 Bennett Jones Education McGill University, BA, 2007, with distinction Queen's University, MBA, 2010, dean's list Queen's University, JD, 2011, dean's honour list Bar Admissions Ontario, 2012 Overview Chris Doucet delivers pragmatic, focused and timely advice to companies on a range of M&A and capital markets transactions, as well as efficient, practiced guidance on a variety of corporate, governance and commercial matters. Clients across many sectors appreciate Chris's focus on the details that matter, an approach he brings to a wide array of industries. In addition to his focus on the global mining and metals sector, Chris serves clients in technology, infrastructure, logistics, power, financial services, real estate, fintech and several other areas. He frequently advises public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions (such as asset purchase/sale transactions, plans of arrangement, takeover bids, restructuring or insolvency driven transactions, special situations, reverse take-overs and other business combinations), corporate finance transactions (such as initial public offerings, follow-on treasury and secondary public offerings, rights offerings, private placements of equity and debt securities, royalty, streaming and offtake transactions). In addition, Chris provides counsel to public issuers on regulatory and compliance issues, including continuous disclosure, securities regulatory, stock exchange and governance obligations. Capital Markets • Montreal Fuel Facilities Corporation in its C$750-million offering of 'bullet' obligation bonds through RBC Capital Markets • A syndicate of underwriters co-led by BMO Capital Markets, J.P. Morgan, and Jefferies Securities, in a series of equity financings totaling over US$590 million, including a US$169-million cross-border initial public offering, of Ivanhoe Electric • Blue Moon Metals in its C$86.5-million "bought deal" short form prospectus offering of common shares through a syndicate of underwriters led by Scotia Capital • Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corporation in a series of debt financings totaling over C$1.15 billion through RBC Capital Markets, including amortizing and 'bullet' obligation bond offerings • POET Technologies in a series of financings totaling over C$700 million, including public offerings, registered direct offerings, private placements, and "at the market" offerings through financing agents and partners including Titan Partners, Rodman & Renshaw, Cormark Securities, IBK Capital, Craig-Hallum Capital Group and Maxim Group • The lenders, noteholders, agents and underwriters of Electra Battery Materials in a series of convertible debt and equity offerings, refinancings totaling over C$160 million • Cantor Fitzgerald, as co-lead underwriter with Banco Bradesco, in the US$30-million cross-border initial public offering of Brazil Potash on Nasdaq Capital Market • Cantor Fitzgerald, as co-lead underwriter with RBC Capital Markets, in a series of equity financings totaling over US$320 million, including underwritten "at the market" public offerings and flow-through private placements • The agents of Power Metallic Mines, led by BMO Capital Markets, in its C$50-million private placement of critical minerals flow-through shares and common shares • Skyline Clean Energy Fund in its C$52-million offering of Series A obligation bonds through Scotia Capital Markets • Solgold in a series of international financings totaling over US$275 million, including strategic investments by Jiangxi Copper Company, BHP Billiton and Valuestone Advisors, a royalty investment by Osisko Gold Royalties and equity placements underwritten by Peel Hunt, Cantor Fitzgerald Canada, Cormark Securities and H&P Advisory • Adventus Mining in its US$235 million project financing package with Wheaton Precious Metals and Trafigura Pte, including precious metals stream, senior debt and offtake financing following completion of Adventus' joint venture with Salazar Resources • Optiva in its C$120-million high yield debt financing partially brokered by CIBC World Markets in connection with Optiva’s preferred share refinancing with Maple Rock Capital Partners and EdgePoint Investment Group • Katanga Mining in its C$7.6-billion rights offering financing, backstopped by Glencore, to fund its debt repayment to Glencore • Katanga Mining in its settlement agreement with the Ontario Securities Commission following an investigation by staff of the Ontario Securities Commission into certain of Katanga’s historical public disclosures • Victoria Gold in its C$505-million series of equity, debt, royalty, offtake and equipment financing transactions with Osisko Gold Royalties, Orion Mine Finance and Caterpillar Financial Services for construction of the Eagle Gold Project • The agents and underwriters of TMAC Resources led by BMO Capital Markets and CIBC World Markets in a series of treasury and secondary offerings totaling over C$500 million, including the initial private placement financing of TMAC’s acquisition of the Hope Bay gold project from Newmont Mining Corporation, strategic concurrent private financings by Resource Capital Fund VI L.P. and TMAC’s $155-million initial public offering • CIBC World Markets and Scotia Capital, together with a syndicate of underwriters, in the C$1.15-billion convertible debt financing of Algonquin Power & Utilities in connection with Algonquin's C$3.2-billion acquisition of the Empire District Electric Company • The underwriters of Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust (PIRET) led by Canaccord Genuity, RBC Dominion Securities and BMO Nesbitt Burns, in a series of equity financings of PIRET totaling over C$550-million Mergers & Acquisitions • Alkane Resources in its A$559-million merger with Mandalay Resources • Victoria Gold in its acquisition of the Brewery Creek, Gold Dome and Grew Creek properties from Sabre Gold Mines • Adventus Mining in its C$200-million acquisition by Silvercorp Metals by way of plan of arrangement • Duke Capital in its investment in and restructuring of Creo Tech Industrial Group • i-80 Gold in its acquisition of the Lone Tree and Buffalo Mountain mineral projects from affiliates of Barrick Gold and Newmont and related acquisition and development financings totaling up to over US$325 million, including equity private placements, and convertible debt and precious metals streams with affiliates of Orion Mine Finance • Premier Gold Mines in its C$612-million acquisition by Equinox Gold pursuant to a plan of arrangement • S.i. Systems in its acquisition by Quad C Partners • Klondex Mines in its US$462-million acquisition by Hecla Mining Company pursuant to a plan of arrangement • The special committees of Central GoldTrust and Silver Bullion Trust in Sprott Asset Management's C$1-billion hostile takeover bid for all the outstanding units of Central GoldTrust • Noront Resources in its US$27.5-million acquisition of certain chromite properties in the Ring of Fire mineral region in northern Ontario from Cliffs Natural Resources • The Special Committee of Central GoldTrust in its successful defense against a dissident unitholder proposal and subsequent proxy contest • Glencore in its C$6.1 billion-acquisition of Viterra via plan of arrangement, including the concurrent C$2.6-billion sale of certain assets of Viterra to Agrium and Richardson International |