Global Agribusiness Trust has completed
its initial public offering of four million
units at $10.00 per unit, for gross proceeds
of $40-million. Each unit consists of one
redeemable, transferable trust unit and
a trust unit purchase warrant. Each warrant
entitles the holder to purchase one trust
unit at a subscription price of $10.00 on
or before 5 p.m. on Nov. 30, 2010, as described
in the prospectus.
The trust has granted the agents an overallotment
option to acquire up to 600,000 trust units
and 600,000 warrants exercisable at any
time within the 30 days following the date
hereof.The trusts units and warrants began
trading Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, on the Toronto
Stock Exchange under the symbols AGB.UN
and AGB.WT, respectively.
The trust was created to provide unitholders
with exposure to a portfolio consisting
primarily of publicly listed businesses
engaged in the demand and supply chains
of the global agribusiness industry. The
portfolio is expected to consist of 40 to
60 equity securities selected from among
the world's largest agribusiness issuers
by Lawrence Asset Management Inc.
The trust's investment objectives are
to: (a) pay monthly cash distributions
initially targeted to be 4.167 cents
per trust unit (50 cents per year representing
an annual yield of 5.0 per cent based
on the $10.00 per unit issue price);
and (b) provide unitholders with long-term
capital appreciation.
The offering is being made through a
syndicate of agents led by CIBC World
Markets Inc. that includes BMO Capital
Markets, National Bank Financial Inc.,
TD Securities Inc., Canaccord Adams,
Dundee Securities Corporation, HSBC
Securities (Canada) Inc., Raymond James
Ltd., Berkshire Securities Inc., Blackmont
Capital Inc., Desjardins Securities
Inc., GMP Securities L.P., MGI Securities
Inc., Rothenberg Capital Management
Inc., Richardson Partners Financial
Limited and Wellington West Capital
Inc.
Global Agribusiness Trust to list
on TSX on Nov. 16
2007-11-14 20:34 MT - New Listing
TSX bulletin 2007-1613
An application has been granted for
the original listing in the industrial
category of up to 11.5 million redeemable,
transferable trust units and up to 11.5
million trust unit purchase warrants
of the fund, of which up to 10 million
units and up to 10 million warrants
will be issued and outstanding, and
up to 1.5 million units and up to 1.5
million warrants will be reserved for
issuance upon completion of an initial
public offering.
Listing of the units and warrants
will become effective at 5:01 p.m. on
Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007, in anticipation
of the offering closing on Friday, Nov.
16, 2007. The units and warrants will
be posted for trading at the open on
Friday, Nov. 16, 2007.
Each warrant entitles the holder
to purchase one unit of the fund at
a price of $10 on or before 5 p.m. (Toronto
time) on Nov. 30, 2010. The warrants
can be exercised by notifying Computershare
Trust Co. of Canada between the first
business day of any month and 5 p.m.
(Toronto time) on the 10th business
day of such month up until Nov., 2010.
Such warrants will be exercised effective
as at 5 p.m. (Toronto time) on the 10th
business day of the applicable month.
warrants are also exercisable on Nov.
30, 2010, prior to 5 p.m. (Toronto time).
A fee of 15 cents per warrant will be
payable by the fund at the time a warrant
is exercised to the broker whose client
is exercising the warrant and 10 cents
per warrant will be payable by the fund
to the agents. The warrants will be
governed by the terms of a warrant indenture
between the fund and Computershare Investor
Services Inc. The warrant indenture
provides for appropriate adjustments
to the warrants in the event of stock
dividends, subdivisions, consolidations
and other terms of the capital reorganization.
Registration of interests in and
transfers of units and the warrants
will be made only through the book-entry-only
system of CDS Clearing and Depository
Services Inc. Units and warrants must
be purchased, transferred and surrendered
for retraction only through a CDS participant.
Beneficial owners of units and warrants
will not have the right to receive physical
certificates evidencing their ownership.
Additional information on the units
and warrants can be found in the final
prospectus of the fund dated Oct. 29,
2007, which is available at www.sedar.com.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined
are as defined in the prospectus.
Unit symbol: AGB.UN
Unit Cusip No.: 37949D 10 7
Unit trading currency: Canadian dollars
Warrant symbol: AGB.WT
Warrant Cusip No.: 37949D 11 5
Warrant trading currency: Canadian dollars
Temporary Market Maker: Byron Securities
Ltd.
Other markets: None
Incorporation: The fund is an investment
trust established under the laws of
the province of Ontario pursuant to
a trust declaration by Navina Capital
Corp. as trustee of the fund on Oct.
29, 2007.
Fiscal year-end: Dec. 31
Transfer agent and registrar: Computershare
Investor Services Inc. at its principal
office in Toronto
Nature of business: The fund has
been created to provide investors with
exposure to the returns of an actively
managed, diversified portfolio comprising
primarily publicly listed securities
of issuers that are engaged in the demand
and supply chains of the global agribusiness
industry.
Distributions: The fund intends to
make monthly distributions to unitholders
of record on the last business day of
each month. Distributions will be paid
on a business day designated by the
manager that will be no later than the
15th day of the following month. The
fund will not have a fixed monthly distribution
but will determine and announce each
December, commencing in December, 2008,
an expected distribution amount for
the following calendar year. The initial
cash distribution is anticipated to
be payable on Jan. 15, 2008, to unitholders
of record on Dec. 31, 2007.
Initial public offering: Pursuant
to the terms of the prospectus, 10 million
units are being offered to the public
at a price of $10 per unit by CIBC World
Markets Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.,
National Bank Financial Inc., TD Securities
Inc., Canaccord Capital Corp., Dundee
Securities Corp., HSBC Securities (Canada)
Inc., Raymond James Ltd., Berkshire
Securities Inc., Blackmont Capital Inc.,
Desjardins Securities Inc., GMP Securities
LP, MGI Securities Inc., Rothenberg
Capital Management Inc., Richardson
Partners Financial Ltd., Wellington
West Capital Inc., as agents. In addition,
the underwriters have been granted an
overallotment option exercisable in
whole or in part for a period of 30
days following the closing of the offering,
to purchase a total of up to 15 per
cent of the total number of units, and
15 per cen tof the total number of warrants.
The units will separate into units and
warrants immediately upon closing of
the offering.