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FACILITYCalgary May 6/25

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SHAKERS AND MOVERS 
appointments and disappointments 

+ Curtis Frank to Pres & CEO @ Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

+ Joel Leetzow to Pres. @ Aware360

+ Karla Webster Gill to Managing Dir., Head of Asset Mgmt. Distributions @ SEI Investments Canada Company

+ Loreto Grimaldi to Pres. & CEO @ Tricor Automotive Group Inc.

+ Marlene Puffer to Chief Investment Officer @ AIMCo

+ Mark Pala to Sr. Account Exec. @ Mobia Technology Innovations Inc.

+ Romeo Leemrijse to Exec. Managing Dir., Equities @ Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board

+ Sam Gabor to Counsel @ Gowling WLG

+ Sumir Saini to VP Land and Bus. Dev. @ Tuktu Resources Ltd.

+ Tanya Foster to Chief Information Officer @ WestJet

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 HUMAN RESOURCES + WORKPLACE TRENDS 

+ returning to the office – the designer’s role: Cristina Ziegler article

+ returning to the office – people are the new amenity: Kay Sargent article




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 IFMA - CALGARY CHAPTER NEWS + EVENTS 

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

January 26  - at Attabotics
February 16 - at SAIT
March 23 - Calgary Stampede
April 27 - ATCO headquarters 
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June 26 - IFMA Golf Tournament - details soon

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 SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

+ Dec. 21; Fintech Select Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Toronto/virtual only

+ Dec. 30; NextPoint Financial Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Hurst, TX

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2023

+ Jan. 20; Liminal BioSciences Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual only

+ Mar. 28; Slate Office REIT, Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto

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

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 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY + ESG REPORTS 

+ Obsidian Energy Ltd. published its inaugural ESG report




 CLIMATE CHANGE + LEED + RENEWABLE ENERGY 

+ COP15 – the UN’s Biodiversity Conference concluded; the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework saw countries agree on four global goals and 23 targeted actions for progress by 2030




 INTERESTING TRENDS IN RETAIL  ... 

+ Shell Canada has agreed to acquire 56 gas stations from Sobeys parent for $100.0 million



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+ If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all? – Joe Namath




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NEWS SUMMARY 
  December 14 ~ 20 / 2022 


+ ApartmentLove closed its acquisition of GottaRent.com

+ Bonterra Energy Corp. announced its 2023CapEx Budget is $120.0 million

+ Boyden is joining DHR Global

+ Changhua Energy Canada Ltd. placed in receivership; FTI is the receiver

+ COP15 – the UN’s Biodiversity Conference concluded; the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework saw countries agree on four global goals and 23 targeted actions for progress by 2030

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI @ US$75/bbl, Brent @ US$79/bbl; prices buoyed due to reduced export volumes because of Keystone pipeline disruption; OPEC staying with its production downgrades

+ Enerplus Corporation closed the $245.0 million sale of its remaining Canadian assets

+ IFMA’s January event: save the date – January 26, facility tour/networking event at Attabotics

+ Just Energy Group Inc. completed its CCAA-approved sale transaction, and exited the CCAA process

+ Keyera Corp. increased its ownership stake in the Keyera Fort Saskatchewan facility from 77% to 98%; they agreed to acquire 21% from Plains Midstream Canada for $365.0 million

+ Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. announced its 2023CapEx Budget is $390.0 million

+ Lucerno Energy Corp. announced its 2023CapEx Budget is $95.0 million

+ Masuch Law LLP are joining Ogilvie LLP

+ Pieridae Energy Limited announced its 2023CapEx Budget is $65.0 million

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: down 4 to 776 this week; Canada: down 3 to 199 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Shell Canada has agreed to acquire 56 gas stations from Sobeys parent for $100.0 million

+ Surge Energy Inc. closed its acquisition of a portfolio of assets for $202.0 million

+ TC Energy progress on Keystone re-start

+ Whitecap Resources Inc. announced its 2023CapEx Budget is $900.0 million




THIS WEEK IN FINANCINGS 
- proposed & closed

+ ApartmentLove closed $2.896 million tranche of its convertible debenture raise by private placement

+ Auko Capital Corp. closed $750,000.00 equity raise by IPO

+ Bank of Montreal closed $2.6 million equity financing

+ BRP Inc. closed $500.0 million debt raise

+ Carebook Technologies Inc. is on the market to raise $2.5 million in convertible debt

+ CareSpan Health Inc. is on the market to raise $1.0 million in equity by private placement

+ Condor Energies Inc. closed $3.7 million equity raise by private placement

+ FE Battery Metals Corp. closed $2.225 million flow-through shares issue by private placement

+ Fineqia International Inc. closed $5.3 million funding by private placement

+ Foodtastic Inc. closed $175.0 million debt financing

+ Keyera Corp. is on the market to raise $200.0 million in equity

+ KeyOps Inc. raised $4.0 million in seed funding

+ Newtopia closed $1.35 million secured sub debt

+ Northstar Clean Technologies Inc. closed $1.44 million in unsecured convertible debt by private placement

+ StorageVault Canada Inc. is on the market to raise $150.0 million in convertible unsecured debt

+ Vecima Networks Inc. closed $17.0 million equity raise by private placement

*editor’s note: names 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 / upcoming events

+ Jan. 5-8; 2023 CES / Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, NV; info/register

+ Jan. 16-20; Davos 2023 - World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting, Davos/Klosters, Switzerland; details/sign-up for notifications

+ Feb, 15-26; BUILDEX Vancouver, Vancouver Convention Centre West; info/register

+ Mar. 13; 2023 Juno Awards – Rogers Place, Edmonton; tickets

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

+ 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

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

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

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

+ Sept. 17-21; 24th World Petroleum Congress; Energy Transitions – the path to Net Zero – save the date

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

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

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

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2024

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

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