MONTREAL, CANADA and MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, November, 3, 2009 – Groupe Aeroplan Inc. (TSX: AER), a leading international loyalty management corporation, headquartered in Canada, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Carlson Companies, Inc. (CCI) to purchase Carlson Marketing, a privately-owned, US-based loyalty marketing services provider for a net purchase price of US$175.3 million (Cdn$188.0 million), including transaction costs of US$6.5 million (Cdn$7.0 million) and subject to certain working capital....