Date Closed

March 17, 2005

Lead Office

Toronto

Value

150.00 Million CAD

On March 17, 2005, Fraser Papers Inc. completed a private placement of US$150 million of 8¾ per cent unsecured senior notes due 2015 in the U.S. and in Canada. The Rule 144A/Reg S offering was led by Credit Suisse First Boston, as sole bookrunning manager, and included Trilon International Inc., Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities and Merrill Lynch & Co. The net proceeds of the offering were used to retire certain outstanding indebtedness, purchase certain assets and for general corporate purposes.

 McCarthy Tétrault advised Fraser with a team that was led by Daryl McLean.