Dorel Industries Completes Notes Sale

Westmount, Quebec-headquartered Dorel Industries Inc. completed the sale of US$110 million senior guaranteed notes to a group of institutional investors led by The Prudential Insurance Company of America and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF). The deal closed on February 10, 2003.

Dorel was represented in Canada, by Claudette Bellemare, Glen Bowman and Kosta Kostic of Heenan Blaikie LLP, and in the U.S., by Schiff Hardin & Waite in Chicago with a team led by Bruce Weisenthal, Sean Maloney and Robert Cloninger. The institutional investors were represented by Chester Fisher, III, Thomas O’Connor and Kevin Braun of Bingham McCutchen LLP in Hartford, Connecticut.

Lawyer(s)

Kosta Kostic Kevin P. Braun Sean T. Maloney Chester L. Fisher, III Glen A. Bowman Bruce Weisenthal

Firm(s)

Schiff Hardin LLP Bingham McCutchen LLP