18 publicly disclosed transactions where Blair Franklin Capital Partners played an advisory, financing or investing role, most recent first.
Sep 9, 2026
Kharrouba Copper Company
Independent fairness opinion to the KCC board · Mining
Buyer Culico Metals Inc.
Culico Metals and Kharrouba Copper agreed to merge to create a Moroccan copper explorer, with a concurrent strategic private placement.
Dec 2, 2025
Laurentian Bank of Canada
Independent financial advisor to the Special Committee (fairness opinion) · Banking
Buyer Fairstone Bank (whole bank); National Bank of Canada (Retail & SME portfolios)
Laurentian Bank agreed to be acquired by Fairstone Bank, with its retail and SME portfolios going to National Bank. Blair Franklin advised the special committee and gave a fairness opinion; the $1.9 billion value is as stated on Blair Franklin's tombstone.
May 20, 2025
Ceres Global Ag Corp.
Independent financial advisor and fairness opinion to the board · Agriculture - Grain Handling
Buyer Bartlett Grain Company
Bartlett agreed to acquire Ceres Global Ag for US$4.50 per share in cash, a premium of about 153% to the unaffected price.
Mar 27, 2025
Mitsubishi Materials' minority interest in the Copper Mountain Mine (B.C.)
Financial advisor to Seller (Mitsubishi Materials) · Mining
Buyer Hudbay Minerals · Seller Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Hudbay agreed to buy Mitsubishi Materials' minority stake and take 100% ownership of the Copper Mountain mine in British Columbia. Blair Franklin advised the seller; the US$148 million value is from Blair Franklin's tombstone.
Jul 22, 2024
Sleep Country Canada
Financial advisor to the Special Committee (fixed-fee fairness opinion) · Consumer & Retail
Buyer Fairfax Financial Holdings
Fairfax agreed to buy Sleep Country for $35 per share in cash (about $1.7 billion). Blair Franklin advised the special committee and gave a fixed-fee fairness opinion alongside the company's main advisor.
Jul 22, 2024
Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc.
Financial advisor to the special committee; fixed-fee fairness opinion · Retail
Buyer Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited
Fairfax agreed to acquire Sleep Country for C$35.00 per share in cash via plan of arrangement, a total enterprise value of about C$1.7 billion.
May 9, 2022
Points.com Inc.
Fairness opinion to the board · Technology (Loyalty)
Buyer Plusgrade Parent L.P. (backed by Novacap and CDPQ)
Plusgrade agreed to acquire Points for US$25.00 per share in cash, valuing Points at about US$385 million on an equity basis.
Apr 11, 2022
Shopify Inc.
Financial advisor to the special committee · Technology
Shopify proposed a new founder share to preserve Tobi Lütke's voting power, reviewed by a special committee of independent directors with its own advisors.
Jan 11, 2022
Northwood Family Office Ltd.
Financial advisor to Northwood · Wealth Management
Buyer CI Financial Corp.
CI Financial agreed to acquire Northwood, a Toronto multi-family office managing about $2.2 billion of investment assets.
Aug 9, 2021
WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust
Fairness opinion to the WPT special committee · Real Estate (Industrial REIT)
Buyer Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust
BREIT agreed to acquire WPT Industrial REIT for US$22.00 per unit in cash, a transaction valued at US$3.1 billion including assumed debt.
Mar 25, 2021
US$390 million grocery-anchored portfolio
Fairness opinion to the special committee · Real Estate (Retail REIT)
Buyer Slate Grocery REIT
Slate Grocery REIT agreed to acquire a US$390 million grocery-anchored portfolio and launched a subscription receipt offering of about C$133 million to fund it.
Jan 14, 2021
Atlantic Power Corporation
Financial advisor and fairness opinions · Power Generation
Buyer I Squared Capital
I Squared Capital agreed to acquire Atlantic Power for US$3.03 per share in cash, a total enterprise value of about US$961 million including preferred shares and notes of its subsidiaries.
Jan 5, 2021
TMAC Resources Inc.
Financial advisor to the TMAC special committee · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
Agnico Eagle agreed to acquire TMAC for C$2.20 per share in cash (total equity value about C$286.6 million), adding the Hope Bay gold project in Nunavut.
May 26, 2020
Torstar Corporation
Financial advisor to Torstar · Media
Buyer NordStar Capital LP
NordStar Capital, owned by the Bitove and Rivett families, agreed to take Torstar private for $0.63 per share in cash, later raised to $0.74 per share.
Apr 1, 2019
Minera Exar (Cauchari-Olaroz project)
Valuator and independent financial advisor to the special committee; fairness opinion · Mining (Lithium)
Buyer Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd.
Ganfeng agreed to a US$160 million project investment for newly issued shares of Minera Exar, the holder of Lithium Americas' Cauchari-Olaroz project.
Sep 8, 2017
BBS Securities Inc.
Exclusive financial advisor to BBS · Financial Services (Brokerage Technology)
Buyer CI Financial Corp.
CI Financial agreed to acquire BBS Securities, a brokerage and financial technology services provider.
Jan 13, 2016
Shaw Media Inc.
Financial advisor and fairness opinion to the Shaw special committee · Media & Entertainment
Buyer Corus Entertainment Inc. · Seller Shaw Communications Inc.
Shaw agreed to sell Shaw Media to related company Corus for $2.65 billion (about $1.85 billion cash plus Corus non-voting shares), with independent fairness opinions for both boards.
Dec 22, 2009
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (management internalization)
Financial advisor to the board; fairness opinion · Utilities
Algonquin agreed to internalize its management for about C$4.0 million in Algonquin shares.
