Alter Moneta Trust Completes Financing

On January 27, 2006, Alter Moneta Trust, along with its subsidiaries Alter Moneta Corporation and Lutex Leasing Inc., entered into a new $102,500,000 syndicated credit facility with Royal Bank of Canada, acting as administrative agent, and RBC Capital Markets as arranger.

The Alter Moneta Group, with offices in Quebec, Ontario and the US, is a leading North American financial services organization specializing in the financing of equipment by way of financing leases, instalment sales contracts and loans for the acquisition of equipment. Its financing activities cover a wide range of sectors of activities that include merchandise transport and passenger transport equipment, manufacturing and production equipment and construction equipment.
Alter Moneta Trust and its subsidiaries were represented by Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP with a team comprised of Robert Girard, David Lemieux and Félix Gutierrez in Montreal, and Bogdan Teofilovici in Toronto.

Royal Bank of Canada was represented by Ogilvy Renault LLP with a team comprised of Robert Borduas, Martin Thériault and Guillaume Beaupré.