EFT

Equity Financial Holdings Inc. (TSX:EQI), a Canadian financial services company
serving the alternative retail mortgage market, today announced the closing of
the previously announced sale of its transfer agent and corporate trust business
to the TMX Group. Equity shareholders approved the sale at the Annual and
Special Meeting of Shareholders on April 2, 2013.


"This is a very exciting time for Equity," said Equity President & CEO, Paul G.
Smith. "The sale of the transfer agent and corporate trust business provides us
with the necessary capital to focus our strategy and invest in our rapidly
growing retail mortgage lending and deposit-taking business. By harnessing the
growth potential of the alternative retail mortgage market, we believe we will
be able to generate significant value over the coming years."


Under the terms of the transaction agreement, announced on February 13, 2013,
TMX Group acquired Equity's transfer agent and corporate trust business for $64
million payable in cash at closing, subject to certain closing price
adjustments.


About Equity Financial Holdings Inc.

Equity is a Canadian financial services company serving the alternative retail
mortgage market through its federally regulated and wholly-owned subsidiary,
Equity Financial Trust Company. Learn more at www.equityfinancialholdings.com.


Statements regarding Forward-Looking Information 

Certain portions of this press release as well as other public statements by the
Corporation contain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of
applicable Canadian securities legislation, which is also referred to as
"forward-looking statements", which may not be based on historical fact.
Wherever possible, words such as "will", "plans," "expects," "targets,"
"continue", "estimates," "scheduled," "anticipates," "believes," "intends,"
"may," and similar expressions or statements that certain actions, events or
results "may," "could," "would," "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be
achieved, have been used to identify forward-looking information. Such
forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding any
information as to future financial or operating performance and other statements
that express expectations or estimates of future performance, including
statements regarding the Corporation's EBITDA and earnings expectations for the
mortgage and deposit business, fee income, expense levels, the sale of Equity's
transfer agent and corporate trust services business to the TMX and the
anticipated effect of the sale transaction on its business, operations and
financial results, the Corporation's expected need for regulatory capital, the
expected timing of the Corporation's previously disclosed wind-down of its
day-to-day retail foreign exchange operations and its expected impact on the
Corporation's business, operations and financial results, general economic,
political and market factors in North America and internationally, interest and
foreign exchange rates, global equity and capital markets, business competition,
technological change, changes in government regulations, unexpected judicial or
regulatory proceedings, catastrophic events, and the Corporation's ability to
complete strategic transactions and integrate acquisitions and other factors. 


Certain material factors or assumptions are applied by the Corporation in making
forward-looking statements and are based on management's knowledge of current
business conditions and expectations of future business conditions and trends,
including without limitation, factors and assumptions regarding its ability to
fund its mortgage business, the value of mortgage originations, the competitive
nature of the alternative mortgage market, the expected margin between the
interest earned on its mortgage portfolio and the interest to be paid on its
deposits, the relative continued health of real estate markets, acceptance of
its products in the marketplace, the state of current credit, interest rate and
liquidity conditions affecting the Corporation and the Canadian economy, retail
mortgage markets, housing sales, and equity and capital markets, as well as its
operating cost structure and the current tax regime. Certain other factors and
assumptions have been applied in making forward-looking statements, including,
assumptions relating to the Corporation's ability to implement and realize on
its new strategic focus following completion of the transaction with the TMX,
the Corporation's ability to wind-down its day-to-day retail foreign exchange
operations and the expected impact on the Corporation's business, operations and
financial results, as well as the Corporation's capital and financing
requirements.


Forward-looking statements reflect the Corporation's current views with respect
to future events and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual
results may differ materially from results contemplated by the forward-looking
statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such
forward-looking statements, as they reflect the Corporation's current views with
respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties and are
necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while
considered reasonable by the Corporation, are inherently subject to significant
business, economic, regulatory, competitive, political and social uncertainties
and contingencies. Many factors could cause the Corporation's actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results,
performance, or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements including, among others,  failure by the Corporation
in implementing and realizing its new strategic focus, a significant downturn in
capital markets or the economy as a whole, delays in completing the wind-down of
the Corporation's day-to-day retail foreign exchange operations or other
unforeseen circumstances arising from such wind-down, reduced large-volume
foreign exchange revenue which could lead to an impairment of goodwill in our
foreign exchange unit, errors or omissions by the Corporation in providing
services to its customers, significant changes in foreign currency exchange
rates, extreme price and volume fluctuations in the stock markets, significant
increases in the cost of complying with applicable regulatory requirements,
civil unrest, economic recession, pandemics,

war and acts of terrorism which may adversely impact the North American and
global economic and financial markets, inability to raise funds through public
or private financing in the event that the Corporation incurs operating losses
or requires substantial capital investment in order to respond to unexpected
competitive pressures, significant changes in interest rates, failure by Equity
Financial Trust Company ("EFT") to meet ongoing regulatory obligations, failure
by the Corporation to generate or obtain sufficient cash or cash equivalents in
a timely manner and at a reasonable price or to adequately monitor and/or adjust
its mortgage portfolio management practices for changing circumstances, failure
by the Corporation to attract and to retain the necessary employees to meet its
needs, failure by EFT to adequately monitor the services provided by third party
service providers or to establish alternative arrangements if required, failure
by EFT to secure sufficient deposits from securities dealers or a sufficient
level of mortgage origination from its mortgage broker network, a failure of the
computer systems of the Corporation or one or more of its service providers or
the risks detailed from time-to-time in the Corporation's quarterly filings,
annual information forms, annual reports and annual filings with securities
regulators, including, without limitation the risks described in the
Corporation's annual information form dated February 28, 2013 (a copy of which
can be found on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval
(SEDAR) at www.sedar.com) under the headings "Cautionary Statement Regarding
Forward Looking Information" and "Description of the Business - Risks of the
Business" and the Corporation's management's discussion & analysis for the year
ended December 31, 2012 dated February 13, 2013 under the heading "Risks".
Forward-looking information will be updated as required pursuant to the
requirements of applicable securities laws. 


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Investor contact: Equity Financial Holdings Inc.
Paul G. Smith
(416) 361-0930 Ext. 270


Equity Financial Holdings Inc.
Nick Kyprianou
(416) 361-0930 Ext. 290
www.equityfinancialholdings.com


Media contact: NATIONAL Public Relations
Peter Block
416-848-1431
pblock@national.ca


NATIONAL Public Relations
Jennifer Lee
416-848-1383
jlee@national.ca

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