Canadian General Investments Issues Shares

Canadian General Investments, Ltd. issued $75 million of cumulative redeemable class A preference shares on November 4, 2003. The underwriting syndicate was led by TD Securities Inc., and included Scotia Capital Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc.

Canadian General Investments was represented by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, with a team that included Alan Brown, Eric Moncik and David Moon (corporate/securities) and Jeff Trossman (tax). The underwriting syndicate was represented by Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, with a team that included Richard Steinberg and Aaron Atkinson (corporate/securities) and Mitchell Thaw (tax).