Intertape Polymer Group Completes Bought Deal Offering

On September 30, 2003, Montreal-headquartered Intertape Polymer Group Inc. raised approximately $57.5 million through a bought deal offering of 5.75 million of its common shares to a group of underwriters led by TD Securities Inc. Intertape develops and manufactures specialized polyolefin plastic and paper-based packaging products and complementary packaging systems for industrial and retail use.

Intertape Polymer’s legal team was led by Michael Richards, director; assisted in Canada by Stikeman Elliott LLP in Montreal, with a team that included Jean-Marc Huot, Étienne Massicotte, Louis Morisset and Jason Streicher, and in the U.S. by Shutts & Bowen, LLP in Florida, with a team led by Alfred Smith and assisted by Gregory Humphries and Leann Warfield.

The underwriters were represented by Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP in Montreal, with a team led by Robert Paré, and assisted by Jean-Pierre Chamberland and Catherine Isabelle.