 Bennett Jones Education Queen's University, BSc (Mechanical Engineering), 2015 Dalhousie University, JD, 2019 Bar Admissions Alberta, 2020 Overview Annie Tonken practices corporate and securities law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and corporate governance. Annie has represented buyers and sellers in connection with merger and acquisition transactions, including share purchase transactions, plans of arrangement and amalgamations, and acts for issuers with respect to public and private offerings of equity and debt securities. Annie also advises clients on general corporate and securities law matters, including corporate governance, continuous disclosure requirements and other regulatory compliance issues. Before becoming an associate at Bennett Jones, Annie summered and articled with the firm. Experience • Canadian Natural Resources Limited in its concurrent C$500-million and US$1.5-billion private placements of unsecured notes • Stantec Inc. in its C$425-million private placement of unsecured notes • DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. in its $30-million aggregate gross proceeds rights offering • DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. in connection with its cross border substantial issuer bid for its outstanding convertible debentures • Killam Apartment REIT in a tax driven internal reorganization by way of a plan of arrangement • Gibson Energy Inc. in its $403-million bought deal offering of subscription receipts. • Gibson Energy Inc., as Canadian counsel, in its US$1.1-billion acquisition of South Texas Gateway Terminal LLC. • SECURE Energy Services Inc., in its $140-million private placement of senior unsecured notes due 2026. • Keyera Corp. in its $230-million bought deal equity offering. • Canadian Utilities Limited (TSX: CU) in its US$250-million private placement of debentures due 2052. • Killam Apartment REIT in a $98.1-million public offering of trust units, on a bought-deal basis, by way of prospectus supplement. • Canadian Pacific Railway Limited in its US$31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern. • Canadian Utilities Limited, in its public offering of $175 million of Series HH Preferred Shares by way of short form prospectus. • Killam Apartment REIT in a $109.3-million public offering of trust units, on a bought-deal basis, by way of prospectus supplement. • Canadian Pacific Railway Company, in its public offering via prospectus supplement of an aggregate of $2.2-billion principal amount of notes, guaranteed by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. • Canadian Pacific Railway Company, in its public offering via prospectus supplement of an aggregate of US$6.7-billion principal amount of notes, guaranteed by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. • SECURE Energy Services Inc., in its $140-million private placement of senior unsecured notes due 2026. • Gibson Energy Inc. in the renewal of its $3-billion short form base shelf prospectus. • SECURE Energy Services Inc., in its $2-billion acquisition of Tervita Corporation. • SECURE Energy Services Inc., in its $200-million private placement of senior unsecured notes due 2026. • Westport Fuel Systems Inc., in the US$50-million "at-the-market" distribution of common shares via short-form prospectus supplement. • TriWest Capital Partners, in connection with its partnership in Supreme International Limited, in conjunction with senior management and Export Development Canada. • Cenovus Energy Inc., in its $23.6-billion acquisition of Husky Energy Inc. • Corridor Resources Inc. (now named Headwater Exploration Inc.), in its financing and reconstitution of the board and management, pursuant to which Corridor completed $50-million private placement of units and subscription receipts to the new management team and other subscribers. |