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Acted as counsel to TVA Group Inc. in its $51,000,000 offer to repurchase up to 3,000,000 of its Class B Non-Voting Shares under a substantial issuer bid announced on March 31, 2008 and varied and extended on May 16, 2008. The bid expired and closed on June 2, 2008 and TVA Group acquired the maximum of 3,000,000 Class B Non-Voting Shares upon expiration of the issuer bid for an aggregate purchase price of $51,000,000.

TVA Group is an integrated communications company which operates in the television, publishing and distribution sectors. TVA Group operates North America's largest French-language private television network and it owns six of the 10 stations that make up the "TVA Network".

TVA Group was advised by Ogilvy Renault LLP with a team comprised of Marc Lacourcière, Elliot Shapiro and David Millette (corporate and securities) and Derek Chiasson (tax).