Montreal, May 13, 2019 – Novacap, one of Canada’s leading private equity firms, is proud to announce that its portfolio company GTI Transport Solutions Inc. (“GTI”), a leading provider of open-deck, specialized and over-dimensional freight services has completed the acquisition of Jetco, a Houston-based transporter offering flatbed, heavy-haul, intermodal, logistics, and specialized loads in the Texas region and across the United States. This acquisition allows GTI to establish a strong operational platform in the United States, which will provide GTI with the ability to further strengthen and widen its offering to its customers throughout North America.

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Montreal, February 11, 2018 – GTI Transport Solution Inc (“GTI”), a leading provider of open-deck, specialized and over-dimensional freight services, a Novacap-backed company, announces it is acquiring Precision Specialized Division Inc. (PSD), a division of Precision Truck Lines Inc. Located in Woodbridge, Ontario, PSD is a leader of open-deck and heavy haul transportation in the province. All employee positions at the division, including management roles, will be maintained. GTI plans to invest in the company’s growing operations by expanding into new markets. This will begin with all operations moving to Brantford, Ontario and a unified name change to Precision Specialized Inc (“PSI”).

TORONTO, FEBRUARY 1, 2019 – Novacap, one of Canada's leading private equity firms, announced the sale of Toronto-based Firmex Inc. (“Firmex”), a global provider of virtual data room (VDR) and secure document sharing solutions, to VERTU Capital and BDC Capital.  Financial terms were not disclosed.

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MONTREAL, DECEMBER 17, 2018 – Novacap, one of Canada's leading private equity firms, announced the sale of Calgary-based Onstream Pipeline Inspection Services Inc. (“Onstream”), a leading North American provider of inline pipeline inspection and data analytics services to MISTRAS Group, Inc. (“MISTRAS”) (NYSE:MG).

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