Stelco and EDS Enter 10-Year Information Technology Agreement

Stelco Inc. and EDS Canada Inc. entered into a 10-year information technology services agreement on February 25, 2002, for an undisclosed amount. Under the terms of this agreement, Stelco will outsource to EDS IT support and development services for most of Stelco’s locations across the country. In addition, EDS will implement new enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for Stelco’s order flow, maintenance, procurement, human resources and finance functions. The agreement was effective April 1, 2002.

McCarthy Tétrault LLP represented Stelco, with a team that included George Takach, David Ma and Mario Fiorucci (technology), Gregory Winfield (pensions), Richard Nixon (labour and employment), Joel Scoler (banking and finance), G. Blair Cowper-Smith (corporate), James Morand and Jason Vincze (tax) and James Warnock (commodity tax). Acting for EDS were in-house counsel Susan Foran and Richard Austin in Toronto, and Jason Kroft of Stikeman Elliott.