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 | | and partners, acting through a Quebec limited partnership and an Ontario corporation, completed the acquisition from Molson Inc. of an 80.1 per cent interest in the Montreal Canadiens NHL franchise and a 100 per cent ownership interest (as emphyteutic lessee) in the Molson Centre. |
 | | Secured financing of $140 million was provided by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, as syndication agent, National Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, National Bank of Canada, Laurentian Bank of Canada, and Caisse centrale Desjardins, as lenders. |
 | | The purchasers were represented by Pierre Raymond, Viateur Chénard (real estate), José Gravel, France Margaret Bélanger and Caroline Boutin of Stikeman Elliott (Montreal) and Ron Durand (tax) of the Toronto office, as Canadian counsel, and by Bruce A. Toth, Greg J. Bynan and John G. Kalyvas of Winston & Strawn (Chicago), as US counsel. |
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