, beverage and dairy products.
Quadra Chemicals Ltd. is a Canadian distributor of both nutritional and functional specialty and commodity chemicals. Quadra has grown to be Canada’s third largest chemical and ingredient distributor and the seventh largest in North America.
Origin Senior Leads: Jim Osler, Andrew Muirhead
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that CB Gold Inc. (“CB Gold”) has completed its acquisition of 100% of the Santa Ana Silver Project from Condor Precious Metals Inc. Santa Ana covers the core of the historic Mariquita Silver District, one of Colombia’s most prolific colonial silver mining camps with production dating back to the sixteenth century.
Origin Merchant Partners identified the target acquisition for CB Gold with respect to this transaction.
CB Gold Inc. (“CB Gold”) is a well-financed precious metals exploration and development corporation majority owned by near term producer Red Eagle Mining Corporation. CB Gold has an experienced exploration and mine development team focused on building shareholder value through acquiring and developing high grade gold and silver projects with low costs and low technical risks in Colombia, a jurisdiction with prolific historic production but until recently limited modern exploration. CB Gold owns 100% of both the Vetas Gold Project and the Santa Ana Silver Project, which consist of numerous historic and existing mines and where exploration is currently underway to delineate high-grade vein resources exploitable by modern underground mining methods.
Origin Senior Lead: Jim Meloche
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. is pleased to announce Carpathian Gold Inc. (“Carpathian) has agreed to a private placement of ten million dollars (CAD$10,000,000) from Forbes & Manhattan Resources Inc. (“F&M”). The net proceeds will be used to advance Carpathian’s Rovina Valley Gold Project in Romania.
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. acted as financial advisor to Carpathian with respect to this transaction.
Carpathian Gold Inc. (CSE: CPN) is an exploration and development company whose primary asset is the Rovina Valley Au-Cu Project located in Romania.
Forbes & Manhattan is a private merchant bank with a global focus on the resource-based sectors. F&M is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with offices, operations and assets across the globe.
Origin Senior Lead: Jim Meloche
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that Primus Telecommunications (“Primus”) has completed its strategic sale and investment solicitation process resulting in the pending sale of Primus to Birch Communications, Inc. (“Birch”).
Origin Merchant Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Primus with respect to this transaction.
Primus Telecommunications is one of Canada’s largest independent telecommunications service providers, serving over 250,000 residential and business customers on a national network. The company’s services include internet, voice over internet protocol, local phone, wireless, long distance and prepaid calling cards. Primus was founded in 1997 and has over 500 employees located in offices across Canada including Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, London and Edmundston.
Birch Communications, Inc. is a leading technology service provider of IP-based communications, network broadband, cloud computing, and information technology to small, mid-sized, enterprise and wholesale businesses. The company`s services footprint spans 50 U.S. states, Washington D.C., Canada and Puerto Rico. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Birch has over 1,400 employees across the U.S.A.
Origin Senior Leads: Jim Osler, Andrew Muirhead
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that Brio Gold Inc. (“Brio”) has entered in an Assignment and Assumption Agreement and a Restructuring Agreement with Macquarie Bank Limited (“Macquarie”) whereby Brio will acquire all of Macquarie’s interest in Carpathian Gold Inc. (“Carpathian”) including the Mineracao Riacho dos Machados Ltda. Gold project in Minas Gerais in Brazil. This transaction is expected to close on or about March 31, 2016.
Origin Merchant Partners acted as financial advisor to Carpathian with respect to this transaction.
Carpathian Gold Inc. (CSE: CPN) is an exploration and development company whose primary business is gold production at its Riacho dos Machados Gold Project in Brazil. It is also focussed on advancing its exploration and development plans on its Rovina Valley Au-Cu Project located in Romania.
Brio Gold Inc., a subsidiary of Yamana Gold, was formed in December 2014 to hold Fazenda Brasileiro, Pilar and C1 Santa Luz as well as some related exploration concessions, all of which were held as non-core assets within Yamana Gold.
Origin Senior Lead: Jim Meloche
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that OneMove Technologies Inc. (“OneMove”) has acquired Dye & Durham Corporation (“Dye & Durham”).
Origin Merchant Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to OneMove with respect to this transaction.
OneMove Technologies Inc. is the leading provider of web-based real estate transaction platforms and the creator of the largest and fastest growing online community of conveyancing professionals. Through econveyance™, its proprietary web-based conveyancing software solution, OneMove™ simplifies and expedites the process of buying and selling real estate. econveyance™ connects all participants in the property transfer process, offering a secure and efficient means of completing the transaction online.
Dye & Durham Corporation is a leading supplier of worldwide registry and legal support services in Canada. Founded in 1874 and employing over 150 people, Dye & Durham is one of British Columbia’s most historic employers and principal electronic filers. A proud founding member of the British Columbia Association of Professional Registry Agents (BCAPRA), Dye & Durham operates out of five offices located in New Westminster, Vancouver, Victoria, Prince George and Abbotsford.
Origin Senior Leads: Andrew Muirhead, Mario Di Pietro
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. is pleased to announce that Widewaters Group (“Widewaters”) has completed a private placement of mezzanine debt for gross proceeds of USD $52,600,000. Net proceeds will be used for the development of a 299 room Hilton Curio hotel to be constructed at 218 SW Jefferson St. in downtown Portland, Oregon.
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. acted as financial advisor to Widewaters with respect to this transaction.
Widewaters Group is a vertically integrated real estate organization with over 30 years of development, construction, management and investment experience. Widewaters continues to develop and acquire quality real estate across North America. Widewaters has developed or acquired over 11.3 million square feet of retail, office, residential and hospitality projects including 27 hotels totaling more than 3,600 rooms in eleven US states and two Canadian Provinces. Widewaters is based in Syracuse, New York.
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. (“OMSI”) is a wholly-owned affiliate of Origin Merchant Partners. OMSI is an exempt market dealer that will agent private placements of debt and equity securities to finance the acquisition capital, growth capital or recapitalization needs of our clients. OMSI is registered as an Exempt Market Dealer with the Ontario Securities Commission.
Origin Senior Lead: Glenn Shyba
