Astral Secures $700M In Additional Financing

Astral Media Inc. entered into a new credit agreement providing Astral with access to a $700 million five year unsecured credit facility from a syndicate of banks led by National Bank Financial Markets, RBC Capital Markets and BMO Capital Markets.

Astral Media is a leading media company in Canada.

Astral's team was led by Brigitte Catellier, Vice President, Legal Affairs and Secretary, Jocelyn Côté, Senior Vice Presi-dent, Regulatory and Government Affairs and Sylvie Bélanger, Senior Paralegal, Legal Affairs, with assistance from Stikeman Elliott LLP with a team that included Howard Rosenoff and Marie Josée Marcoux.

Astral's lending syndicate was represented by Angela Onesi, Marc Novello, Alexandre Gagnon and Jay Choi of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP.

Lawyer(s)

Marie-Josée Marcoux Brigitte K. Catellier Marc Novello Angela Onesi Howard Rosenoff Alexandre Gagnon Jay Choi Jocelyn Côté