Park Lawn Corporation Expands Funeral Home Operations into British Columbia

Park Lawn Corporation (CNW Group/Park Lawn Corporation)

Deal will add four properties in the Okanagan Valley

TORONTO, Feb. 21, 2017 /CNW/ - Today, Park Lawn Corporation (TSX: PLC) ("PLC") announced that is has completed the purchase of two funeral homes, a crematorium and a discount funeral operation in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. The purchase continues PLC's expansion in Canada and the US.

"We are pleased to be making our first acquisition in the BC market with the purchase of Providence Funeral Homes and Credible Cremations in the Okanagan Valley," stated Andrew Clark, Chairman and CEO of PLC. "We believe that this market shares similar characteristics to the other markets in which we operate in Canada."

Highlights of the transaction include:

• Providence Funeral Homes & Crematorium, owned by Ron Crooker, consists of a funeral home and separate crematorium site in Penticton, BC and a funeral home in Summerland, BC.
• Credible Cremations Services Ltd, a low-cost funeral service provider in the Okanagan Valley, also owned by Ron Crooker.
• Total purchase price of $1,896,650, paid for with cash raised from PLC's November 2016 bought deal public offering.
• The purchase price multiple is within PLC's publicly-stated targeted EBITDA multiple range.

About PLC

PLC provides goods and services associated with the disposition and memorialization of human remains. Products and services are sold on a pre-planned basis (pre-need) or at the time of a death (at-need). PLC and its subsidiaries own and operate 34 cemeteries in Ontario and Michigan, 17 crematoria and 29 funeral homes, chapels and planning offices in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia.

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SOURCE Park Lawn Corporation

Andrew Clark, Chief Executive Officer, 416-231-1462; Joseph Leeder, Chief Financial Officer, 416-231-1462; Suzanne Cowan, VP, Business Development & Corporate Affairs, 416-231-1462, [email protected]