Golden Credit Card Trust Completes Note Offering

On April 28, 2011, Golden Credit Card Trust completed a public offering of $1,200,000,000 3.51 per cent credit card receivables backed senior notes, series 2011-1 and $56,544,503 5.06 per cent credit card receivables backed subordinated notes, series 2011-1. For the senior notes, the agency syndicate was led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and also included BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc. RBC Dominion Securities Inc. was the sole agent for the subordinated notes. Royal Bank of Canada is the seller and the servicer of the interest in the credit card receivables acquired by the trust, which back the series 2011-1 notes.

Golden Credit Card Trust and Royal Bank of Canada were represented by Paul Guthrie, Senior Counsel, Royal Bank of Canada and Melinda Anderson, Senior Counsel, Royal Bank of Canada; and by McCarthy Tétrault LLP, with a team that included Marc MacMullin, Michael McConnell and Aida Shahbazi (corporate) and Gabrielle Richards and Brian Pel (tax).

The agents were represented by McCarthy Tétrault LLP, with a team that included Rick Fullerton and Mary Sum (corporate) and Lara Friedlander (tax).