Evidence That Trailing Valuations of SMEs Have Been Reduced by 2008 Crisis Numbers Leading to an Improved Market for PE Buyers Like Equicapita Over Medium Term

Calgary, Canada, July 29, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Market data show that the trailing valuations of Canadian SMEs have tended to be reduced by severe 2008 crisis numbers leading to an improved market for private equity buyers like Equicapita over medium term.

Greg Tooth, one of the three co-founders of Equicapita reports "Equicapita believes that SME (small medium enterprise) private equity investors are heading into a very compelling decade for returns as the opportunities to acquire competitively priced SMEs will be significant. Additionally, current trailing cash flow valuations are artificially low, incorporating weak 2008-10 operating results post credit crisis adding another source of potential out performance for current investors in this asset class. Sales and EBITDA numbers were frequently severely depressed following the 2008 crisis and while now the underlying businesses have recovered from what we see in deal flow, achieved transaction multiples are still being effected in a material number of cases."

Equicapita is a Calgary-based nano-gap private equity fund focusing on acquiring Canadian SMEs that can generate strong, sustainable cash flow from their operations in niche markets. Equicapita generally seeks to acquire businesses: at what it believes are reasonable prices; with a demonstrated history of free cash flow greater than $1 million per annum; with a durable competitive advantage; that operate in industries that Equicapita believes have sound long-term macro prospects; with ongoing participation of senior personnel; with the ability to maintain the cash flow without disproportionate amounts of new capital; where Equicapita can partner with management and align their interest with Equicapita through tools such as earn-outs, vendor take backs and management incentive plans; to be held for the long term; where there is some potential to grow sustainable free cash flow, but where that growth is not essential to generate suitable returns.

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