Sherritt International Completes Offering

Sherritt International Corporation completed a $100 million public offering of restricted voting shares on May 16, 2003, with a 10 per cent over-allotment option remaining open for 30 days thereafter. The offering was managed by a syndicate of underwriters led by National Bank Financial Inc., co-led by Paradigm Capital Inc. and Griffiths McBurney & Partners, and including Peters & Co. Limited and Salman Partners Inc.

Sherritt International was represented by in-house counsel Sam Ingram and Abraham Rubinfeld, and by Torys LLP with a team that included Geoff Creighton, Matt Cockburn, Michael Pickersgill and Rima Ramchandani. The underwriters were represented by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, with a team that included John Sabine, Michael Melanson, Sander Grieve, Brad Kruger and David Hanick.

Lawyer(s)

Sander Grieve David Hanick Geoffrey D. Creighton Rima Ramchandani Bradley G. Kruger Matthew Cockburn Michael N. Melanson John W. Sabine Michael T. Pickersgill