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FACILITYCalgary May 6/25

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SHAKERS AND MOVERS 
appointments and disappointments 

+ Elise Cartier to Associate @ DLA Piper (Canada) LLP

+ Joel Bellanson to Chief Technology Officer @ SNAP Brands Ventures Inc.

+  John Hannigan to CFO @ OpSens Inc.

+ Julia Haywood to Board Chair @ Flair Airlines Ltd.

+ Lesley Davidson to Pres. & CEO @ YMCA of Greater Toronto

+  Phillip Burns, CEO @ European Residential REIT, stepped down

+ Thecla Sweeney to Director @ Dollarama

+ Vivek Warrier to Partner, Calgary @ Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

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THIS WEEK IN FINANCINGS 
- proposed & closed

+ Cora Therapeutics raised $1.0 million in seed funding

+ Desert Mountain Energy Corp. closed $1.0643 million overallotment of its recent equity raise

+ FE Battery Metals Corp. closed $1.5 million equity raise by private placement

+ Frontera Energy Corp secured US$120.0 million debt financing

+ Greenbrook TMS Inc secured US$8.25 million in equity and debt financings

+ LifeSpeak Inc. secured $15.0 million debt financing

+ Nulogy Corporation closed $20.0 million equity raise

+ Petro-Victory Energy Corp. closed US$4.0 million equity raise by private placement

+ Plaza Retail REIT closed $40.0 million equity raise

+ Pond Technologies Holdings Inc. is on the market to raise $1.25 million in equity by private placement

+ Prairie Provident Resources Inc. closed $5.0 million debt financing

+ Rubellite Energy Inc. closed $13.3 million flow-through shares issue by private placement

+ SeaFort Capital Inc. closed its $189.0 million Fund II

+ Sirona Biochem Corp. is on the market to raise $1.5 million in unsecured convertible debt by private placement

+ Strategic Resources Inc. closed the $4.3 million final tranche of its equity raise

+ Varennes Carbon Recycling secured $277.0 million debt financing

veditor’s note: names of companies involved in arm’s length debt and equity financing transactions we report in this section are ALWAYS the borrower; we report ‘fresh raises’ and do not report secondary offerings or non-arm’s-length transactions …




 SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

+ Apr. 4; CIBC, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto, hybrid/Toronto

+ Apr. 4; The Bank of Nova Scotia, 191st Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Apr. 5; Colliers International Group Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto – virtual only

+ Apr. 5; Royal Bank of Canada, Shareholder Meetings, Saskatoon

+ Apr. 6; FirstService Corporation, Annual and Special Meeting, Toronto - virtual only

+ Apr. 11; Cargojet Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Apr. 11; First Capital REIT, Annual and Special Meeting, Toronto

+ Apr. 18; BMO Financial Group, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

+ Apr. 19; VeraBank, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, London, ON

+ Apr. 21; National Bank of Canada, Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders, Montreal

+ Apr. 26; Rogers Communications Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, hybrid/Toronto

+ May 3; Vermilion Energy Inc., Annual General Meeting, Calgary – virtual only

+ May 9; Keyera Corp. Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary – virtual only

+ May 10; iA Financial Group, Annual Meeting, Quebec City

+ May 11; Precision Drilling Corporation, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary

+ May 16; First Capital REIT, Annual and Special Meeting of Unitholders, Toronto

~ Canadian banks and life insurance companies got approval to do their 2023 annual meetings virtually

[ please send your event notices and AGM notices to  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]




 SAVE THE DATE - CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENTS 

+ June 12; Headwater Learning Foundation/Calgary Academy’s Golfing For Good, Glencoe Golf & Country Club, Calgary; info/register

+ June 13; Distress Centre Calgary, Drive for Distress Charity  Golf Tournament, Valley Ridge Golf Course, Calgary – save the date

+ June 21; IFMA Calgary, Lynx Ridge Golf Club, Calgary – save the date -

+ July 13; Coast Hotels, 21st Annual Shu Naito Golf Classic, Tsawassen Springs Golf Club, Delta, BC; info/register/charity information

+ July 21; Alberta IoT – 4th Annual Golf Tournament, Lynx Ridge Golf Club, Calgary – save the date

+ Sept. 11; Rotary Stay In School Charity Golf Classic, Glencoe Golf & Country Club, Calgary – save the date

+ Sept. 28; Accessible Housing Annual Fundraising Gala, Silver Springs Golf Cub, Calgary – save the date

+ send us your 2023 tournament information – we are happy to post them here

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 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY + ESG REPORTS 

+ Africa Oil Corp. published its 2022 Sustainability Report

+ CIBC published its 2022 Climate Report

+ Fairstone Bank of Canada published its first ESG report

+ Precision Drilling Corporation released its 2022 ESG report

+ Skyline Group of Companies published its 2023 Sustainability Report

 




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 IFMA - CALGARY CHAPTER NEWS + EVENTS 

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April 27 - ATCO headquarters 

June 21 - IFMA Golf Tournament - Lynx Ridge golf club / save  the date 


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NEWS SUMMARY 

 MARCH 29~ APRIL 4 / 2023 


+ Big Rock Brewery Inc. struck a board committee and hired advisors to initiate a strategic review

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI@US$81/bbl, Brent @ US$85/bbl; OPEC intentions of output cuts are expected to push prices up

+ Enbridge Inc. JV to develop offshore 1GW wind farm in Normandy

+ FACILITYCalgary, is a sponsor-supported FREE weekly newsletter; published every Tuesday morning at 6:00 AM (MDT); focused on oil & gas, finance and real estate industry news; click here to sign up – please tell your colleagues and friends, or sign them up …

+ Government of Canada tweaking the rules; amendments to the Prohibition On The Purchase Of Residential Property By Non Canadians Regulations; issued a Tax Tip memo – you might avoid tax penalties and interest if you file incorrectly on the Underused Housing Tax; CRA announced relief on the new tax lasts until October 31, 2023

+ IFMA Calgary Chapter announced it’s annual golf tournament will be held June 21st @ Lynx Ridge – after a pandemic pause, returns this year, sponsorship sales are ‘open’, golfer registration commences March 29th ;

+ MONDAY MORNING MINUTE is now at Substack; get weekly inspiration message and a selected quote in your in-box weekly; check out the new format; click here to sign up,  click here to this week’s message (April 3)

+ Ovintiv agreed to a large multi-element transaction: Ovintiv is SELLING a portfolio of Bakken assets, and ACQUIRING a portfolio of Mildland assets for a total of US$4.275 billion

+ Quebecor closed its acquisition of Freedom Mobile from Shaw Communications Inc.

+ Razor Energy Corp. JV with Futera Power commissioned its co-produced Geothermal Power Project, the Swan Hills Geothermal Power Corp.; capital costs $49.0 million

+ reader contributions: always welcome. Please forward comments, news items, and company appointment announcements; if there you have we’ve missed, send it to kolke@facilitycalgary.com

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: down 3 to 755 this week; Canada: down 26 to 139 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Rogers Communications Inc. closed its merger with Shaw Communications Inc.,

+ Source Rock Royalties Ltd. closed its $1.6 million acquisition of a royalty portfolio

+ Spartan Delta Corp. agreed to sell a portfolio of Montney assets to Crescent Point Energy Corp. for $1.7 billion

+ Tax filings – hints / tips / links / contacts  for filing your 2022 returns – notice from CRA

+ Tax warning … something new for 2022 returns, with significant wallet-pain if you don’t file correctly; check this post on the ‘Underused Housing Tax’ outlining what to do, what to avoid, and how to comply with NEW rule concerning your property holdings. For questions/wayfinding, connect with National Indirect Tax Leader here in Calgary, David Crawford; or other relevant tips/links: for contractors, commodity taxes, business owners, U.S. properties, and timely right now- pricing of accounting and tax services – thanks to the gang at Achen Henderson

+ Tuktu Resources Ltd. agreed to $2.25 million acquisition of an asset portfolio

+ Vermilion Energy Inc. closed its asset acquisition from Equinor Energy Ireland Limited for US$434.0 million

+ Vermilion Energy Inc. closed its $225.0 million sale of SE Saskatchewan assets




 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

+ Apr. 4 & 5; BMO Capital Markets and Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers – Annual Energy Symposium, Investors Conference – save the date

+ Apr. 12; Business Transitions Forum Alberta; FINALIZED program, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary; info/register

+ Apr. 17-18; Smart Energy Event, Westin, Nova Scotian, Halifax; agenda / register

+ Apr. 19; Top Glass, Conference and Exhibits; The International Centre, Mississauga; info/register

+ Apr. 22; Earth Day everywhere; check out the website – earthday.ca

+ Apr. 22; Calgary Crime Stoppers Ruby Gala, Heritage Park – Gasoline Alley Museum, info/tickets

+ Apr. 23; Business Transition Forum, Alberta – Co-Chairs Kristina Williams and Cody Church – save the date; stay tuned for event registration and details

+ Apr. 23; Earth Day 2023 – theme is Invest in Our Planet

+ Apr. 25-27; Canadian Hydrogen Convention - , Edmonton Convention Centre; details/register

+ Apr. 26; 2023 Canadian Hydrogen Convention Awards, Edmonton Convention Centre, Edmonton; awards program

+ Apr. 27; IFMA Calgary Chapter; Facility Tour and Networking event at ATCO Headquarters; reserve your spot

+ May 2-3; Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, Regina; info / register

+ May 9-11; Canada Ga & LNG Exhibition & Conference, Vancouver Convention Center; info/register

+ May 10; Southwest Ontario Real Estate Forum, Kitchener/Waterloo; agenda / register

+ May 31-June 1; Inventures Canada Conference, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary; registration/tickets

+ June 2-4; Writer’s Guild of Alberta Annual Conference: Origins, Fort Calgary – save the date

+ June 6-7; Global Energy Transition 2023, New York, NY; agenda, information/register

+ June 6-8; 10th Operational Excellence in Energy, Chemicals & Resources Summit, Calgary – agenda/ info/register

+ June 7-8; Global Energy Transition 2023. New York; info/register

+ June 12-14; NeoCon 2023 – THE MART, Chicago – call for presentations deadline Jan 31, 2023

+ June 13-15; Global Energy Show, Calgary – save the date

+ June 20-21; PetroChem Canada - East, Progressive Auto Sales Arena, Sarnia; info / register

+ June 21; Technology and Indigenous Development Summit, Metro Toronto Convention Centre; info/register

+ Sept. 13-14; Oil Sands Conference (Shell Place) & Trade Show (Suncor Community Leisure Centre) , Fort McMurray; conference / trade show

+ Sept. 17-21; 24th World Petroleum Congress; Energy Transitions – the path to Net Zero, BMO Centre, Stampede Park / registration; early bird registration is open

+ Sept. 26-28; BOMEX Edmonton 2023; JW Marriott/Ice District, Edmonton; details/registration open

+ Oct. 18-19; BUILDEX Alberta, 20-24; Calgary – save the date

+ Nov. 1-2; Supply Change, Conference & Expo, Westin Airport, Calgary; info / register

+ Nov. 7-8; Canadian Aerospace Summit, Ottawa - save the date

+ Nov. 14-15; Oilfield Electrification Technology Conference, Hyatt Houston West, Houston; register, submit abstracts

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2024

+ Oct. 20-24; Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT), Telus Convention Centre, Calgary – save the date

[ please send your event notices and AGM notices to kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]




 CLIMATE CHANGE + LEED + RENEWABLE ENERGY 

+ Razor Energy Corp. JV with Futera Power commissioned its co-produced Geothermal Power Project, the Swan Hills Geothermal Power Corp.; capital costs $49.0 million




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