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Mark Kolke's Interviews with interesting Calgary shakers and movers about what drives them and what they see . . .  
 
This week, my conversation with Colin Jackson, Chairman of imagiNation 150
 
 
Coming soon . . . 
 
- Rick Andison, VP Deveopment, Devitt & Forand Contractors Inc.

SHAKERS AND MOVERS

 

+ Brian Porter to Pres. @ Scotiabank
+ Colleen Campbell to Vice-Chair @ BMO Capital Markets
+ David Seymour to Senior Fellow, Municipal Governance @ Manning Centre
+ Dr. Olive Yonge to Chair @ Camput Alberta Quality Council
+ Erika Hergesheimer, Mgr. of Community Services and Protective Services @ City of Calgary, retiring
+ Holly Elrick to to CFO @ Matrix Solutions Inc.
+ James Bowzer to Pres. & CEO @ Baytex Energy Corp.
+ Kevin Kelly to COF & Exec. VP Finance @ Bruce Power
+ Michael Ivan to CFO @ New Sage Energy Corp.
+ Scot Caithness to National Director, Corporate Real Estate Advisory Services @ Arcturus Realty Corporation
+ Tracy Bertsch to Director, Bylaw Services @ City of Calgary 

[send us your firm’s appointment notices to: kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

FINANCINGS - proposed & closed

 

+ Alter NRG Corp. is on the market to raise $11 million in new equity
+ Artis REIT closed $69080,000 equity issue
+ Birch Lake Energy Inc. is on the market to raise $2 million in subordinated convertible debt
+ Birch Lake Energy Inc. closed $201,500 final trance of its new equity financing
+ Boxxer Gold Corp. closed $264,370 (2nd tranche) of its private equity financing
+ BTB REIT closed a $20 million equity issue
+ Capital Power Corporation closed $150 million preferred share issue
+ Coalspur Mines Limited closed US$ 300 million senior secured debt facility
+ Contact Exploration Inc. closed $2,225,528 tranche of flow-through share issue
+ Contact Exploration Inc. closed $2,270,520 final tranche of flow-through share issue
+ FAM REIT closed $58.8 million IPO
+ Firenze Energy Ltd. secured $40 million credit facility
+ First National Mortgage Investment Fund closed $55.2 million IPO
+ Hemisphere Energy Corp. closed $1,189,045 financing
+ Marquee Energy Ltd. closed $2,061,400 flow-through share issue
+ Medical Facilities Corporation closed $41,800,000 convertible unsecured sub. debt
+ MEG Energy Corp. closed $800 million in new equity issues
+ MRF 2013 Resource Limited Partnership is on the market to raise $100 million in an IPO
+ Nordic Oil and Gas Ltd. closed $321,900 financing
+ Northern Spirit Resources Inc. closed $3,012,980 financing
+ NorthWest International Healthcare Properties REIT closed $25 million equity financing
+ Pure Industrial REIT closed an overallottment, bringing its recent equity financing to $54,596,025
+ Quattro Exploration & Production Ltd. closed $1 billion convertible debt financing
+ Sterling Resources Ltd. closed US$12 million in debt financing
+ Sunridge Energy Corp. closed $211,380 equity financing

 QUOTES

“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.” – Bill Vaughn

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” – Mark Twain

 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events
+ Jan. 29 & 30; 9th Annual Shale Oil & Gas Symposium, Hyatt Regency, Calgary info/register
+ Jan. 29-30; CI Energy Group’s Western Aboriginal Consultation & Negotiation Conference, Crown Plaza Chateau Lacombe, Edmonton info/register
+ Feb. 13 & 14; BUILDEX, Vancouver Convention Centre, info/register
+ Feb. 26-17; 2nd Annual Shutdowns Fort McMurray conference, Fort McMurray info/register
+ Apr. 11, 2013 – Vancouver Real Estate Forum, Vancouver Convention Centre West, SAVE THE DATE
+ Apr. 22; PTAC Tight Oil & Gas Forum, Calgary Petroleum Club, info/register

[send us your event notices to:  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

FRESH TODAY 
 January 1 / 2013 

 

+ CIBC to pay $149.5 million penalty on collateralized debt obligations connected with Lehman Brothers failure
+ current energy prices: live link to Bloomberg.com commodities data ; oil prices steady in anticipation of U.S. budget deadline looms
+ Happy New Year from FACILITYCalgary
+ Holloway REIT completed its conversion to corporate structure: Holloway Lodging Corporation
+ Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. closed its acquisition of C & C Energia Ltd.
+ Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. and PetroBakken Energy Ltd. completed their reorganization
+ Petromanas Energy Inc. closed its $11 million acquisition of Gallic Energy Ltd.
+ TSX up on hopes of fiscal cliff resolution, dollar stronger
+ U.S. Senate approved a brokered deal to stave off auto-increases in taxes on middle class; to raise $620 billion more in 10 years, spending cuts put over for 2 months. House of Representatives to vote on package today – a long delayed stop-gap that hurts everyone it purports to help

 NEWS REVIEW 
 Dec. 19 - 31


 

+ Aston Hill Financial Inc. closed its acquisition of Citadel Securities Inc.
+ ATB Financial – Daily Economic Comment
+ Cenovus Energy signed a 10 yr deal valued of $1.24 billion to acquire C02 from Saks Power
+ Chevron Canada Limited agreed to acquire 50% interest in Kitimat LNG development and Horn River and Liard Basin assets owned by EOG Resources Canada Inc. and Encana Corporation
+ Crew Energy Inc. closed transactions on sale of NE British Columbia assets  for $86 million
+ Enbridge Inc. entered into deal with EDF EN Canada Inc.; Enbridge will invest $170 million to acquire 50% interest in 150 megawatt Massif du Sud wind project in Quebec
+ Enerplus Corporation closed its US$119 million acquisition of Bakken oil assets in Montana
+ Enerplus Corporation closed the sale of $216 million cured oil assets in Manitoba
+ Government of Alberta announcements indicate a revised fiscal year prediction expecting a $6 billion shortfall, slumping oil and natural gas prices the cause, belt tightening expected in 2013
+ Homburg Invest Inc. and its subsidiaries secured a court order further extending its CCAA protection to Feb. 8, 2013
+ JBS-USA on verge of takeover of XL Foods; Government of Alberta has approved proposed transfer of land assets to foreign owned corporation
+ KingSett Capital closed the portfolio sale of industrial properties to Dundee Industrial REIT for $498 million
+ New York Stock Exchange control taken by IntercontinentalExchange Corporation in $8.2 billion takeover
+ NorthWest International Healthcare Properties REIT acquired suburban Sao Paula, Brazil hospital in $120 million sale/leaseback transaction
+ Perpetual Energy Inc. agreed, along with partner Tourmaline Oil Corp. to sell its Elmsworth property for $155 million
+ Petroamerica Oil Corp. announced its 2013 CapEx Budget of $70 million      
+ Pure Industrial REIT closed acquisition of $109 million in industrial properties
+ Richardson International Ltd. got Competition Bureau approval to acquire Viterra grain handling assets from Glencore International
+ Terra Energy Corp. closed the initial $22 million portion of its Montney asset sale
+ Trican Well Service Ltd .agreed to acquire i-Tec Well Solutions AS
+ UBS AG fined $1.5 billion for LIBOR rate rigging
+ Vermilion Energy Inc. closed its acquisition of Zaza Energy France S.A.S., price not disclosed

 INFRASTRUCTURE / P3 / GREEN


+ City of Calgary debt climbed t o$3.2 billion in 2012 – 42% of the $7.7 billion owed by Alberta municipalities

+ Request for Proposals issued for Queen Charlotte/Haida Gwaii Hospital replacement project – 3 consortia short listed for final round

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