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. a le plaisir d’annoncer que Widewaters Group (« Widewaters ») a réalisé un placement privé de dette mezzanine pour un produit brut de 52 600 000 USD. Le produit net sera utilisé pour le développement d’un hôtel Hilton Curio de 299 chambres qui sera construit au 218 SW Jefferson St. au centre-ville de Portland, Oregon.
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. a agi à titre de conseiller financier de Widewaters dans le cadre de cette transaction.
Widewaters Group est une organisation immobilière intégrée verticalement avec plus de 30 ans d’expérience dans le développement, la construction, la gestion et l’investissement. Widewaters continue de développer et d’acquérir des biens immobiliers de qualité à travers l’Amérique du Nord. Widewaters a développé ou acquis plus de 11,3 millions de pieds carrés de projets de vente au détail, de bureaux, résidentiels et d’accueil, dont 27 hôtels totalisant plus de 3 600 chambres dans onze États américains et deux provinces canadiennes. Widewaters est basé à Syracuse, New York.
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. (« OMSI ») est une filiale en propriété exclusive d’Origin Merchant Partners. OMSI est un courtier sur le marché dispensé qui agira comme agent de placements privés de titres de créance et de capitaux propres pour financer les besoins en capital d’acquisition, en capital de croissance ou en recapitalisation de nos clients. OMSI est inscrite à titre de courtier sur le marché dispensé auprès de la Commission des valeurs mobilières de l’Ontario.
Responsable principal d’origine : Glenn Shyba
Origin Merchant Partners (“Origin”) is pleased to announce that it has been selected to facilitate the sale of the Royal Canadian Mint’s MintChip™ digital currency product.
The Royal Canadian Mint (the “RCM”) is the Crown Corporation responsible for the minting and distribution of Canada’s circulation coins. The RCM is recognized as one of the largest and most versatile mints in the world, offering a wide range of specialized, high quality coinage products and related services on an international scale. For more information about the RCM, visit www.mint.ca.
nanoPay is an early stage Fintech company based in Toronto that provides loyalty and payments solutions for retail and ecommerce merchants. nanoPay combines customer identity, loyalty and payment information into single-use transaction tokens that make payments frictionless®. Merchants are able to leverage customer data into insight and engage customers with content and offers relevant to them. For more information about nanoPay, visit http://www.nanopay.net.
MintChip™ (“MintChip”) was created to be the first regulator-friendly digital cash platform. MintChip was designed to support compliance of regulatory standards including anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) rules. MintChip is a digital replacement for cash linked to a country’s fiat currency and uses secure asset stores to move funds between parties without an intermediary and can process transactions both online and offline. For more information about MintChip, visit http://gomintchip.com/
Origin Senior Lead: Jim Osler
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that The Society of Energy Professionals (“The Society”) has completed its acquisition of shares of Hydro One Limited (“Hydro One”) and the related arrangement and structuring of financing for an aggregate investment of approximately $39 million.
Origin Merchant Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to The Society with respect to this transaction.
The Society of Energy Professionals represents more than 8,000 professional employees in the electricity industry in Ontario, including engineers, scientists, supervisors and finance specialists. Formed in 1948, The Society advocates for long-term, evidence-based planning and decision-making in the energy sector. The Society is Local 160 of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, based in Washington, D.C. with 80,000 members in the U.S. and Canada.
Hydro One Limited is Ontario’s largest electrical transmission and distribution utility with approximately $23 billion in assets and 2014 revenues of over $6 billion. Hydro One’s regulated transmission and distribution operations are owned by Hydro One Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Hydro One Inc. owns and operates Ontario’s approximately 29,000 km high-voltage transmission network and an approximately 122,000 circuit km primary low-voltage distribution network.
Origin Senior Leads: Andrew Muirhead, Jim Osler
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. is pleased to announce that Jaguar Mining Inc. (“Jaguar”) has successfully completed its US$21.5 million convertible debenture private placement.
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. acted as Advisor to Jaguar with respect to this transaction.
Jaguar Mining Inc. is a gold producer with mining operations in a prolific greenstone belt in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Additionally, Jaguar wholly owns the large-scale Gurupi Development Project in Brazil. In total, the Corporation owns mineral claims covering an area of approximately 197,000 hectares in Brazil.
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: Jim Meloche
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. (“OMSI”) is pleased to announce that AdvisorStream Ltd. (“AdvisorStream”) has successfully completed its equity offering of Class B Preferred Shares.
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. acted as exclusive Agent to AdvisorStream with respect to this transaction.
AdvisorStream Ltd. is the only end-to-end solution which empowers Investment Advisors and other sales people to increase their business by providing them with a unique client communications solution providing client news, communications, and lead capture services. AdvisorStream allows professionals to co-brand themselves with the most credible news content through exclusive licensing agreements with the world’s leading publishers.
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. 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 Leads: Mario Di Pietro, Rob Penteliuk
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that Information Services Corporation (“ISC”) has acquired ESC Corporate Services Ltd. (“ESC”) in a transaction valued at approximately C$28 million.
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).
ESC Corporate Services Ltd. is a privately-held corporation providing full-service, bilingual, online corporate services including due diligence, filing and incorporation services across Canada and around the world. ESC was founded in 2009 with offices in Toronto and Montreal and has over 4,500 clients, including law firms, corporations and financial institutions.
Origin Senior Leads: Andrew Muirhead, Mario Di Pietro
Origin Merchant Partners a le plaisir d’annoncer qu’elle fournit des services de gestion de développement pour un nouveau centre commercial communautaire à Oakville (« The Shops of Oakville South »). Longo’s sera un détaillant vedette avec d’autres locataires nationaux. Cette transaction est évaluée à environ 40 millions de dollars. Origin Merchant Partners agit en tant que directeur du développement en ce qui concerne ce nouveau développement de vente au détail.
The Shops of Oakville South est situé dans une banlieue prisée du sud d’Oakville qui représente une opportunité de vente au détail exceptionnelle pour aujourd’hui et pour demain. Avec un grand nombre de futures constructions résidentielles prévues, The Shops of Oakville South est bien placé pour servir les familles bien éduquées et établies de la communauté.
Responsable principal d’origine : Glenn Shyba
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that Information Services Corporation (“ISC”) has agreed to acquire 30% of the issued and outstanding voting common shares of OneMove Technologies Inc. (“OneMove”).
Origin Merchant Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to ISC with respect to this transaction.
Information Services Corporation is the exclusive provider and the Land Titles Registry, Land Surveys Directory, Personal Property Registry and Corporate Registry in Saskatchewan, which are key supporters of economic activity in the province.
OneMove Technologies Inc. offers a leading real estate transaction platform. Through the consolidation of data, OneMove’s proprietary web-based conveyancing software solution, econveyance, facilitates efficient and secure communication between all parties involved in the process of buying and selling real estate in British Columbia.
Origin Senior Leads: Andrew Muirhead, Mario Di Pietro
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that Orderit.ca (“Orderit”) has completed its sale to JUST EAT Canada (“JUST EAT”).
Origin Merchant Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Orderit with respect to this transaction.
Orderit.ca is a leading provider of delivery and take-out services for over 1,000 Canadian restaurants. Orderit provides a convenient and secure platform to improve the food ordering and delivery experience for restaurants and customers across Canada.
JUST EAT plc operates the world’s leading online marketplace for takeaway delivery. Headquartered in London, JUST EAT uses proprietary technology to offer a quick and efficient online ordering service for over 8 million users and over 45,700 takeaway restaurants. JUST EAT is a member of the FTSE 250 Index.
Origin Senior Lead: Mario Di Pietro
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. a le plaisir d’annoncer que Berkeley Payment Solutions (« Berkeley ») a conclu avec succès son offre de débentures garanties de premier rang.
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. a agi en tant qu’agent de Berkeley dans le cadre de cette transaction.
Berkeley Payment Solutions (« Berkeley ») propose des programmes de cartes prépayées MasterCard et Visa pour les entreprises, les gouvernements et les institutions financières. En tant que fournisseur de services gérés de confiance, Berkeley aide ses clients à naviguer dans l’écosystème de l’industrie des paiements et propose une gamme complète de services, notamment la gestion de programmes, le développement de produits, la comptabilité et le reporting, le conseil et l’intégration informatiques, le traitement, la conception de cartes et l’exécution de cartes. Berkeley s’associe également à des institutions financières de premier plan pour accélérer les opportunités de croissance des revenus et la rentabilité en réduisant les coûts, la complexité et les risques liés au développement et au lancement de nouveaux produits de paiement. Berkeley sert plus de 500 clients corporatifs et gouvernementaux en Amérique du Nord couvrant tous les secteurs et fonctions commerciales, offrant une variété de solutions prépayées Visa et MasterCard qui sont simples, flexibles et efficaces.
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. (« OMSI ») est une filiale en propriété exclusive d’Origin Merchant Partners. OMSI est un courtier sur le marché dispensé qui agira comme agent de placements privés de titres de créance et de capitaux propres pour financer les besoins en capital d’acquisition, en capital de croissance ou en recapitalisation de nos clients. OMSI est inscrite à titre de courtier sur le marché dispensé auprès de la Commission des valeurs mobilières de l’Ontario.
Responsables principaux d’Origin : Mario Di Pietro, Jim Osler
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. est heureuse d’annoncer que Freed Developments (« Freed ») a complété avec succès son placement privé de 5,5 millions de dollars concernant son développement Davenport Road.
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. a agi à titre d’agent de Freed Developments dans le cadre de cette transaction.
Freed Developments est une marque de style de vie entièrement intégrée et innovante, qui compte 650 employés répartis dans plusieurs divisions différentes, récipiendaire de nombreux prix de design, Freed s’est imposé comme le meilleur développeur de style de vie au Canada. Comblant les écarts entre le design, l’architecture et l’expérience avec à la fois le luxe et l’efficacité environnementale à l’esprit, Freed a créé des bâtiments au design contemporain inégalés dans la ville.
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. (« OMSI ») est une société affiliée en propriété exclusive d’Origin Merchant Partners. OMSI est un courtier sur le marché dispensé qui agira comme agent de placements privés de titres de créance et de capitaux propres pour financer les besoins en capital d’acquisition, en capital de croissance ou en recapitalisation de nos clients. OMSI est inscrite à titre de courtier sur le marché dispensé auprès de la Commission des valeurs mobilières de l’Ontario.
Responsable principal d’origine : Glenn Shyba
Origin Merchant Partners est heureux d’annoncer qu’il fournit des services de gestion du développement pour un projet de redéveloppement concernant le Hillside Centre Mall et son ajout de magasin Target à Victoria. Cette transaction est évaluée à environ 120 millions de dollars. Origin Merchant Partners agit en tant que directeur du développement dans le cadre de cette mission de redéveloppement en cours.
Hillside Centre est situé à Victoria, en Colombie-Britannique et propose plus de 100 magasins et services, dont Sears, Bolen Books, Shoppers Drug Mart, Thrifty Foods, Starbucks et Tim Horton’s avec une ouverture Target au début de 2014.
Responsable principal d’origine : Glenn Shyba
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce the successful sale of Shape LLC (« Shape ») to Gen Cap America, Inc. (« GCA »). Origin Merchant Partners acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Shape in this transaction.
Shape is a leading global manufacturer of optimally designed-for-performance electrical transformers. The Company specializes in the production of large transformers with rated wattage above 250 watts. Shape’s transformers are used in airport lighting, airport security systems, ultraviolet curing, water sanitation, telecom equipment and other niche applications. Shape products are sold directly to original equipment manufacturer customers. The Company’s headquarters and manufacturing facility is located in Addison, Illinois.
GCA is a private equity firm based in Nashville, Tennessee, focusing on the middle market and lower middle market privately held businesses.
Origin Senior Lead: Bob Wujtowicz
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that Syncordia Technologies and Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (« Syncordia ») has acquired Health Services Integration Inc. (« HSI »).
Origin Merchant Partners acted as financial advisor to Syncordia with respect to this transaction.
Syncordia Technologies and Healthcare Solutions, Inc. operates in North America and Europe and is focused on investing in, partnering with and growing revenue cycle management (“RCM”) companies where proprietary technology can be used as an accelerator. Syncordia addresses a great void in niche healthcare sectors where the necessary workflow/production/analytic components are largely absent or inadequate for an RCM company to maintain quality with scale. Led by a team of executives with extensive experience in RCM and technology, acquisition opportunities are carefully selected to become part of the Syncordia family and enable Syncordia’s vision of becoming a world class technology enhanced RCM company with best in class solutions. For more information: www.syncordiahealth.com.
Health Services Integration Inc., based in Santa Rosa, California, is a technology enhanced claims management company utilizing proprietary technology to improve claim workflow, production management, and actionable data transparency. Since its inception over a decade ago, HSI has demonstrated a consistent level of innovation and growth. The technology developed by HSI automates and speeds up claims processing and provides analytics for deeper insight to fine tune the RCM process. For more information: www.hsihealth.com.
Origin Senior Lead: Mario Di Pietro
Origin Merchant Partners is pleased to announce that Decker Acquisition Corp. (d/b/a « Blessing Industries ») and Quamaco Corp. (« Quamaco Corp. ») have been acquired by Prairieland Holdings, Inc. (« Prairieland »). Origin Merchant Partners acted as the exclusive financial advisor to the shareholders of Blessing Industries and Quamaco Corp.
Blessing Industries and Quamaco Corp. produce light-medium and heavy fabrications utilizing laser and plasma cutting; machining centres; turret punches; shearing; press brakes; welding; finishing and painting; and drilling and tapping. Their customer base includes Blue Chip equipment and machinery manufacturers and many medium and small OEMs.
Prairieland was created by five former U.S. Navy officers to build a dynamic, nationwide organization of metal fabricators serving the aerospace, defense, healthcare, agriculture, transportation and industrial markets. The acquisition of Blessing Industries provides Prairieland with an established base in the agriculture, transportation and industrial markets. Prairieland is backed by a boutique private equity firm that specializes in introducing LEAN manufacturing principles into its portfolio companies.
Origin Senior Lead: Bob Wujtowicz
Origin Merchant Partners a le plaisir d’annoncer qu’elle a finalisé la vente d’un nouveau centre de vente au détail avec épicerie à Oakville, en Ontario (« The Shops of Oakville South »). Longo’s est un détaillant vedette avec d’autres locataires régionaux et nationaux, dont BMO, Harper’s Landing et Kids & Co. Cette transaction est évaluée à 39 750 000 $ pour un intérêt de 75 %.
Origin Merchant Partners a agi en tant que conseiller du vendeur dans le cadre de cette transaction.
The Shops of Oakville South est situé dans un emplacement privilégié du sud-est d’Oakville qui représente une opportunité de vente au détail exceptionnelle pour aujourd’hui et pour demain.
Responsable principal d’origine : Glenn Shyba
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. a le plaisir d’annoncer que Widewaters Calgary Hotel Ownership Inc. (« Widewaters ») a réalisé un placement privé de dette mezzanine pour un produit brut de 32 420 000 $. Le produit net sera utilisé pour le développement d’un Hilton Garden Inn/Homewood Suites de 320 chambres situé à l’intersection de la 4e rue et de la 7e avenue dans le quartier Downtown East Village de Calgary.
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. a agi à titre de conseiller financier de Widewaters dans le cadre de cette transaction.
Widewaters Group est une organisation immobilière intégrée verticalement avec plus de 30 ans d’expérience dans le développement, la construction, la gestion et l’investissement. Widewaters continue de développer et d’acquérir des biens immobiliers de qualité à travers l’Amérique du Nord. Widewaters a développé ou acquis plus de 11,2 millions de pieds carrés de projets de vente au détail, de bureaux, résidentiels et d’accueil, dont 23 hôtels totalisant plus de 3 100 chambres dans onze États américains et deux provinces canadiennes. Widewaters est basé à Syracuse, New York.
Origin Merchant Securities Inc. (« OMSI ») est une société affiliée en propriété exclusive d’Origin Merchant Partners. OMSI est un courtier sur le marché dispensé qui agira comme agent de placements privés de titres de créance et de capitaux propres pour financer les besoins en capital d’acquisition, en capital de croissance ou en recapitalisation de nos clients. OMSI est inscrite à titre de courtier sur le marché dispensé auprès de la Commission des valeurs mobilières de l’Ontario.
Responsables principaux d’Origine : Glenn Shyba, Rob Penteliuk
Origin Merchant Partners has successfully advised Designed Alloy Products, Inc. and Alloy Rod Products, Inc. (collectively « DAPI ») on restructuring their debt capital through obtaining a senior revolving credit facility from Wells Fargo Bank (« Wells Fargo ») and a junior term debt loan from Enhanced Capital (« Enhanced Capital »).
DAPI, headquartered in Aurora, Illinois, is a privately held manufacturer of certified ingot and alloy rod products, and a processor of scrap metal. The company supplies its products to mills and foundries in the United States and to distributors serving foreign markets. DAPI has manufacturing operations in Illinois, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
Wells Fargo is a nationwide, diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.5 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, it provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 9,000 locations in 36 countries. With more than 264,000 active, full-time equivalent team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States and ranks No. 25 on Fortune’s 2013 rankings of America’s largest corporations. Wells Fargo ranked fourth in assets and first in the market value of its common stock among all U.S. banks at December 31, 2013.
Enhanced Capital is a diversified, national asset management firm providing investment capital to small businesses that are underserved by traditional sources of financing. Enhanced Capital seeks to create innovative structures that fit the needs of small businesses, helping them to grow and create value for all constituents. Enhanced Capital is headquartered in New York City, and has regional offices in New Orleans, Austin, Birmingham, Denver, Jackson Hole, Nashville, Stamford, Tampa and Washington, D.C.
Origin Senior Leads: Nick Newlin, Bob Wujtowicz
