Investor Presentaiton
Executive Summary
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Laurentian Bank of Canada ("LBC") has entered into an agreement to acquire Northpoint Commercial
Finance ("NCF"), a leading non-bank inventory finance lender with a portfolio of approximately $1.2 billion
(US $0.9 billion) in assets
NCF is a diversified player in the equipment finance sector, specialized in inventory financing with a broad
US & Canadian presence, based in Alpharetta, Georgia, USA & Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Founded in 2012 by former Textron Financial Corporation leaders, NCF's top management team has
unique expertise and a solid track record of originating, growing and managing a multi-billion dollar
inventory finance portfolio
NCF's highly complementary activities will be combined with LBC Capital (within Business Services) to
create a scalable end-to end equipment finance platform
Transaction is expected to generate attractive margins and Bank believes this acquisition will be accretive
to its EPS in the first full year of operation and by approximately 4% in 2019
Concurrent with the acquisition, the Bank has entered into agreements providing for equity financings of
subscription receipts, in the amount of (i) $200 million on a "bought deal" basis with a syndicate of
underwriters and (ii) $25 million on a private placement basis with the Caisse de dépôt et placement du
Québec
Acquisition is expected to close before the end of fiscal 2017, subject to customary closing conditions,
including regulatory approvals
Acquisition of NCF increases and diversifies Business Services in the Bank mix
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