You’ve come a long way. You’ve built a great company.Only you and your team could have done it.This is where you are today.Now, what’s the next destination?

Introducing Novacap. Your partner in becoming a world-class company.

What’s next?

CWE PARTNER WITH GREAT ENTREPRENEURS TO WORK ON CREATING VALUE TOGETHER

Financial institutionsPension fundsPrivate investors Novacap Partners

In businesssince 1981

Assets under management$1.6 B

More than80 companies in portfolio since 1981

Winner of the CVCA Deal of the Year Award three times

YOUR COMPANY

Novacap is a private equity firm that brings mid-size companies the vision, the long-term capital, the operational expertise and the cutting-edge resources they need to get to the next level. Our team is comprised of over 40 experts with an extensive business background, including 15 investment professionals with an entrepreneurial mindset. We clearly understand the operational and financial challenges that entrepreneurs face today.

Because we belong with them.

Providing high-potential companies with high-value operational expertise and capital

Investment in Novacap private equity funds

Growth-focused strategy, expertise and capital

Accelerating growth and

value creation

History ExperienceKnow-how

YOU

Empowering great companies to become world-class companies

What is a world-class company? It is a company that has grown from being great to being a market leader. That is the kind of company we help to build. We partner with the best management teams to leverage the company’s foundations, which we use as a platform for growth. We evaluate consolidation opportunities, invest in technology, optimize operations, and focus on revenue growth.

We are entrepreneurs teaming up with entrepreneurs.

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Getting involved Growing the business and creating value together

A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT CYCLE

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Growing the business and creating value together Planning the next phase

OUR APPROACH

Becoming partners.

When we get involved with a company, we want to become active and loyal partners. We do our homework and offer a relationship founded on knowledge, trust, and confidence.

1Executing the strategy.

We become an integral part of your organization. We bring in strategic alliances, technology, market development, distribution channels, talent, financings, and more. We are real partners: we make sure to do our share.

3Setting the destination.

We set a clear vision with you, based on shared core values.We define a detailedgrowth plan based on either organic growth or M&A – or both, combined into a dual-path strategy.

2Delivering value.

We build and grow value for all parties involved throughout the investment period.

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Focusing on two strategic growth areas

Novacap manages several private equity funds in two high-growth, strategic investment areas: Industries; and Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT). Through these funds, we connect the best high-potential companies with the best operational expertise and the best private equity investors – providing our partners with a platform for growth that has no equivalent in the market.

Because we do more than just invest money – we invest the best of ourselves.

• Manufacturing of industrial goods

• Manufacturing of consumer goods

• Business services

• Distribution

INDUSTRIES

• Manufacturing of industrial goods

• Manufacturing of consumer goods

• Business services

• Distribution

• Information and industrial technology

• Media

• Telecommunications technology and servicesTMT

SIZE OF BUSINESSESWE INVEST IN

• Sales: $30 M to $500 M +

• Value: $30 M to $300 M +

TRANSACTION TYPES

• Partial or full shareholder buyout

• Spin-off

• Privatization

• Mild restructuring and/or recapitalization

• Growth capital

Ready for the next level? Let’s talk.

novacap.cainfo@novacap.ca

MONTREAL OFFICE

375 Roland-Therrien Blvd. Suite 210 Longueuil, Quebec CANADA J4H 4A6

T 450 651-5000

TORONTO OFFICE

181 Bay Street, Suite #IN200 Clarkson Gordon (Heritage) Building Toronto, Ontario CANADA M5J 2T3

T 416 536-2222