Date Closed

May 3, 2012

Lead Office

Montréal

Value

1.90 Billion CAD

On May 8, 2012, Molson Coors Brewing Company announced that it has completed an offering of debt securities totaling C$1.9 billion, the proceeds of which will be used to finance its acquisition of Central and Eastern European brewer StarBev L.P., as previously announced on April 3, 2012.

Molson Coors, headquartered in Montréal, Québec and Denver, Colorado, is a North American brewing company.

StarBev, headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, is the second largest brewing company in the Czech Republic.

McCarthy Tétrault LLP acted as Canadian counsel for Molson Coors, as issuer,, with a team led by Philippe Fortier, and including Michèle Lefaivre, Richard O'Doherty, Sonia Struthers, and David Tournier.