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Maple Group Signs Agreement to Acquire TMX Group
Paul, Weiss acted as U.S. counsel to Maple Group Acquisition Corporation, a consortium of thirteen leading Canadian financial institutions, pension funds and capital markets participants, in its support agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of TMX Group, the public parent of the Toronto Stock Exchange. The proposed acquisition, pursuant to an integrated two-step transaction valued at approximately $3.8 billion, was announced on October 31. Maple Group has formally extended its offer until 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on January 31, 2012. The announcement was reported in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Deal Pipeline.
The Paul, Weiss team includes corporate and securities partners from the firm's New York, Toronto and London offices: Matthew W. Abbott, Mark S. Bergman, Adam M. Givertz, Edwin S. Maynard and Mark A. Underberg. The team also included corporate counsel Didier Malaquin and tax partner David R. Sicular.