Norcast Income Fund completes $77 million initial public offering of units
Date Closed
June 22, 2005
Lead Office
Toronto
Value
77.00 Million CAD
On June 22, 2005, Norcast Income Fund completed its initial public offering of 7,702,500 trust units at $10 per unit for gross proceeds of $77,025,000. The net proceeds of the offering were used by the fund to acquire Norcast Casting Company Ltd., a manufacturer of mill liners and small grinding media for the global mining industry. The offering was underwritten by a syndicate that included CIBC World Markets and Scotia Capital as co-leads, and TD Securities and National Bank Financial.
Concurrent with the closing of the offering, on June 22, 2005, Norcast entered into a revolving credit facility for working capital requirements of up to an aggregate amount of C$10.0 million (subject to certain borrowing base limitations) and a term loan of an aggregate amount of C$19.9 million.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP advised the syndicate of underwriters with a team led by Jonathan Grant.