Magma Energy (Now Alterra Power) Merges With Plutonic Power

Magma Energy Corp. (now Alterra Power Corp.) completed a merger with Plutonic Power Corporation pursuant to a plan of arrangement, with a resulting post-deal market capitalization of approximately $575 million.

Pursuant to the arrangement, Magma acquired all of the outstanding shares of Plutonic on the basis of 2.38 common shares of Magma and $0.0001 in cash for each Plutonic share.

In connection with the arrangement, Magma Energy Corp. changed its name to “Alterra Power Corp.” Plutonic is a Ca-nadian-based clean power company; its current principal operating facilities are the Toba Montrose Hydroelectric Project and the Dokie Wind Farm. These assets are held in partnership with GE Energy Financial Services.

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP was counsel to Magma (now Alterra Power Corp.) with a team led by Fred Pletcher and that included Warren Learmonth, Graeme Martindale, Shantela Blaeser, Deepak Gill, Michael Waters, Samir Pa-tel, Jennifer Poirier, Stephen Antle, Richard Bennett, Geoffrey Thompson, Edward Wang, Derek Powers, Summer Lane, Duncan Finley, Shane Freitag, Bernadette Corpuz, Saba Zadeh, Andrew Smith, Doug Sanders, Rick Coburn, Gabrielle Kramer, Karen Grubb, Bradley Freedman, Gabriel Somjen and Casey Leggett.

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP was counsel to the special committee of Plutonic in this transaction with a team led by Blair Horn and that included Tracey Cohen, Georald Ingborg, Frank Schober, Don Dalik, Mark Pontin, Mark Haw-kins and Samuel Li.

Lawyer(s)

Edward Wang F.F. (Rick) Coburn Andrew J. Smith Summer Lane Donald M. Dalik Fred R. Pletcher Tracey M. Cohen Jennifer Poirier Blair J.H. Horn Shane Freitag Stephen Antle Georald Ingborg Gabriel M. Somjen Samuel Li Derek Powers Mark Hawkins Geoffrey Thompson Saba Zadeh Mark Pontin Deepak S. Gill Richard J. Bennett Shantela M. Blaeser Warren B. Learmonth Michael Waters Frank S. Schober Bradley J. Freedman Samir Patel Bernadette D. Corpuz Casey L. Leggett Douglas R. Sanders Graeme D. Martindale Gabrielle K. Kramer