Laurentian Bank of Canada completes a US$63 million public offering

On February 2, 2012, Laurentian Bank of Canada completed a public offering of 1,325,100 common shares for a total of $63,008,505 in gross proceeds. The shares were offered in all of the provinces of Canada by means of a short form prospectus dated January 25, 2012. The underwriters were led by CIBC World Markets Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and Laurentian Bank Securities Inc. and included National Bank Financial Inc., TD Securities Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc., Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc. Fasken Martineau acted as legal counsel to the underwriters, and the team included Gilles Leclerc, Jean-Pierre Chamberland, Rebecca McLeod and Constantinos Ragas.