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                                                              ABOUT CVCA.............................................................................................................................................................. 1
                                                              MESSAGE FROM THE CEO..................................................................................................................................3

ABOUT CVCA                                                    H1 2021 HIGHLIGHTS............................................................................................................................................. 4
                                                              PRIVATE EQUITY HEAT MAPS..................................................................................................................10-15
                                                                        ALL PE DEALS................................................................................................................................................10

OUR VISION                                                              BUYOUT & ADD-ON DEALS..................................................................................................................... 12

A thriving Canadian economy driven by private capital                   PE GROWTH DEALS.................................................................................................................................... 14
                                                              PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT ACTIVITY.........................................................................................16-17

OUR MISSION                                                             ACTIVITY QUARTER OVER QUARTER................................................................................................16

CVCA’s mission is to help our members fuel the economy                  ACTIVITY BY DEAL SIZE............................................................................................................................ 17
                                                              TOP DISCLOSED PE CANADIAN DEALS................................................................................................... 18
of the future by growing the businesses of today. We do
                                                              TOP CANADIAN CITIES/ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRES....................................................................... 19
this by supporting and connecting a vibrant private capital
                                                              PE SECTOR BREAKDOWN................................................................................................................................20
industry with advocacy, research, and education.
                                                              MOST ACTIVE PE INVESTORS........................................................................................................................ 21
                                                              PE EXITS.....................................................................................................................................................................22
CVCA is also the nation’s ultimate resource for data on
                                                              TOP DISCLOSED PE EXITS................................................................................................................................23
Canadian private capital investments.
                                                              PARTICIPATING DATA CONTRIBUTORS....................................................................................................26
                                                              CVCA METHODOLOGY.......................................................................................................................................28
MESSAGE                                                                                                              H1 2021
FROM THE CEO                                                                                                         HIGHLIGHTS
In a nutshell, Canadian Private Equity (PE) invest-        sell, the company’s suitability for sale and difficulty    H1 2021 saw $8.8B invested across                    The largest deal of H1 occurred in
ment in the first half of 2021 can be described as         matching sellers with the right buyers. A private          377 PE deals as the PE market                        Q2: Brookfield Business Partners’
high M&A activity and anchored in the midmarket            equity partnership assists in this process which is
                                                                                                                      returns to levels on par with 5-year                 $1.6B privatization of Sagen MI
segment—both of which are correlated to a path out         also contributing to an explosion of mid-market deals.
of COVID-19.                                                                                                          average ($19.9B and 610 deals)                       Canada
                                                           All the trends that we are seeing in the first half of
                                                                                                                      3 mega-deals ($500M+) closed in H1 accounting        Another notable deal was Birch Hill Equity
PE is critical in supporting Canada’s small and            2021 are extremely positive for both investors and
                                                                                                                      for $3B or 35% of all dollars invested in the half   Partners’ acquisition of Superior Plus Speciality
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the engine of             businesses looking for growth.
                                                                                                                      of 2021                                              Chemicals’ unit for $725M
job creation in the economy. 85% of all Canadian
PE investment in the first half of 2021 went to these      For readers new to our reports, the CVCA
vital companies from coast-to-coast. We anticipate         provides, on a quarterly basis, a snapshot of the
this trend will continue as Canada’s economic              private capital investment activity in Canada. We
                                                                                                                      Level of M&A exit activity surged in                 H1 2021 saw 27% more deals than
recovery advances.                                         began collecting Canadian industry data in 2013.
                                                                                                                      the second quarter of 2021, closing                  H1 2020 while investment value
                                                           Our quarterly reporting summarizes the results             H1 with a total of 28 deals and                      trails behind by 22%, indicating a
PE investment also provides support for Canadian           of quarterly surveys and presents the data in a            $2B, already 2x 2020 levels and
                                                                                                                                                                           shift towards a greater number of
business ownership transitions; preserving value           historical context.                                        surpassing 2019 levels
created over the company’s lifetime. In 2017, 49.3%
                                                                                                                                                                           smaller deals
of Canadian SME owners signaled their intention            Access to high-quality data, analysis, and tools           With 23 exits totalling $526M in Q2, annualized
                                                                                                                                                                           Average deal sizes have decreased by 30%
to exit their business within five years which has         are central to our members’ and the industry’s             M&A exit activity in 2021 is expected to become
                                                                                                                                                                           from $34.9M in H1 2020 to $23.3M
increased the demand for partnerships with PE              ability to operate in the dynamic private capital          the second highest on record.
funds and speaks to the significant activity we are        environment. We invite interested private capital
seeing the mid-market.                                     organizations, that are members and non-members,                                                                Deals under $25M accounted for
                                                           to join us in our efforts. If you would like to have       There were 40 exits valued at $4.3B                  85% of all deals with disclosed
In many cases, the main obstacle to a successful           your firm included in future reports, please contact       including 5 IPOs on the TSX, surpassing              deal values, a continued trend
ownership transition is not the availability of capital,   CVCA’s Manager of Research and Product, David              exit levels in 2020
but, rather, the overall readiness of the owner to         Kornacki.                                                                                                       since 2016
                                                                                                                      Exits in Q2 included Toronto-Based Neighbourly
                                                                                                                                                                           Underscoring the important investments
                                                                                                                      Pharmacy, Brampton-Based MDA and Toronto-
                                                                                                                                                                           Canadian PE makes into SMEs, representing the
                                                                                                                      Based VerticalScope all listing on the TSX
                                                                                                                                                                           engine of job creation in the economy

                                                                              KIM FURLONG
                                                                              CEO                                     Montréal accounted for almost one-                   45% of all PE deals were debt
                                                                              CANADIAN VENTURE CAPITAL &
                                                                              PRIVATE EQUITY ASSOCIATION              third of all PE dollars invested in H1               investments
                                                                                                                      The largest deal in the region in Q2 was the         Representing a potential lasting change in
                                                                                                                      take-private transaction of New Look Vision          investor risk tolerances as a result of the
                                                                                                                      Group by FFL Partners and CDPQ for $783M             COVID-19 pandemic.
                                                                                                                                                                                                             2020 HIGHLIGHTS | 5
CVCA | CANADIAN PRIVATE EQUITY MARKET OVERVIEW | H1 2021

H1 2021                                                                                                                                                                                            $8.97 BILLION
PRIVATE EQUITY                                                                                                                                                                                     total invested into

HEAT MAP                                                                                                                                                                                           378 DEALS
ALL PE DEALS
H1 2021 saw $8.8B invested across 377 deals, with
                                                                  15
                                                                                 27
                                                                                                                                                          235
Quebec accounting for 62% of total dealflow but
second overall in dollars invested. Ontario had the                                                                                                                                                  5
highest amount of dollars invested by Province,                                                     9
including the largest PE deal of the year so far -                                                                3
Brookfield Business Partners’ $1.6B privatization of
                                                                                                                                                                                                          $10M

                                                                                                                                     77
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Newfoundland
Sagen MI Canada.
                                                                                                                                                                                                     and Labrador
                                                                                                                                                                                     2
                                                                                                                                                                                            5
                                                          $180M
                                                         British
                                                                          $653M                                                                                                                        $10M
                                                        Columbia                                                                                                                                 Nova Scotia
                                                                          Alberta             $20M
                                                                                           Saskatchewan                                                                                  $7M
                                                                                                                 $5M                                                $4B        New Brunswick
                                                                                                               Manitoba                   $4B                      Québec
                                                                                                                                     Ontario

TOP SECTORS PER PROVINCE                               BRITISH COLUMBIA      ALBERTA          SASKATCHEWAN            MANITOBA           ONTARIO          QUÉBEC     NEW BRUNSWICK         NOVA SCOTIA         NEWFOUNDLAND
                                                                                                                                                                                                               AND LABRADOR
                                                                                              INDUSTRIAL &       SOFTWARE                                                                 ICT
BY NUMBER OF DEALS                                     MEDIA
                                                       (TRADITIONAL)
                                                                          ENERGY & POWER
                                                                                              MANUFACTURING      (NON-INTERNET)   ICT              INDUSTRIAL &     ICT
                                                                                                                                                                                            3
                                                                                                                                                                                                               ICT
                                                                           7                                                        28             MANUFACTURING      1                                          3
                                                         7                                      2                 1
                                                                                                                                                    56                                    BUSINESS             BUSINESS
                                                                          FINANCIAL                                               INDUSTRIAL &                       AGRI-FORESTRY
                                                       LIFE SCIENCES                          ICT                INDUSTRIAL &                                                             PRODUCTS &           PRODUCTS &
                                                                           4                                     MANUFACTURING    MANUFACTURING    ICT                1                   SERVICES
                                                        3                                       2                                                                                                              SERVICES
                                                                                                                   1                11               35                                    1
                                                                          INDUSTRIAL &                                                                                                                          1
                                                       BUSINESS           MANUFACTURING       AUTOMOTIVE &
6                                                      PRODUCTS &                                                AUTOMOTIVE &     FINANCIAL        AGRI-FORESTRY                          LIFE SCIENCES
                                                                                              TRANSPORTATION
                                                       SERVICES             4                                    TRANSPORTATION    9                30                                     1
                                                                                               2
                                                        2                                                         1
CVCA | CANADIAN PRIVATE EQUITY MARKET OVERVIEW | H1 2021

H1 2021                                                                                                                           $2.6 BILLION
PRIVATE EQUITY                                                                                                                    total invested into

HEAT MAP                                                                                                                          88 DEALS
BUYOUT & ADD-ON DEALS
Buyout and add-on investments comprised 23%
of total PE deal volume in H1 2021 (88 deals)
and seem set to out-pace pre-pandemic levels
(136 deals in 2019) this year as well as the 5-year
average (130 deals). However, the average deal
size for buyout and add-on investments are down
                                                             9
by 61% compared to the 5 year average, from
$76.1M to $29.7M.
                                                                           9
                                                                                     2
                                                                                                 1
                                                                                                                   25
                                                        NA
                                                                                                         40                       2
                                                       British                                                                               NA
                                                      Columbia   $144M
                                                                 Alberta                                                              Nova Scotia
                                                                                   $8M
                                                                               Saskatchewan
                                                                                                NA                  $939M
                                                                                              Manitoba   $1.5B      Québec
                                                                                                         Ontario

                                                                                                                                 PRIVATE EQUITY HEAT MAP | BUYOUT & ADD-ON DEALS | 9
CVCA | CANADIAN PRIVATE EQUITY MARKET OVERVIEW | H1 2021

H1 2021                                                                                                               $1.95 BILLION
PRIVATE EQUITY                                                                                                         total invested into

HEAT MAP                                                                                                              104 DEALS
PE GROWTH DEALS
PE minority investments (including growth and
follow-on deals) accounted for a fifth of all PE
dollars invested in H1 and a quarter of total activity,
with $1.6B across 103 deals, but seem to continue            1
to lag behind 2020 levels and the five year average
(320 deals overall). The average PE minority
investment in H1 was $15.5M, 42.5% lower than the
                                                                        11                                                       1

                                                                                                        67
5-year average of $26.7M between 2016 to 2020.
                                                                                     2
                                                                                                                                          NA
                                                                                                                                  Newfoundland
                                                                                               19                      3
                                                                                                                                  and Labrador

                                                           $25M
                                                           British
                                                          Columbia   $252M
                                                                     Alberta       NA                                 $10M
                                                                               Saskatchewan                       Nova Scotia
                                                                                              $486M      $1.2B
                                                                                              Ontario    Québec

                                                                                                                            PRIVATE EQUITY HEAT MAP | PE GROWTH DEALS | 11
CVCA | CANADIAN PRIVATE EQUITY MARKET OVERVIEW | H1 2021

PRIVATE EQUITY                                                                                                                                                                                          PRIVATE EQUITY
INVESTMENT ACTIVITY                                                                                                                                                                                     INVESTMENT ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY QUARTER-OVER-QUARTER                                                                                                                                                                           ACTIVITY BY DEAL SIZE

Q2 continued the trend set in Q1, with the highest number of PE investment activity in any first half on                                                                                                Out of the 377 PE deals that closed in the first three months of 2021, 85% of the deals with disclosed
record (377 deals, 25% more than the 5-year average from 2016-2020), however, H1 2021 also had the                                                                                                      values were under $25M, underscoring the continued critical investments Canadian PE makes into small
second lowest average deal size with a deal size of $23.3M (second only to H1 2019 at $14.9M)                                                                                                           and medium-sized businesses.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        There were 3 mega-deals ($500M+) which closed in Q2, accounting for 35% of total dollars invested in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                        first half of 2021 ($3.1B).

                                                                                                                                                    $ Millions Invested            # Deals
$16,500                                                                                                                                                                               220
                                                                                                                                                                          201
$15,000                                                                                                                                               195                             200
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              $ Millions Invested                                                   # Deals
                     178                                                                     178       177                                                       177
$13,500                                                                                                                                                                               180    $ 19,200                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      480
                              163                        162                        164                                                                                                                                      443
$12,000                                                                    148                                                                                                        160    $ 17,600                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      440
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        416

                                       152      156                                                                                            152
$10,500                                                                                                                  151                                                          140    $ 16,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      400
                                                                                                               142                                                                                                   392

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     $ 12,749
                                                                                                                                  136                                                        $ 14,400                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      360
$9,000                                                                                                                                                                                120                364
                                                                   124
                                                                                                                                                                                             $ 12,800                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      320

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                $ 10,200
$7,500      114                                                                                                                                                                       100
                                                                                                                                                                                             $ 11,200                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      280
$6,000                                                                                                                                                                                80
                                                                                                                                                                                             $ 9,600                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       240

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          $ 7,630
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 247

 $4,500                                                                                                                                                                               60     $ 8,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       200

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         $ 6,290

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           $ 4,800
 $3,000                                                                                                                                                                               40     $ 6,400                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       160

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   $ 4,194

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                $ 3,670

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         $ 3,250
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     $ 3,278
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             $ 3,470
                                                                                                               $12,333

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       $2,853
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     $ 2,596
                                                                                                                                                                                             $ 4,800                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       120
                                       $5,329

                                                         $8,057

                                                                           $5,870

                                                                                                                                                                          $6,342
                                                                                                                                                                 $2,627
                              $4,672
            $8,780

                                                $6,748

                                                                                                      $1,952

                                                                                                                         $8,551
                                                                                             $3,019
                                                                                    $2,071
                                                                  $1,977

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         $2,824
                                                                                                                                  $1,742
                     $7,491

                                                                                                                                                      $2,211
                                                                                                                                           $1,514

 $1,500                                                                                                                                                                               20

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           $2,672
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           $ 1,978
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  $1,829
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   $ 1,744

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             $ 1,724

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 $ 1,600
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   $ 1,627
                                                                                                                                                                                             $ 3,200                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       80

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       $ 1,584

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               $ 1,508
                                                                                                                                                                                                         $ 1,478

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             $ 1,350
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               $ 1,195

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       $ 1,005
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 $ 996
     $0                                                                                                                                                                               0

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     $ 509

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             $ 653
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          60                                              29
                                                                                                                                                                                              $ 1,600                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      40
            Q1       Q2       Q3       Q4       Q1       Q2       Q3       Q4       Q1       Q2       Q3       Q4        Q1       Q2       Q3         Q4          Q1      Q2

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                                                                                                                                                                                                         2017 2018 2019 2020                      H1     2017 2018 2019 2020                    H1       2017 2018 2019 2020                     H1       2017 2018 2019 2020                   H1       2017 2018 2019 2020                      H1       2017 2018 2019 2020                       H1
                       2017                                2018                                2019                                2020                          H1 2021                                                                         2021                                          2021                                             2021                                           2021                                              2021                                               2021

                     TOTAL:                              TOTAL:                              TOTAL:                               TOTAL:                          TOTAL:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      < $25M                                $25M - $100M                                  $100M - $500M                                             $500M - $1B                                    $1B - $2.5B                                           $2.5B+
                 607 DEALS                           590 DEALS                           661 DEALS                            643 DEALS                        378 DEALS
                  $26.8B                              $22.7B                              $19.4B                                $14B                              $9B

12 | PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT ACTIVITY QUARTER-OVER-QUARTER                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT ACTIVITY BY DEAL SIZE | 13
CVCA | CANADIAN PRIVATE EQUITY MARKET OVERVIEW | H1 2021

TOP                                                                                                                                    TOP
DISCLOSED                                                                                                                              CANADIAN CITIES/
CANADIAN PE DEALS                                                                                                                      ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRES
                                                                                                                                                                Total Deals $ Millions

                                                      FIRMS INVOLVED IN                                                                          1. Montréal        71                                                      $2,530
 COMPANY                           PROVINCE                                                             SECTOR              $ MIL
                                                      TRANSACTION
                                                                                                                                                  2. Toronto       45                                   $1,579

 SAGEN MI CANADA                   ONTARIO            BROOKFIELD BUSINESS PARTNERS LP                   FINANCIAL           $1,600                3. Calgary        21                       $649
                                                                                                                                               4. Montérégie       20               $342
                                                      FRIEDMAN FLEISCHER & LOWE, LLC (FFL), CAISSE DE
 NEW LOOK VISION GROUP             QUÉBEC                                                               CONSUMER & RETAIL   $783
                                                      DÉPÔT ET PLACEMENT DU QUÉBEC (CDPQ)
                                                                                                                                     5. Chaudière-Appalaches        18           $214
 SUPERIOR PLUS SPECIALTY                                                                                INDUSTRIAL &
 CHEMICALS
                                   ONTARIO            BIRCH HILL EQUITY PARTNERS MANAGEMENT INC.
                                                                                                        MANUFACTURING
                                                                                                                            $725                     6. Laval       10       $20

                                                                                                        INDUSTRIAL &
                                                                                                                                               7. Laurentides       8         $61
 CAE                               QUÉBEC             CAISSE DE DÉPÔT ET PLACEMENT DU QUÉBEC                                $475
                                                                                                        MANUFACTURING
                                                                                                                                                8. Vancouver        8        $39
 AMP SOLAR GROUP                   ONTARIO            CARLYLE GROUP                                     CLEANTECH           $374                   9. Regina        8        $12
                                                      CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD, TPG                                                  10. Oakville       7                                   $1,600
                                                      CAPITAL, GENERATION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT,
 BENEVITY                          ALBERTA                                                              ICT                 $252
                                                      ALBERTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP.,
                                                      VESTCOR INC., HG CAPITAL

 CONFEDERATION FREEZERS
                                   ONTARIO            TRICOR PROPERTY PARTNERS, PREMIUM BRANDS          REAL ESTATE         $171
 REAL ESTATE

                                                                                                                                       #1 MONTREAL
 PRODIGY EDUCATION                 ONTARIO            CANADIAN BUSINESS GROWTH FUND, TPG GROWTH         ICT                 $159

                                                                                                                                       $2.5B
 OLYMEL L.P.                       QUÉBEC             INVESTISSEMENT QUÉBEC                             AGRI-FORESTRY       $150

                                                                                                                                       71 DEALS                                          8
 KRUGER HOLDING S.E.C.             QUÉBEC             INVESTISSEMENT QUÉBEC                             AGRI-FORESTRY       $75
                                                                                                                                                                                                    3
                                                                                                                                                                                                        9                                       7 6 5
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1 4

*There were 4 undisclosed deals totaling $1.8B omitted from this table                                                                                                                                                                      2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       10
14 | TOP 10 DISCLOSED CANADIAN PE DEALS                                                                                                                                                                              TOP CANADIAN CITIES/ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRES | 15
CVCA | CANADIAN PRIVATE EQUITY MARKET OVERVIEW | H1 2021

PE                                                                                                               MOST ACTIVE
SECTOR                                                                                                           PRIVATE EQUITY
BREAKDOWN                                                                                                        INVESTORS
The ICT sector continued to lead in H1, accounting for 23% of all PE investment activity and 13% of all                                                                  # Deals   $ Millions*
dollars invested. Although the Financial sector only accounted for 6% of total activity, the sector saw the
highest share of dollars invested, 24% or $2.1B. The dollars invested in the sector can largely be attributed                               Desjardins Capital               109                           $1,042
to the $1.6B privatization of Sagen MI Canada by Brookfield Business Partners’ in Q2. The Industrial &                               Fonds de solidarité FTQ                 61                           $985
Manufacturing sector stayed steady with 20% of all PE activity (75 deals).
                                                                                                                                                   BDC Capital               50        $141
                                 # Deals   $ Millions
                                                                                                                                                    Fondaction               19                     $737

                           ICT    85                                     $1,165
                                                                                                                                     Investissement Québec                   18              $416
                                                                                                                         Canadian Business Growth Fund                       9            $284
   Industrial & Manufacturing     75                                                  $1,639
                                                                                                                                  Novacap Investments Inc.                   8                                                                 $2,424
           Consumer & Retail      39                                                  $1,626
                                                                                                                         Champlain Financial Corporation                     6         $158
                Agri-Forestry     37                            $805
                                                                                                                                              PFM Capital Inc.               5      $7
                Life Sciences      31                       $609
                                                                                                                Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec                       4                                   $1,258
Business Products & Services      25          $51
                     Financial     21                                                             $2,095
Automotive & Transportation        19         $69
          Mining & Resources       13          $85                                                                                                MOST ACTIVE:
             Energy & Power        9                $229                                                                                          DESJARDINS CAPITAL: 109 DEALS, $1 BILLION
                  Real Estate      9              $174
                   CleanTech       8                     $409
                       Others      7        $12

16 | PE SECTOR BREAKDOWN                                                                                         *Total deal values - includes all participating investors                                      MOST ACTIVE PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTORS | 17
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PE                                                                                                                                                                                TOP
EXITS                                                                                                                                                                             DISCLOSED PE EXITS
There were 3 additional PE-Backed IPOs in Q2, continuing the trend set in Q1 for the most IPOs on record.                                                                          SELLER                                                        COMPANY                            ACQUIRER                            $ MIL
H1 2021 is already tied in second with 2017 with 5 IPOs overall, one more IPO away from surpassing the
record set in 2015. There have been 40 exits in 2021 overall, with 28 M&A transactions and 7 Secondary                                                                             BIRCH HILL EQUITY PARTNERS                                    TERRAPURE                          GFL ENVIRONMENTAL                    $928
Buyouts. 2021 is pacing well above pre-pandemic total exit activity set in 2019 (44).

                                                                                                                                                                                   CERBERUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.                             ABC TECHNOLOGIES                   IPO ON TSX                           $525

                                                                                                                              $ Millions Invested                       # Deals    CANADIAN BUSINESS GROWTH FUND                                 PAYBRIGHT                          AFFIRM                               $340

 $14,000                                                                                                                                                                    140
                                                                         137                                                                                                       PENDER GROWTH FUND INC.                                       TANTALUS SYSTEMS                   IPO ON TSX-V                         $87
                                                                                                                                                                            130
 $12,000                                                                                                                                                                    120
                                                                                                                                                                            110   * There were 2 additional undisclosed exits totalling $170.4M excluded from this table.

 $10,000                                                                                                                                                                    100
                                                                                                                                                                            90
                                                                                        83
  $8,000                                                                                                                                                                    80
                                                                                                                                                                            70

  $6,000                                                                                                                                                                    60
                                                                                                                                                                            50

  $4,000                                                                                                                                                                    40
                                                                                             43
                                                                                                                28                                                          30
                                             $13,931

                                                                                                      25
                                                                                                                                                                            20
                                                       $1,892

  $2,000
                $4,800

                                                                                                                                                    $2,690
                                                                                                                         $3,408
                                                                $2,849

                                                                               $8,547

                                                                                                                $2,054
                             $3,710

                                                                                                       $1,021
                                                                                             $1,891

                                                                                                                                                                 $407

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                         5        4                4        5                                                                                                6          7
         0                             0                                                                                               0      0
                                                                                                                                                                            0
                2017         2018     2019   2020       H1      2017           2018          2019      2020      H1      2017         2018   2019   2020          H1
                                                       2021                                                     2021                                             2021

                                 IPO/RTO**                                                   M&A*                        SECONDARY BUYOUT*

 * includes transactions with undisclosed values
** IPO valuation

18 | PE EXITS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            TOP DISCLOSED PE EXITS | 19
PARTICIPATING                                                                                                      PRIVATE EQUITY & LSPEC FIRMS

DATA CONTRIBUTORS
                                                                                                                   AIP Private Equity            CIC Capital Canada           Ironbridge Equity Partners      PFM Capital Inc.

                                                                                                                   ARC Financial                 Clairvest Group Inc.         Kayne Capital                   PRIVEQ Capital Funds

                                                                                                                   Ardenton Capital              Export Development           Lex Capital Management          Seafort Capital
                                                                                                                   Corporation                   Canada (EDC)
CVCA thanks the following firms who participated in its Q2 2021 survey.                                                                                                       m2s Capital                     Searchlight Capital
                                                                                                                   ATB Private Equity            Fengate Capital                                              Partners
                                                                                                                                                 Management Ltd.              MacKinnon, Bennett &
                                                                                                                   BDC Growth & Transition                                    Company Inc. (MKB)              TorQuest Partners
Venture Capital FIRMS                                                                                              Capital (BDC GTC)             Fengate Real Asset
                                                                                                                                                 Investments                  Maverix Private Equity          TriWest Capital Partners
                                                                                                                   BDC Growth Equity
2150 Ventures                     Dash40 Ventures           Lumira Ventures             Raiven Capital                                           FirstAngel Capital           Mink Capital                    Upper Stage Ventures
                                                                                                                   BMO Capital Partners          Corporation
7 Gate Ventures                   Espresso Capital Ltd.     MaRS IAF                    Raven Indigenous Capital                                                              Mosaic Capital Corporation      Western Investment
                                                                                        Partners                   Cachet Sustainability Inc.    Fonds Manufacturier                                          Company of Canada
Active Impact Investments         Evok Innovations          McRock Capital                                                                                                    Novacap Investments Inc.        Limited
                                                                                                                                                 Québécois
                                                                                        Real Ventures              CAI Capital Partners
adMare Bioinnovations             FACIT                     Metiquity                                                                                                         Peloton Capital                 White Wolf Capital LLC
                                                                                        Relay Ventures                                           Fulcrum Capital Partners
                                                                                                                   Canadian Business Growth                                   Management
Alate Partners Inc.               Fastbreak Ventures        Mistral VP
                                                                                                                   Fund                          Highland West Capital Ltd.                                   Whitehorse Liquidity
                                                                                        Renewal Funds                                                                         Persistence Capital
AmorChem Fund                     Ferst Capital             MKB Growth Equity                                                                                                                                 Partners Inc.
                                                                                        Rhino Ventures             Capital Financière Agricole   InstarAGF Asset              Partners
Amplify Capital                   FINTOP Capital            Momenta Ventures                                       Inc.                          Management                                                   Westcap Mgt. Ltd
                                                                                        Roadmap Capital
Amplitude Ventures                First Ascent Ventures     N49P Ventures
                                                                                        Round 13 Capital
Anges Quebec                      Flow Capital              Natural Products Canada
AQC Capital                       Fonds Innovexport
                                                            Ventures (NPC Ventures)     Samsung Venture
                                                                                        Investment
                                                                                                                   LIMITED PARTNERS
                                                            Naventures (National Bank
Anzu Partners                     Framework Ventures        of Canada)                  Sand Hill North
                                                                                                                   BDC Venture Capital                     Fonds de solidarite FTQ                  Kensington Capital Partners Ltd.
AQC Capital                       Freycinet Ventures        New Brunswick Innovation    StandUp Ventures
                                                            Foundation                                             Bluesky Equities Ltd.                   Fonds de solidarité FTQ (Regional)       Northleaf Capital Partners
ArcTern Ventures                  Georgian Partners Inc.                                Tactico Inc.
                                                            Nimbus Synergies                                       Desjardins Capital                      HarbourVest Partners (Canada) Ltd        Ontario Capital Growth Corporation
AVAC Ltd.                         Good News Ventures                                    Tandem Expansion
BCF Ventures                      Grand Ventures            Northumberland CFDC                                    Fondaction                              Investissement Quebec                    Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
                                                                                        TandemLaunch Inc.                                                                                           (OTPP)
Bioindustrial Innovation          GreenSky Capital Inc.     OKR Financial
                                                                                        TELUS Pollinator Fund
Canada                                                      Old Kent Road Financial
                                  Greensoil PropTech                                    TELUS Ventures
Black Innovation Capital          Ventures                  (OKR)
                                                                                                                   If you would like to have your firm included in future reports,
                                                            OMERS Ventures              Top Renergy
Boreal Ventures                   Hikma Ventures                                                                   please click here.
                                                            Management Inc.             Uncork Capital
Brightspark Ventures              Information Venture
                                  Partners                  Outsized Ventures           Venbridge
CIBC Innovation Banking
                                  Innovacorp                Panache Ventures            Versant Ventures
CIC Capital Ventures
                                  inovia Capital            Pangaea Ventures Ltd.       Version One Ventures
Clanton Capital
                                  Investeco Capital Corp.   Pender Ventures             White Star Capital
Conexus Venture Capital
                                  KJSM Ventures Canada      Quark Venture               Yaletown Partners
CTI Life Sciences
                                  Klass Capital             Radical Ventures
Cycle Capital Management

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PRIVATE EQUITY
PRIVATE EQUITY DATA:
Dataset includes only completed private equity deals (announced but yet to be completed deals

                                                                                                               AUTHORS
are not included).

  PE DEAL TYPE
                               INVESTMENT FOR THE CONTROL OF A PORTFOLIO COMPANY, INCLUDING PLATFORM
  BUYOUT
                               CREATION, SECONDARY BUYOUT

  GROWTH
                               SIGNIFICANT MINORITY INVESTMENT INTO A PORTFOLIO COMPANY, THROUGH NEW CAPITAL   Christiane Wherry
                               INFUSION AND RECAPITALIZATION                                                   VICE PRESIDENT, RESEARCH
  ADD-ON                       CORPORATE ACQUISITIONS BY MAJORITY CONTROLLED PE BACKED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES     cwherry@cvca.ca
  DEBT                         DEBT INVESTMENT INTO PORTFOLIO COMPANIES

                               INVESTMENTS INTO DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS BUT
  INFRASTRUCTURE
                               PE DOES NOT OWN THE UNDERLYING ASSETS
                                                                                                               David kornacki
                                                                                                               MANAGER, RESEARCH & PRODUCT
  PE SECTORS
                                                                                                               dkornacki@cvca.ca
 AGRI-FORESTRY                  AGRICULTURE, FOODS AND FORESTRY

 AUTOMOTIVE &
                                TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICS AND RELATED SERVICES
 TRANSPORTATION

 BUSINESS PRODUCTS &
                                BUSINESS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
                                                                                                               JON JACKSON
 SERVICES                                                                                                      HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS
                                ENERGY AND FUEL TECHNOLOGIES, EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION, RENEWAL ENERGY,     jjackson@cvca.ca
 CLEANTECH                      ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES AND OTHER ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS
                                AND SERVICES

 CONSUMER & RETAIL              CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, BRICK AND MORTAR RETAIL

 FINANCIAL                      FINANCIAL SERVICES                                                             IZADELLA STA. ROMANA
                                COMPUTER HARDWARE/SOFTWARE & SERVICES, INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES,
                                                                                                               MARKETING & BRAND COORDINATOR
 ICT
                                ECOMMERCE, ELECTRONIC & SEMICONDUCTOR, MOBILE & TELECOM AND SERVICES
                                                                                                               istaromana@cvca.ca
 INDUSTRIAL &
                                EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL MANUFACTURING
 MANUFACTURING

                                BIOTECH, MEDICAL DEVICES, PHARMACEUTICALS, EHEALTH, HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS AND
 LIFE SCIENCES
                                SERVICES, AND OTHER MEDICAL RELATED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

 MINING & RESOURCES             NON OIL AND GAS NATURAL RESOURCES

 OIL & GAS, POWER               OIL & GAS, POWER AND UTILITIES

 REAL ESTATE                    PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT

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