Newmont Mining Completes US$1.1B Offering

Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. completed a US$1.1 billion cross-border offering of its common stock on November 12, 2003. The Canadian portion of the offering was completed using the north-bound multijurisdictional disclosure system.

The offering was led by JP Morgan and UBS Investment Bank as joint bookrunning underwriters. The co-manager group included Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., Citigroup, HSBC, National Bank Financial, RBC Capital Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and Griffiths McBurney & Partners Corp.

Newmont Mining was represented in-house by Britt Banks, vice-president, general counsel and secretary; and Sharon Thomas, assistant general counsel and assistant secretary; in Canada by Goodmans LLP, with a team led by Jonathan Lampe, and included Bob Vaux, Neil Harris and Yi-Wen Hsu; and in the US by White & Case LLP in New York, with a team led by Maureen Brundage, and included Kai Rebane and Jennifer Kruer Gordon; and by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz in New York, with a team led by David Katz.

The underwriters were represented in Canada by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, with a team led by Pam Hughes, and included Mario Josipovic and Erica Young; and in the US by Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York, with a team led by Bob Downes, and included Matthew Brennan, Brian Burns, Ari Kahn and Dan O’Sullivan.

Lawyer(s)

Neil H. Harris Matthew Brennan Richard Ari Kahn Jennifer Kruer Gordon Robert Vaux Mario Josipovic Brian E. Burns Yi-Wen Hsu Pamela S. Hughes Orla O'Sullivan Erica Young David A. Katz Jonathan Lampe Robert Wilson Downes

Firm(s)

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Goodmans LLP White & Case LLP