An anonymous director reports

ALARIS EQUITY PARTNERS ANNOUNCES FILING OF FINAL PROSPECTUS

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust has filed, and obtained a receipt for, a final short form prospectus in each of the provinces of Canada, other than Quebec, with respect to the previously announced bought deal offering of 4,465,000 trust units of the trust at a price of $22.40 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $100-million through a syndicate of underwriters led by CIBC Capital Markets, Acumen Capital Finance Partners Ltd. and National Bank of Canada Capital Markets. The trust has also granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 669,750 units, on the same terms and conditions as the offering, exercisable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, up to 30 days following closing of the offering to cover overallotments and for market stabilization purposes, for additional gross proceeds of up to approximately $15-million.

Access to the prospectus and any amendment thereto is provided in accordance with securities legislation relating to procedures for providing access to a prospectus and any amendment thereto. The prospectus and any amendment thereto is accessible on SEDAR+. An electronic or paper copy of the prospectus and any amendment thereto may be obtained, without charge, by contacting CIBC Capital Markets, 161 Bay St. (fifth floor), Toronto, Ont. M5J 2S8, by telephone at 1-416-956-6378 or by e-mail at mailbox.canadianprospectus@cibc.com, from Acumen Capital Finance Partners Ltd. at info@acumencapital.com, or from National Bank of Canada Capital Markets by telephone at 416-869-8414 or by e-mail at nbf-syndication@bnc.ca, by providing the contact with an e-mail address or address, as applicable. Prospective investors should read the prospectus in its entirety before making an investment decision.

The closing of the offering is expected to occur on Sept. 28, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.

About Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust

Alaris's investment and investing activity refers to providing, through the wholly owned subsidiaries of Alaris, structured equity to private companies to meet their business and capital objectives, which includes management buyouts, dividend recapitalization, growth and acquisitions. Alaris achieves this by investing its unitholder capital, as well as debt, through the acquisition entities, in exchange for distributions, dividends or interest, as well as capital appreciation on both preferred and common equity. The principal objective is to generate predictable cash flows for distribution payments to its unitholders while growing net book value through returns from capital appreciation. Distributions, other than common equity distributions, from the partners are adjusted annually based on the percentage change of a top-line financial performance measure such as gross margin or same-store sales, and rank in priority to common equity position.

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