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Why 2013 May Be A Substantially Better Time To Sell Your Business Than 2018

 ABOUT EQUICAPITA 

Equicapita is a private equity und that acquires established, private, small and medium sizedenterprises (“SMEs”) located primarily in Western Canada. Equicapita’s investment drivers are toacquire operating companies at attractive valuations, with a history o generating sustainable cashow and proven management teams. Equicapita believes that there is:

- a generational opportunity to acquire ‘baby boomer’ SMEs; and- a unding gap in the $2 to $20 million enterprise value range.

 The retirement o baby boomer business owners has been described as triggering one o thebiggest transers o corporate assets on record in Canada. This creates an environment with anabundance o opportunities to acquire SMEs with long-term operating histories, at attractive cashow multiples. Equicapita provides investors with access to this alternative asset class via anefcient RRSP eligible structure.

DISCLAIMER

 The inormation, opinions, estimates, projections and other materials contained herein are provided as o thedate hereo and are subject to change without notice. Some o the inormation, opinions, estimates, projectionsand other materials contained herein have been obtained rom numerous sources and Equicapita and itsafliates make every eort to ensure that the contents hereo have been compiled or derived rom sourcesbelieved to be reliable and to contain inormation and opinions which are accurate and complete. However,neither Equicapita nor its afliates have independently verifed or make any representation or warranty, expressor implied, in respect thereo, take no responsibility or any errors and omissions which maybe contained hereinor accept any liability whatsoever or any loss arising rom any use o or reliance on the inormation, opinions,estimates, projections and other materials contained herein whether relied upon by the recipient or user orany other third party (including, without limitation, any customer o the recipient or user). Inormation may be

available to Equicapita and/or its afliates that is not reected herein. The inormation, opinions, estimates,projections and other materials contained herein are not to be construed as an oer to sell, a solicitation oror an oer to buy, any products or services reerenced herein (including, without limitation, any commodities,securities or other fnancial instruments), nor shall such inormation, opinions, estimates, projections and othermaterials be considered as investment advice or as a recommendation to enter into any transaction. Additional

inormation is available by contacting Equicapita or its relevant afliate directly.

 There will be many business owners rushing or the exits over the next 10 years. Don’t delay. Now is the time

to prepare, think about selling, plan the exit and understand the process. It will take anywhere rom 6months

to 18 months to prepare your company or sale, identiy a purchaser, negotiate a deal, accommodate the

purchasers requests in to acilitate the fnancing, prepare the required documents, and close the deal.

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