TMX/Maple -- summary under Shares

Share exchange

Following the cash offer by Maple for a minimum of 70% and a maximum of 80% of the shares of TMX, 95.4% of the shares of TMX were tendered , so that the excess over 80% was returned. Under the proposed plan of arrangement, each remaining TMX share will be acquired by Maple in consideration for the issuance of one Maple share, so that the former TMX shareholders (including certain of the Maple investors who owned TMX independently of the offer) will own 27.8% of Maple.

Brookfield (BPY)/BPO -- summary under Cash, units or exchangeable units

Overview

This is a second stage transaction (to make BPO wholly-owned with the exception of non-exchanging convertible preferred shareholders) occurring pursuant to a CBCA Plan of Arrangement and on essentially the same terms as the previous February 2014 offer (so that there is an option to receive exchangeable units of a subsidiary LP of BPY) except that BPO shareholders also will have the option of having their BPO shares redeemed by BPO itself for cash or BPY units.

Liquor Stores/Liquor Barn -- summary under Unsolicited Bids

Offer by Liquor Stores for all the units of Liquor Barns on the basis of .53 of a Liquor Store unit for each Liquor Barn unit. Those Canadian Liquor Barn unitholders who wish rollover treatment make a "Merger Election" at the time they deposit their units to the Offer. The offer relies on the right under the Liquor Barn declaration of trust to proceed on the basis of a written resolution of 2/3 of the Liquor Barn unitholders (the "Special Resolution") approving a merger of Liquor Barns into Liquor Stores as described in s.

Brookfield et al/O&Y -- summary under Unsolicited Bids

Cash offer by Bidco of Brookfield, CPPIB and ARCA Investments for all the units of O&Y REIT. A subsequent transaction is proposed under which, following the take-up of the tendered units, the declaration of trust for the REIT would be amended to make the units redeemable for the offer price, to be paid for out of the sales proceeds of the REIT assets to the acquisition group.

Cominar/Canmarc -- summary under Trust Acquisitions of Trusts

Overview

Cominar REIT through 10 Newco subsidiaries is offering cash or (at the Canmarc unitholder's option) Cominar units for Canmarc units, subject to the total number of Cominar units being capped at 16M but with no potential proration of the cash consideration. The Canmarc Units would be acquired through separate corporate subsidiaries as Cominar is a s. 108(2)(b) unit trust.

Dixie/VisionSky -- summary under Trust Acquisitions of Corporations

Overview

The Trust is to acquire all of the outstanding shares of VKY (a.k.a.,VisionSky) under an Alberta Plan of Arrangement, on the basis of 0.125 of a Trust unit for each share, so as to result in VKY shareholders holding approximately 12.3% of the Trust units. The newly-formed Trust completed a private placement of Trust units in November 2012 for proceeds of $7.4M in order to acquire U.S. oil exploration assets, utilizing the structure described below.

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