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Placer Dome Completes US Debt Offering
Amount: 711.0M
Date Closed: Oct 10 2003
Published in Magazine: Mar 01 2004
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On October 10, 2003, Placer Dome Inc. completed offerings of US$300 million 6.45 per cent debentures due in 2035 and US$230 million 2.75 per cent convertible debentures due in 2023 by way of a private placement. On both issues, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., JP Morgan Stanley Securities Inc. and JP Morgan & Co., Inc., acted as joint bookrunning managers with Barclays Capital Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. also part of the syndicate of initial purchasers. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas acted as trustee.

Placer Dome was represented in-house by Trevor Thomas, counsel; and Geoff Gold, vice-president, assistant secretary and associate general counsel; in Canada by Edwards, Kenny & Bray in Vancouver, with a team that included Bill Hartley, Tom Clarke, Geoff Sherrott, Deborah Clark and Brian Mulholland; and by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in Toronto, with a team that included Doug Marshall, Monica Biringer, Robert Lando and Julie Colden; and in the US by Christopher Paci, Rob Evans, III, Megan Tang and Allison Fergus of Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York.

The initial managers were represented in Canada by Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP in Toronto, with a team that included Patricia Olasker, Robert Murphy and Siobhan Monaghan; and in the US by Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, with a team that included Eric Haueter, Bradley Fenner and Nicolai Hinrichsen in San Francisco; and by Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York, with respect to the convertible debentures, with a team that included John Brandow, Ray Ibrahim and Soo-Mi Rhee. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas was represented by Michele Ross of Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman in Washington, DC, and New York.
Lawyers
William L. Hartley
A. Thomas Clarke
Geoffrey M. Sherrott
Deborah Clark
Douglas R. Marshall
Monica E. Biringer
Robert C. Lando
Julie A. Colden
Christopher C. Paci
Robert Evans, III
Megan Tang
Alison Fergus
Patricia L. Olasker
Robert S. Murphy
K.A. Siobhan Monaghan
Bradley Fenner
Nicolai Hinrichsen
John M. Brandow
Ray Ibrahim
Soo-Mi Rhee
Corporate Counsel
Trevor R. Thomas
Geoffrey P. Gold
Law Firms
Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP (Vancouver, BC)
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (Toronto, ON)
Shearman & Sterling LLP (New York, NY)
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP (Toronto, ON)
Davis Polk & Wardwell (New York, NY)
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (Washington, DC)
Financial Intermediaries
Citigroup Investor Relations (New York, NY)
JP Morgan Securities (New York, NY)
JP Morgan Chase (New York, NY)
Barclays Capital Inc. (New York, NY)
CIBC World Markets Inc. (Toronto, ON)
HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc. (Toronto, ON)
Scotia Capital Inc. (Toronto, ON)
Deutsche Bank Trust Company (New York, NY)
Legal Parties
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