GIROUX MÉNARD GROUP. Michel Ménard, CPA, CA Founding partner. Éric Laprés, CPA, CA Founding partner. Josée Charbonneau, CPA, CA Founding partner

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2 GIROUX MÉNARD GROUP The Giroux Ménard Group offers services in auditing, taxation, financing, consulting and mergers and acquisitions. Whether you are in the start-up, development, growth or reorganization phase, the many skills of our professionals in the management and finance fields will undoubtedly contribute to increasing your company s performance. Your success is our main objective. Our commitment to you is to ensure our availability and to offer the best services possible with the highest standards of quality. Over the years, a large number of businesses operating in various sectors of activity have placed their trust in us and, more importantly, most of them are still our clients today. You have specific needs and challenges to meet? We will be happy to discuss them with you at your convenience. We can assist you in making the best decisions in carrying out your projects. Roger Giroux, CPA, CA Founding partner Michel Ménard, CPA, CA Founding partner Josée Charbonneau, CPA, CA Founding partner Éric Laprés, CPA, CA Founding partner Réal Cayouette, CPA, CA Partner Louise Gauvin, CPA, CA Partner Denis Lanouette, CPA, CA Partner

3 ASSURANCE AND ACCOUNTING Integrity Availability Quality Efficiency Giroux Ménard Charbonneau Laprés s.e.n.c. performs assurance engagements for businesses involved in various fields of activity. The quality and integrity that characterize our engagements have won the confidence of our clients and contributed to establish our excellent reputation with major Canadian financial institutions. In order to support entrepreneurs, our assurance team has developed an advisory approach that allows us to go beyond numbers. An analysis of financial statements enables management to make enlightened decisions. Furthermore, an audit is the ideal opportunity to identify shortcomings in management control and to detect risk factors that may affect the company. On the basis of this review, your accountant becomes the most appropriate person to advise you on aspects that can be improved to increase your company s financial performance. In order to maintain efficiency and quality of service, the professionals of Giroux Ménard Charbonneau Laprés s.e.n.c. are always monitoring new developments regarding available resources as well as accounting and auditing standards. Our services Preparation of audited financial statements Preparation of unaudited financial statements Evaluation of internal controls and recommendations Training of and support to accounting personnel

4 TAXATION Experience Creativity Foresight Are you paying too much income tax? Our tax specialists have a great deal of experience in analyzing and interpreting legislation, regulations, and jurisprudence. Their goal is to develop creative solutions adapted to your needs in order to reduce your tax burden. Be it for yourself, your family, or your companies, our specialists are at your service to develop strategies that will increase the value and protection of your assets. Our main areas of activity Individual and corporate tax Estate and tax planning Business transfers to children or management employees Corporate reorganization Sales taxes Negotiations with tax authorities

5 FINANCING AND GRANTS Choice Stability Growth Are you planning to start a new project? We can help you obtain the appropriate financing, since your first priority should be to maintain a well-balanced capital structure. We will custom-design a strategy and assist you in negotiations with reputable financial partners. Using our extensive business network and our experience, we strive to obtain the right financing under the best conditions and allow you to benefit fully from government assistance programs. Our services Financial reorganization Debt or equity financing Asset-based lending Assistance in negotiations Government assistance programs - Research and development - Immigrant investors - Labour - Productivity study - Export

6 CONSULTING Assistance Control Implementation A company s success is dependent upon management s ability to control operations, improve profitability, support growth, and adapt activities to the changing realities of the market. Our professionals have all the necessary expertise to assist you in achieving your objectives. They will help you identify priority development areas for your company. They will suggest tools and solutions that will allow you to maintain a well-performing organization and quickly reach your goals. Good planning, constant monitoring and questioning will keep you informed of changing circumstances that could affect the outcome of your success. As informed external consultants, we have an objective view of your company that enables us to assist you in the following areas : Strategic and operations management Corporate diagnostics and profitability studies Analyses of results by activity or product Internal control descriptions and implementations Product and service costing Risk management Business valuations Financial assistance Monthly and year-end financial statements Budgets and forecasting Variance analyses of budgets with actual results Comparative ratio analyses between company and industry Compliance analyses with lending ratios and covenants Financial structure optimization Administrative controls Accounting system implementations and training Management and employee remuneration Incentive programs Shareholder agreements Employee recruiting

7 CORPORATE SALES, MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS Expertise Strategy Negotiation If you are considering the merger, acquisition, or sale of a business, you want to complete a transaction at the best possible price. It is of utmost importance to refer negotiations to experts you can trust. Giroux Ménard Capital Inc. s experienced team offers its support throughout the entire process, from the identification and validation of potential buyers/sellers to the negotiation and conclusion of the best deal possible. Our involvement Provide a professional valuation of fair market value Design an effective and tailored strategy in complete confidentiality Assist in negotiating and closing the best deal possible Give taxation and financing advice to maximize the transaction outcome Find and negotiate the appropriate financing from private, institutional and venture capital sources For more information on our transaction and valuation procedures as well as companies for sale, please consult our Internet site : Our team of professionals Roger Giroux, chartered accountant and founding member of the Giroux Ménard Group, has more than 35 years of experience in management and consulting. In addition to actively participating in mergers and acquisitions, he more specifically contributes to financing and negotiating transactions. He began his career with an international firm of chartered accountants, and then worked as executive director in various companies before founding his own firm. He has a Bachelor s degree from HEC Montréal. Michel Ménard, chartered accountant and founding member of the Giroux Ménard Group, has more than 35 years of experience in management and consulting. In addition to actively participating in mergers and acquisitions, he oversees financing and tax planning issues. Trained in an international firm of chartered accountants, he pursued his career in taxation, grants and corporate restructuring and then went on to set up his own firm. He has a Bachelor s degree from HEC Montréal.

8 CORPORATE SALES, MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS Expertise Strategy Negotiation Réal Cayouette, chartered accountant, has more than 35 years of experience in management and consulting. In addition to his involvement in mergers and acquisitions, he participates in financing and oversees transaction due diligence reviews. He began his career with an international firm of chartered accountants before joining the Giroux Ménard Group as a partner. He has a Bachelor s degree from HEC Montréal.