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FACILITYCalgary May 27/25

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SHAKERS AND MOVERS 
appointments and disappointments 

+ Amos Kazzaz, Executive VP & CFO @ Air Canada, retiring

+ Bryan Chanm to VP & Controller @ Keyera Corp.

+ Cameron MacCarthy to Partner @ Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

+ Chace Stokowski to Associate @ MLT Atkins LLP

+ Dhruv Chandra to Chief Technology Officer @ CloudMD Software & Services Ltd.

+ Edward Wooldrige to Partner @ Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

+ Francisco Aristeguieta to Group Head, International Banking @ Scotiabank

+ George Fink, Founder, former CEO, and Director @ Bonterra Energy Corp., retired

+ Gregory Chrispin to Director @ Power Sustainable

+ Judd Blitt to Counsel @ MLT Aikins LLP

+ Kelly McTaggart to Sr. External Affairs Advisor @ PETRONAS Canada

+ Neil Wiens to CEO @ Replenish Nutrients Ltd.

+ Keith Driver, CEO and Director @ Replenish Nutrients Ltd., resigned

+ Patrick Mah to Partner @ Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

+ Paul Taylor to Partner @ Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

+ Phil Horvath to Pres. & CEO @ Chatters Hair Salon

+ Rohit Mehta to CEO @ Horizon ETFS Management Canada Inc.

+ Samina Sarangi to Partner @ Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

+ Sandra Levy to Director @ GFL Ennvironmental Inc.

~ Note: links in this section are to LinkedIn profiles where available and otherwise to a relevant posting of the appointment. -  [ send us your appointment notices  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]




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THIS WEEK IN FINANCINGS 
- proposed & closed

+ Baytex Energy Corp. is on the market to raise US$800.0 million in sr. debt by private placement

+ BridgePoint Financial closed $10.0 million funding

+ CIBC is on the market to raise $750.0 million in debt

+ Decisive Dividend Corporation closed a $11.6 million equity raise

+ Hydro-Quebec is on the market to raise $600.0 million in debt

+ Montage Gold Corp. closed $15.25 million equity raise by private placement

+ Prospera Energy Inc. closed $3.015 million tranched of a debt raise

editor’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 …




 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

~ [please send your charity golf event notices to  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]




 SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

+ Apr. 18; Aimia Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

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

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

+ Apr. 20, Calgary Co-op, Annual Meeting, Glenmore Inn; Calgary

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

+ Apr. 26; AltaGas Ltd., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, hybrid/Calgary

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

+ Apr. 27; Toromont Industries Ltd., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto - virtual only

+ Apr. 28; TransAlta Corporation, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary - virtual only

+ May 2; TC Energy Corporation, Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders, Calgary - virtual only

+ May 3; Canfor Pulp Products Inc., Annual General Meeting, Vancouver - virtual only

+ May 3; Gibson Energy Inc., Annual General Meeting, hybrid/Calgary

+ May 3; Loblaw Companies Limited, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Brampton

+ May 3; RF Capital Group Inc., Annual General Meeting, Toronto

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

+ May 4; Pason Systems Inc., Annual General Meeting, Calgary virtual only

+ May 4; Spin Master Corp., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto -  virtual only

+ May 4; TransAlta Renewables Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary - virtual only

+ May 8; Quarterhill Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto – virtual only

+ May 9; George Weston Limited, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, hybrid/Toronto

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

+ May 9; Innergex Renewable Energy Inc., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Longueuil – virtual only

+ May 9; Oncolytics Biotech Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, – virtual only

+ May 9; Pet Valu Holdings Ltd., Annugal General Meeting of Shareholders, hybrid/Markham,

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

+ May 11; McCoy Global Inc., Annual General and Special Meeting, Edmonton

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

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

+ May 18; SNC-Lavalin, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Montreal – virtual only

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

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 IFMA - CALGARY CHAPTER NEWS + EVENTS 

Our IFMA Calendar - save these dates for facility tours + networking events coming in 2023:

April 27 - ATCO headquarters 

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


Registration via our Events Page - click here


And - we are building back our Board - contact Mark Kolke for more information about joining the Calgary Chapter's leadership team. We have room to grow, and you can help ...



 INTERESTING REAL ESTATE DEALS 

+ Qualico Communities purchased 536 acres in Cochrane






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NEWS SUMMARY 

 APRIL 12 ~ 18 / 2023 


+ Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern US$31.0 billion merger completed; now known as Canadian Pacific Kansas City

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI@US$80/bbl, Brent @ US$84/bbl

+ Enbridge Inc. and Yara International formed a JV to develop and build a low-carbon blue ammonia project at Enbridge’s Ingleside facility in Texas

+ FACILITYCalgary, 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 …

+ IFMA Calgary Chapter – April facility tour April 27th networking event – ATCO Frontec campus tour;  info/register

+ IFMA Calgary Chapter announced its 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

+ MCF Energy Ltd. closed its acquisition of a portfolio of German Natural Gas Assets

+ MONDAY MORNING MINUTE is now at Substack; get a 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 17)

+ Nothstar Clean Technologies Inc. is on the market to raise $2.3 million by private placement

+ Parkland Corporatoin’s Burnaby Refinery – completed an 8-week scheduled turnaround

+ 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

+ R.E.I.T.rag – a new publication from Mark Kolke/Plandflex Corporation; will report on REIT activity in a monthly format; sign up get on our mailing list

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: down 3 to 748 this week; Canada:down 16 to 111 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. acquired the Canadian operations of Casper Sleep Inc.; deal terms

+ 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. closed its $2.25 million acquisition of a southern Alberta natural gas assets portfolio




 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

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

+ Apr. 21; Intrinsic Introductions; Networking event and Communications Presentation; info/tickets

+ 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. 24; CCVO- hosting an event for non-profit organizations – Conversation with Rachel Notley, The Grand, Calgary – info/tickets

+ 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 – April facility tour April 27th networking event – ATCO Frontec campus /Headquarters tour;  info/register

+ 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 17; Classroom Champions, Champion Chats 2023 – fundraiser/luncheon, Hyatt Regency, Calgary; info/book tables

+ 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 – info/register

+ 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 – keynotes announced

+ 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 ]




 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY + ESG REPORTS 

+ Billy Bishop Airport published its 2022 Sustainability Report

+ Chartwell Retirement Residences published its 2023 ESG Report

+ CNOOC Limited published its 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance Report

+ iA Financial Group published its 2022 Sustainability Report

+ Spin Master Corp. published its 2022 Corporate Social Responsibility Report




 INTERESTING TRENDS IN RETAIL 

+ Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. acquired the Canadian operations of Casper Sleep Inc.; deal terms



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