Credit Facility Made Available to Canada Bread

National Bank of Canada (as administrative agent, underwriter, arranger and lender) and Rabobank Nederland Canadian Branch, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. (Canada), The Toronto-Dominion Bank and La Caisse centrale Desjardins du Québec (each as lenders) made a $130 million credit facility available to Canada Bread Company, Limited on October 12, 2001.

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP acted for the lenders with a team comprised of Carol Pennycook and Derek Vesey in Toronto and Hillel Rosen in Montreal. Canada Bread Company was represented by Laurie Barrett and Minal Upadhyaya of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in Toronto, and by Natalie Gosselin of Stikeman Elliott in Montreal.

Lawyer(s)

Derek R.G. Vesey Laurie E. Barrett Hillel W. Rosen Minal Upadhyaya Carol D. Pennycook Natalie Gosselin

Firm(s)

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Stikeman Elliott LLP