Lorne Park Capital Partners Receives Non-Objection from the Ontario Securities Commission on Going Private Transaction and Announces Bellwether Investment Management Inc. Settlement with Ontario Secur

Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – October 3, 2025) – Lorne Park Capital Partners Inc. (TSXV: LPC) (“Lorne Park” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Ontario Securities Commission granted its non-objection to the previously announced plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) of the Company involving an affiliate (the “Purchaser”) of Sagard Private Equity Canada LP (“Sagard”). The Arrangement is anticipated to close as soon as reasonably practicable and around mid-October, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of all closing conditions. Under the Arrangement, the Purchaser will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company (the “Shares”) for a cash consideration of C$2.23 per Share in cash (the “Consideration”), other than certain Shares held by certain Shareholders