TORONTO, Oct. 28, 2025 (WORLD NEWSWIRE)– Guardian Capital Group Limited (“ Guardian“) (TSX: GCG) (TSX: GCG) is delighted to reveal that today it has actually gotten a last order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) authorizing the previously-announced strategy of plan under the Service Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “ Plan“), pursuant to which Desjardins Global Possession Management Inc. (the “ Buyer“), an affiliate of Desjardins Group, will get all of the released and impressive Typical shares and Class A shares of Guardian (together, the “ Shares“), aside from specific Shares owned by defined Investors who participated in equity rollover arrangements, for C$ 68.00 per Share in money.
Invoice of the last order follows Guardian’s unique conference of holders of Shares (the “ Investors“) hung on October 23, 2025, where an unique resolution authorizing the Plan was extremely authorized by Investors.
Staying Conditions to Conclusion of the Plan
Conclusion of the Plan stays based on the complete satisfaction or waiver of specific closing conditions that are set out in the plan contract participated in in between Guardian and the Buyer on August 28, 2025 (as modified, the “ Plan Contract“), consisting of invoice of regulative approvals (consisting of under the Competitors Act ( Canada)). Topic to acquiring the regulative approvals, and the complete satisfaction or waiver of the other closing conditions in the Plan Contract, the Plan is prepared for to close in the very first half of 2026.
About Guardian Capital Group Limited
Guardian Capital Group Limited (Guardian) is a worldwide financial investment management business servicing institutional, retail and personal customers through its subsidiaries. As at June 30, 2025, Guardian had C$ 164.1 billion of overall customer properties while handling an exclusive financial investment portfolio with a reasonable market price of C$ 1.25 billion. Established in 1962, Guardian’s credibility for consistent development, long-lasting relationships and its core worths of credibility, stability, stability and reliability have actually been crucial to its success over 6 years. Its Typical and Class A shares are noted on the Toronto Stock Market as GCG and GCG.A, respectively. To read more about Guardian, check out www.guardiancapital.com.
Forward-Looking Info
This news release includes “positive details” within the significance of appropriate Canadian securities laws. Positive details might associate with our future outlook and expected occasions or outcomes and might consist of details concerning our monetary position, organization method, development method, spending plans, operations, monetary outcomes, taxes, dividend policy, strategies and goals. Especially, details concerning our expectations of future outcomes, efficiency, accomplishments, potential customers or chances is positive details. Sometimes, positive details can be recognized by the usage of positive terms such as “strategies”, “targets”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, “is anticipated”, “a chance exists”, “spending plan”, “set up”, “quotes”, “outlook”, “projections”, “forecast”, “potential customers”, “method”, “plans”, “expects”, “does not expect”, “thinks”, or variations of such words and expressions or declarations that specific actions, occasions or outcomes “might”, “might”, “would”, “may”, “will”, “will be taken”, “happen” or “be accomplished”. In addition, any declarations that describe expectations, intents, forecasts or other characterizations of future occasions or scenarios include positive details. Declarations including positive details are not historic realities however rather represent management’s expectations, quotes and forecasts relating to future occasions or scenarios. These declarations consist of, without restriction, declarations relating to anticipated involvement in equity rollover plans, invoice of regulative approvals (consisting of under the Competitors Act ( Canada)), and the conclusion of the Plan.
Excessive dependence ought to not be put on positive details. The positive details in this news release is based upon our viewpoints, quotes and presumptions due to our experience and understanding of historic patterns, present conditions and anticipated future advancements, along with other elements that we presently think are proper and affordable in the scenarios. Regardless of a cautious procedure to prepare and examine the positive details, there can be no guarantee that the underlying viewpoints, quotes and presumptions will show to be appropriate. Even more, positive details goes through recognized and unidentified threats, unpredictabilities and other elements that might trigger real outcomes, level of activity, efficiency or accomplishments to be materially various from those revealed or suggested by such positive details, consisting of however not restricted to, those explained in this news release. The belief that the mutual fund market and wealth management market will stay steady which rate of interest will stay reasonably steady are material elements made in preparing the positive details and management’s expectations consisted of in this news release which might trigger real outcomes to vary materially from the positive details revealed in this news release. In addition, elements that might trigger real outcomes to vary materially from expectations consist of, to name a few things, the possibility that the Plan will not be finished on the terms, or on the timing, presently considered, which it might not be finished at all, due to a failure to acquire or please, in a prompt way or otherwise, needed regulative approvals and other conditions to the closing of the Plan or for other factors, the unfavorable effect that the failure to finish the Plan for any factor might have on the cost of the Shares or on business of Guardian, basic financial and market conditions, consisting of interest and foreign exchange rates, worldwide monetary markets, the effect of pandemics or upsurges, modifications in federal government guidelines or in tax laws, market competitors, technological advancements and other elements explained or talked about in Guardian’s disclosure products submitted with appropriate securities regulative authorities from time to time. Extra details about the threats and unpredictabilities of Guardian’s organization and product threat elements or presumptions on which details consisted of in forward‐looking details is based is offered in Guardian’s disclosure products, consisting of Guardian’s most just recently submitted yearly details type and any subsequently-filed interim management’s conversation and analysis, which are offered under Guardian’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
There can be no guarantee that such details will show to be precise, as real outcomes and future occasions might vary materially from those prepared for in such details. Appropriately, readers must not position excessive dependence on forward looking details, which speaks just since the date made. The positive details consisted of in this news release represents our expectations since the date of this press release and goes through alter after such date. Guardian disclaims any objective or responsibility or carrying out to upgrade or modify any positive details, whether as an outcome of brand-new details, future occasions or otherwise, other than as needed by appropriate law.
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