NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Acquisition–H.I.G. Capital (“H.I.G.”), a leading global alternative investment firm with $64 billion of capital under management, is pleased to announce that one of its affiliates has completed the acquisition of Best Trash, LLC (“Best Trash” or the “Company”).

Headquartered in Richmond, TX, Best Trash is a market leading municipal solid waste platform serving the residential waste collection needs of select markets in Texas including the Greater Houston Area (“GHA”). Best Trash services utility districts, municipalities, homeowner associations, and individual residences.

Mark Moderski, Chief Executive Officer of Best Trash, commented, “We are thrilled to partner with H.I.G. and leverage their significant experience and resources as we enter this next phase of growth. Best Trash has built its brand providing exceptional service to its customers, and we look forward to continuing to serve the communities in which we operate.”

Miriam Rafiqi, Managing Director at H.I.G. Infrastructure, added, “We are excited about the opportunity to partner with Mark and his outstanding management team in the Company’s next stage of growth. Best Trash provides essential and recurring services under long-term contracts and has a reputation for prioritizing reliable and consistent customer service, which will continue to drive growth in the business. We look forward to supporting management’s continued growth initiatives.”

Stifel, Nicolaus and Company, Inc. acted as financial advisor and Ropes & Gray LLP served as legal counsel to H.I.G. Raymond James & Associates, Inc. acted as financial advisor and White & Case LLP served as legal counsel to Best Trash.

About Best Trash

Founded in 2009, Best Trash is a premier and trusted waste collection platform providing non-discretionary, best-in-class service to over 450,000 homes across more than 350 contracts. Best Trash delivers full-suite rear-load residential refuse collection.

Best Trash has a stellar reputation for quality and safety, resulting in industry leading customer retention. The Company’s long-term contracts provide significant revenue visibility, and when paired with Best Trash’s long-term disposal contracts, generate attractive, and stable margins. For more information, visit best-trash.com.

About H.I.G. Capital

H.I.G. is a leading global alternative investment firm with $64 billion of capital under management.* Based in Miami, and with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco in the United States, as well as international affiliate offices in Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Dubai, H.I.G. specializes in providing both debt and equity capital to middle market companies, utilizing a flexible and operationally focused/value-added approach:

• H.I.G.’s equity funds invest in management buyouts, recapitalizations, and corporate carve-outs of both profitable as well as underperforming manufacturing and service businesses.
• H.I.G.’s debt funds invest in senior, unitranche, and junior debt financing to companies across the size spectrum, both on a primary (direct origination) basis, as well as in the secondary markets. H.I.G. also manages a publicly traded BDC, WhiteHorse Finance.
• H.I.G.’s real estate funds invest in value-added properties, which can benefit from improved asset management practices.
• H.I.G. Infrastructure focuses on making value-add and core plus investments in the infrastructure sector.

Since its founding in 1993, H.I.G. has invested in and managed more than 400 companies worldwide. The Firm’s current portfolio includes more than 100 companies with combined sales in excess of $53 billion. For more information, please refer to the H.I.G. website at hig.com.

*Based on total capital raised by H.I.G. Capital and its affiliates.

Contacts

Miriam Rafiqi

Managing Director

mrafiqi@hig.com

Paul Gurm

Principal

pgurm@hig.com

H.I.G. Capital

1271 Avenue of the Americas

22nd Floor

New York, NY 10020

P 212.506.0500

hig.com

Eligible consumers can pay in simple biweekly or monthly payments, with no hidden or late fees

BOUCHERVILLE, Québec & TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, today announced a partnership with RONA inc., one of Canada’s leading home improvement retailers operating and servicing some 425 corporate and affiliated stores. Now, eligible shoppers can use Affirm to purchase their home improvement necessities online.

By selecting Affirm at checkout on rona.ca, approved RONA customers can split eligible purchases into biweekly or monthly payments for terms up to 12 months. Consumers are shown the total cost of their purchase and will never pay more than they agree to upfront as Affirm does not charge any late or hidden fees.

“Canadians have trusted RONA for their home improvement needs since 1939 and, throughout the years, their shopping habits have evolved. Many Canadians now prefer to use online solutions for making their purchases and we wanted to offer them the same payment flexibility we offer customers who shop our stores through other flexible payment solutions, which is exactly what Affirm allows us to do,” said Adam Powell, Chief Digital Officer of RONA inc. “We’re thrilled to offer greater choice at checkout to help our customers bring their projects to life.”

“Tackling home projects can be daunting, but using Affirm can give eligible RONA consumers the clarity and control they need to focus on completing the job at hand without the stress or hassle of hidden fees or junk charges,” said Wayne Pommen, Chief Revenue Officer at Affirm. “We’re proud to work with one of the most iconic retailers in Canada to offer a flexible and transparent way to pay for those important home improvement supplies.”

RONA joins Affirm’s network of 292,000 retailers, including partnerships in Canada with Amazon, Apple, Samsung, Hudson’s Bay, Browns Shoes, CheapOair and more.

About Affirm

Affirm’s mission is to deliver honest financial products that improve lives. By building a new kind of payment network — one based on trust, transparency and putting people first — we empower millions of consumers to spend and save responsibly, and give thousands of businesses the tools to fuel growth. Unlike most credit cards and other pay-over-time options, we show consumers exactly what they will pay up front, never increase that amount, and never charge any late or hidden fees. Follow Affirm on social media: LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | X.

About RONA inc.

RONA inc. is one of Canada’s leading home improvement retailers and is headquartered in Boucherville, Québec. The RONA inc. network operates or services some 425 corporate and affiliated dealer stores under the RONA+, RONA, Réno-Dépôt, and Dick’s Lumber banners. With a long and rich history, RONA inc. has supported Canadians in their home improvement and construction projects since 1939. To achieve this, the company relies on a team of 21,000 employees, to whom it strives to provide an inclusive workplace where everyone is invited to contribute. RONA inc. is one of the Montréal region’s Top Employers since 2021. As a result of its ongoing efforts in sustainable development, the company is recognized as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers. To learn more about the company, visit the website www.ronainc.ca.

To share this news on social media, please use @RONAEN (Facebook), @RONA (LinkedIn), and @RONAinc (X, formerly Twitter).

Rates from 0-31.99% APR (subject to provincial regulations). Payment options through Affirm Canada Holdings Ltd. (“Affirm”) are subject to an eligibility check and depend on purchase amount, vary by merchant, and may not be available in all provinces/territories. A down payment (or a payment due today) may be required.

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Contacts

Press Contacts
RONA

media@rona.ca
514 599-5900, ext. 5271

1 866 566-3342

Affirm

Nicholas Fisher

press@affirm.com
(650) 398-2715

ST. LOUIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Core & Main Inc. (NYSE: CNM), a leader in advancing reliable infrastructure with local service, nationwide, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of HM Pipe Products, Inc. and HM Pipe Products Kitchener Inc. (collectively, HM Pipe Products), a Canadian distributor of water and wastewater products.

“With our expansion into Canada, we will achieve a key milestone for Core & Main. The team at HM Pipe Products has extensive market knowledge, an excellent reputation in the industry and strong customer connections,” said Steve LeClair, chair and CEO of Core & Main. “We plan to utilize our collective resources and combined expertise to address Canada’s water and wastewater infrastructure needs, providing significant future growth opportunities in the multibillion-dollar Canadian market.”

Established in 2010, HM Pipe Products is a trusted provider of a broad array of products to assist contractors and municipalities in Ontario with their waterworks infrastructure projects. Their experienced team operates from two locations in London, Ontario, and Kitchener, Ontario.

“It was important for us to partner with an established industry veteran who has a similar culture and dedication to exceptional service when entering the Canadian market. We found that in HM Pipe Products,” said Jack Schaller, president of Core & Main. “I look forward to welcoming them to Core & Main and collaborating with their team as we build out our presence in Canada.”

“I am very proud of what our team has accomplished since Fraser Metcalf and I founded the company in 2010,” said HM Pipe Products President, Rick Henry. “Fraser and I are excited to enter a new chapter as part of the Core & Main family. We feel a strong alignment of purpose with their team, and this partnership paves the way for us to support the Canadian water and wastewater industry with expanded resources and unmatched excellence.”

About Core & Main

Based in St. Louis, Core & Main is a leader in advancing reliable infrastructure™ with local service, nationwide®. As a leading specialized distributor with a focus on water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products and related services, Core & Main provides solutions to municipalities, private water companies and professional contractors across municipal, non-residential and residential end markets, nationwide. With more than 350 locations across the U.S., the company provides its customers local expertise backed by a national supply chain. Core & Main’s nearly 5,500 associates are committed to helping their communities thrive with safe and reliable infrastructure. Visit coreandmain.com to learn more.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this press release include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Examples of forward-looking statements include information concerning Core & Main’s financial and operating outlook, as well as any other statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “forecasts,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “outlook,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “preliminary,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give you no assurance these expectations will prove to have been correct. These forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to differ materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

Additional information concerning these and other factors can be found in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. All such statements speak only as of the date made and, except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Contacts

Investor Relations:
Robyn Bradbury, 314-995-9116

InvestorRelations@CoreandMain.com

Media Relations:
Jennifer Noonan, 314-750-9670

Jennifer.Noonan@CoreandMain.com

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust (“Primaris” or the “Trust”) (TSX: PMZ.UN) announced today that its Board of Trustees has declared a distribution of $0.07 per unit for the month of July 2024, representing $0.84 per unit on an annualized basis. The distribution will be payable on August 15, 2024 to unitholders of record on July 31, 2024.

About Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust

Primaris is Canada’s only enclosed shopping centre focused REIT, with ownership interests primarily in leading enclosed shopping centres located in growing mid-sized markets. The portfolio totals 39 properties, or 12.5 million square feet valued at approximately $3.8 billion at Primaris’ share. Economies of scale are achieved through its fully internal, vertically integrated, full-service national management platform. Primaris is very well-capitalized and is exceptionally well positioned to take advantage of market opportunities at an extraordinary moment in the evolution of the Canadian retail property landscape.

For more information: TSX: PMZ.UN www.primarisreit.com www.sedarplus.ca

Contacts

Alex Avery

Chief Executive Officer

416-642-7837

aavery@primarisreit.com

Rags Davloor

Chief Financial Officer

416-645-3716

rdavloor@primarisreit.com

Claire Mahaney

VP, Investor Relations & ESG

647-949-3093

cmahaney@primarisreit.com

Timothy Pire

Chair of the Board

chair@primarisreit.com

FAIRFIELD, N.J. & MONTREAL–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#CommunityDevelopment–Live Work Learn Play, a renowned international expert in large-scale community development, and Technogym, a global leader in wellness and fitness, are pleased to announce an innovative strategic partnership to develop and activate healthy communities and thriving placemaking projects across North America. Live Work Learn Play’s dedication to conceiving, planning, and delivering healthy complete communities and vibrant mixed-use real estate projects aligns seamlessly with Technogym’s mission to promote comprehensive health and well-being.

The partnership aims to broaden access to and integrate best-in-class Technogym fitness, health and wellness equipment and technology within Live Work Learn Play’s communities, projects and relationships across North America. This will be achieved by leveraging Technogym’s unique wellness ecosystem to enable physical, mental, and social well-being throughout all stages of community development and operations, helping people lead longer, better, and healthier lives.

“We are thrilled to embark on this journey with Technogym to deliver and cultivate comprehensive and complete mixed-use health and wellness communities across North America,” said Max Reim, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Managing Partner & Founding Principal of Live Work Learn Play. “Technogym’s reputation as a global leader in fitness and wellness resonates deeply with our ethos and is 100% aligned with our mission at Live Work Learn Play. We have always recognized that our iconic projects must foster enduring community well-being for generations. This North America-wide collaboration empowers us to continue elevating, differentiating, and catalyzing our communities.”

Technogym is a global leader and brand in fitness, sport and health with a global presence in over 120 countries, including extensive presence in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Every day over 70 million people train with Technogym all over the world. Live Work Learn Play specializes in fully integrated mixed-use wellness-based real estate and placemaking projects that incorporate a mix of housing, healthcare, education, sports and recreation, nutrition, life sciences, hotel and hospitality, arts and culture, and immersive retail and food & beverage experiences, with diversified economies and a range of employment opportunities.

“We are excited to collaborate with Live Work Learn Play and their stakeholders to deliver comprehensive, immersive and enduring wellness-focused communities and real estate projects throughout North America,” said Fabrizio Catania, Managing Director for Technogym. “This strategic partnership underscores Technogym’s dedication to increasing human performance and enhancing people’s lives through regular physical exercise, which perfectly aligns with Live Work Learn Play’s vision and mission. Together, we have a unique opportunity to expand our impact and deliver healthier, more vibrant communities, projects, and places.”

ABOUT LIVE WORK LEARN PLAY

Live Work Learn Play is a mission-based international real estate development and advisory firm on the cutting edge of conceiving, planning, developing, and activating dynamic, large-scale mixed-use projects, complete community developments and very special places across North America and the world. With over 100 years of collective experience, Live Work Learn Play creates communities that become sustainable destinations and thriving economies for generations.

https://lwlp.com/

ABOUT TECHNOGYM INC.

Founded in 1983, Technogym is a world-leading brand in fitness, wellness, sport, and health. Technogym provides a complete ecosystem made of connected smart fitness equipment, digital services, and training content. Thanks to the Mywellness Cloud Platform people can connect to their personal training experience anywhere, both on Technogym equipment and mobile devices. Technogym has over 2,500 employees and is present in over 120 countries. More than 85,000 wellness centers and 400,000 private homes in the world are equipped with Technogym. Technogym has been appointed Official Supplier to the Paris 2024 Olympics, the ninth time after Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Turin 2006, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Pyeongchang 2018 and Tokyo 2020, and it’s the reference brand for the training of worldwide champions.

https://www.technogym.com/

Contacts

MEDIA

Nadia Stolfi
Director, Communications & Community Development

Live Work Learn Play

519-993-6350

nadia@lwlp.com

Technogym Press Office
pressoffice@technogym.com