CMP 2008 Completes $200 Million IPO

On January 31, 2008, CMP 2008 Resource Limited Partnership completed its initial public offering of limited partnership units, raising gross proceeds of $200 million. CMP 2008 also entered into a loan facility to finance the offering expenses and the agents' fees. The syndicate of agents was co-led by Dundee Securities Corporation, CIBC World Markets Inc. and RBC Capital Markets and included BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., TD Securities Inc., Berkshire Securities Inc., Canaccord Capital Corporation, Wellington West Capital Inc., Blackmont Capital Inc. and GMP Securities L.P.

CMP 2008 and its manager, Goodman & Company, Investment Counsel Ltd., were represented by Senior Vice President Amy Satov, and by a team from Stikeman Elliott LLP that consisted of Darin Renton and Chris MacIntyre (corporate/securities), David Weekes, Trevor McGowan and Christian Meighen (tax) and Maninder Malli (banking).

The agents were represented by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, with a team that included Frank Davis, Corina Zatreanu, Lara Vos Smith and Jennifer Wagner (corporate/securities) and Brian Carr and Zahra Nurmohamed (tax).

Lawyer(s)

Chris MacIntyre Corina O. Zatreanu David G. Weekes Christian Meighen Darin R. Renton Lara Vos Smith Jennifer Laura Wagner Zahra Nurmohamed Maninder Malli Franklin L. Davis Trevor McGowan