Garda World Security Corp. signed a binding agreement to acquire G4s Cash Solutions (Canada) Ltd from G4S plc (LSE:GFS) for CAD 110 million on August 28, 2013. The transactio will be funded through new term loans of CAD 690 million and new senior unsecured notes of CAD 309 million. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions including regulatory approvals and closing is expected before the end of 2013. Brian Pukier, Jeff Hershenfield, Cara Cornacchia and Charlie McDonald, Lawson Hunter, Jeffrey Brown and Ashley Piotrowski, Nancy Ramalho, Kathleen Chevalier and Stephanie Weschler, Andrea Boctor and Luc Vaillancourt, John Lorito, and Jamie Klein of Stikeman Elliott LLP acted as legal advisors for Garda World Security Corp. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP acted as legal advisor for Garda World Security Corp.

Garda World Security Corp. completed the acquisition of G4s Cash Solutions (Canada) Ltd from G4S plc (LSE:GFS) on January 17, 2014.