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Big Five Capital Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BGF.P) (the "Corporation" or "Big Five")
announced today that it entered into a letter of intent with Bellwether Asset
Management Inc. ("Bellwether") dated April 29, 2013 (the "Letter of Intent"), in
respect of a transaction pursuant to which Big Five will acquire all of the
outstanding shares of Bellwether (the "Qualifying Transaction"). Subject to
Exchange approval, upon completion of the Qualifying Transaction, the combined
entity (the "Resulting Issuer") will continue to carry on the business of
Bellwether as currently constituted.


Bellwether is a boutique investment manager that offers tailored investment
solutions for affluent investors, Foundations, Estates and Trusts utilizing its
proprietary "Disciplined Dividend Growth" investment process. Bellwether also
operates archerETF Portfolio Management which offers tailored global tactical
solutions for affluent families utilizing Exchange Traded Funds.


Bellwether is incorporated under the laws of Ontario and its two principal
shareholders are:


Robert (Bob) Sewell, CEO, an industry veteran with over 20 years' experience in
the investment industry. Prior to creating Bellwether, Bob led TD Waterhouse
Private Investment Counsel, the TD Bank's discretionary investment management
division. Under Bob's leadership, Private Investment Counsel grew from $8
billion to $15 billion in assets under management. Bob left TD and established
Bellwether Asset Management, the parent company of Bellwether Investment
Management Inc. in 2009. Bob has applied his experience in building TD's
investment management business to Bellwether's strategy of growth in the highly
fragmented "boutique" investment management business.


Stephen (Steve) Meehan, Chairman, has 20 plus years in the financial services
arena. Prior to joining Bellwether, Steve served as CEO of Investment Planning
Counsel (IPC), a firm he co-founded in 1996 and built to $18 billion in client
assets at the time of his departure in 2010. Steve built the firm through a
series of acquisitions, recruiting and organic growth. A key element of that
strategy was the creation of a public vehicle utilizing IPC as the qualifying
transaction in June 1999. That started the firm on an acquisition strategy that
eventually led to the firm being sold to IGM Financial in 2004 for total equity
consideration of $130 million. Steve agreed to stay on as CEO and continued to
grow the company until 2010 when he stepped down to pursue other interests.
Steve became a minority shareholder of Bellwether in late 2011 and made a
further investment in 2013 to become equal partners with Bob.


"Bellwether was founded to address two distinct gaps in the investment
industry," says Bob Sewell. "Firstly, we felt that affluent families would be
better served with tailored investment solutions instead of 'cookie cutter'
investment products designed for the masses. We designed our services to provide
full transparency to our clients regarding all aspects of our relationship
including fees and performance."


"Secondly, the investment management industry is highly fragmented and would
benefit from a partner that can provide the resources necessary to allow good
managers to continue to grow and thrive. With today's announcement, we are
better positioned to continue to build Bellwether as a division of Lorne Park
Capital Partners (LPCP). The creation of LPCP also provides a distinct platform
to effectively partner with other investment managers to assist in their growth
and ultimately provide a succession plan for their founders," says Sewell.


The Lorne Park Capital Partners strategy is to build on the initial Bellwether
transaction to create a multi- boutique platform that operates through a diverse
group of boutique investment management partners. Partner firms will maintain
operational independence while leveraging LPCP's broader resources allowing them
to continue to prosper.


"I am excited to be back in the investment industry after a two and half year
hiatus," says Steve Meehan. "I have been active in venture capital and
philanthropy since leaving IPC and had originally made a minority investment in
Bellwether. After taking some to better understand their business plan, the
industry, and the opportunity, I decided it was time to get back in with both
feet. I am extremely excited about the prospects for the business, I believe Bob
and I have been able to take our collective backgrounds to create a strategy
that is extremely compelling. The dynamics for our new business are just as
exciting as what I saw back when we started IPC. However this time I have the
benefit of experience to help guide this next venture."


Big Five is a "capital pool company" and intends for the Qualifying Transaction
to constitute its "Qualifying Transaction" as such terms are defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange"). The Corporation is a
"reporting issuer" in the Provinces of Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. It
is currently contemplated that the Qualifying Transaction will occur via an
amalgamation of Big Five with Bellwether. In connection with the closing of the
Qualifying Transaction, Big Five intends on obtaining shareholder approval for a
continuance of Big Five from the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) to the laws
of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario)(the "Continuance"), completing a
capital restructuring including the consolidation of its share capital on a
basis of two (2) pre-consolidated shares for one (1) post-consolidated share
(the "Capital Restructuring"), and changing its name to Lorne Park Capital
Partners Inc. (the "Name Change"). Upon completion of the Capital Restructuring,
the Corporation's 4,700,000 common shares currently outstanding will be
consolidated into approximately 2,350,000 post-consolidated common shares.


Under the terms of the Qualifying Transaction, current Bellwether shareholders
holding 150,000 common shares will receive a total of 20,000,000
post-consolidated common shares of the Resulting Issuer, excluding any shares of
Bellwether issued as part of the Private Placement. In connection with the
Qualifying Transaction, Bellwether will complete a private placement (the
"Private Placement") of up to $1,500,000 in common shares at a price of $0.20
per common share. Each common share issued pursuant to the Private Placement
will be ultimately exchanged for one post-consolidated common share of the
Resulting Issuer in connection with, and upon completion of, the Qualifying
Transaction. The proceeds of the Private Placement will be used for general
working capital and the Resulting Issuer's future growth plans.


It is currently contemplated that on completion of the Qualifying Transaction,
the directors and the officers of the Resulting Issuer will consist of the
following persons and up to three (3) additional directors to be named by
Bellwether prior to closing:




Robert Sewell, Mississauga, Ontario   President, Chief Executive Officer and
                                      Director                              
Scott Franklin, Mississauga, Ontario  Chief Financial Officer and Corporate 
                                      Secretary                             
Stephen Meehan, Mississauga, Ontario  Chairman and Director                 
David Brown, Toronto, Ontario         Director                              
Christopher Dingle, Toronto, Ontario  Director                              



Scott Franklin brings thirteen years of financial services experience and a
strong administrative background in corporate compliance to his role at Lorne
Park Capital Partners. Scott was CFO of IPC until mid 2010. Since that time has
been supporting philanthropic organizations and consulting as a part-time CFO to
public and regulated companies. He currently serves as CFO of Silvore Fox
Minerals Corp.


David Brown is a partner in the Corporate Department of Toronto based WeirFoulds
LLP, one of Canada's leading law firms. David practices in the areas of
Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Corporate Finance. He handles all
manner of M&A, Private Equity and Debt transactions with an emphasis on private
company sales and divestitures, middle-market company mergers and acquisitions
and the Canadian component of institutional fund purchases and divestitures.
David was the founding President and is currently a Director of the Exempt
Market Dealers Association of Canada.


Chris Dingle is currently an investment banker with M Partners in Toronto. Chris
has extensive experience in financing Canadian business in both the public and
private arena. He has extensive public company experience, prior to joining M
Partners he was President and Director of IPC Financial Network (parent company
of Investment Planning Counsel). Prior to joining IPC he was CEO of Real Fund a
publicly traded REIT on the TSX that was sold to Rio Can in 1999.


On closing of the Qualifying Transaction, all options currently held by the Big
Five directors and officers will be cancelled and the Resulting Issuer intends
to issue 1,500,000 new options to the new directors and officers of the
Resulting Issuer at a price of $0.30 per post-consolidated share.


The Qualifying Transaction will be carried out by parties dealing at arm's
length to one another.


Sponsorship of the Qualifying Transaction is required by the Exchange unless an
exemption from this requirement can be obtained in accordance with the policies
of the Exchange. The Corporation intends to apply for an exemption to the
sponsorship requirement. There is no assurance that an exemption from this
requirement will be obtained.


The Big Five common shares are currently halted from trading, and the trading of
the shares is expected to remain halted pending completion of the Qualifying
Transaction.


Completion of the Qualifying Transaction is subject to a number of conditions
including, but not limited to, completion of the Private Placement, completion
of the Continuance, Capital Restructuring and Name Change, the satisfaction of
the Corporation and Bellwether in respect of the due diligence investigations to
be undertaken by each party, the completion of a definitive agreement in respect
of the Qualifying Transaction, closing conditions customary to transactions of
the nature of the Qualifying Transaction, approvals of all regulatory bodies
having jurisdiction in connection with the Qualifying Transaction, Exchange
acceptance and, if required by the Exchange policies, majority of the minority
shareholder approval. Where applicable, the Qualifying Transaction cannot close
until the required shareholder approvals are obtained and there can be no
assurance that the Qualifying Transaction will be completed as proposed or at
all. Upon completion of the Qualifying Transaction the Resulting Issuer intends
to be listed as an "industrial issuer" under the rules of the Exchange.


If and when a definitive agreement between the Corporation and Bellwether is
executed, the Corporation will issue a subsequent press release in accordance
with the policies of the Exchange containing the details of the definitive
agreement and additional terms of the Qualifying Transaction including
information relating to sponsorship, summary financial information in respect of
Bellwether, and to the extent not contained in this press release, additional
information with respect to the Private Placement, history of Bellwether and the
proposed directors, officers, and insiders of the Resulting Issuer upon
completion of the Qualifying Transaction.


Investors are cautioned that, except as disclosed in the management information
circular or filing statement to be prepared in connection with the Qualifying
Transaction, any information released or received with respect to the Qualifying
Transaction may not be accurate or complete and should not be relied upon.
Trading in the securities of a capital pool company should be considered highly
speculative.


Cautionary Statements

This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of
applicable securities laws relating to the proposal to complete the Qualifying
Transaction and associated transactions, including statements regarding the
terms and conditions of the Qualifying Transaction, the Capital Restructuring,
the Private Placement, and the use of proceeds of the Private Placement. The
information about Bellwether contained in the press release has not been
independently verified by the Corporation. Although the Corporation believes in
light of the experience of its officers and directors, current conditions and
expected future developments and other factors that have been considered
appropriate that the expectations reflected in this forward-looking information
are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on them because the
Corporation can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. Readers
are cautioned to not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Actual
results and developments may differ materially from those contemplated by these
statements depending on, among other things, the risks that the parties will not
proceed with the Qualifying Transaction, the Capital Restructuring, the Private
Placement and associated transactions, that the ultimate terms of the Qualifying
Transaction, the Capital Restructuring, the Private Placement and associated
transactions will differ from those that currently are contemplated, and that
the Qualifying Transaction, the Capital Restructuring, the Private Placement and
associated transactions will not be successfully completed for any reason
(including the failure to obtain the required approvals or clearances from
regulatory authorities). The statements in this press release are made as of the
date of this release. The Corporation undertakes no obligation to comment on
analyses, expectations or statements made by third-parties in respect of the
Corporation, Bellwether, their securities, or their respective financial or
operating results or (as applicable).


The common shares have not been and will not be registered under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended and may not be offered or sold in the
United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the
registration requirement. This press release shall not constitute an offer to
sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the
securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would
be unlawful.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Big Five Capital Corp.
Jason Krueger
Director
(403) 700-7573
jason@redwood-capital.com


Big Five Capital Corp.
Mark Studer
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(403) 606-7787


Bellwether Asset Management Inc.
Stephen Meehan
Chairman
steve.meehan@bellvest.ca

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