Joint announcement by AIM Health Group Inc. and Imperial Capital Group Ltd.

TORONTO, Sept. 1, 2011 /CNW/ -- 
AIM AND IMPERIAL ANNOUNCE CLOSE OF ACQUISITION


TORONTO, Sept. 1, 2011 /CNW/ - AIM Health Group Inc. ("AIM" or the
 "Company") (TSXV: AHG) and a corporation ("Affiliateco") controlled by
 Imperial Capital Group Ltd. ("Imperial") have successfully completed
 the previously announced plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement"). The
 Arrangement was completed following the approval by the Ontario
 Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) and satisfaction of the
 various conditions.


Pursuant to the Arrangement, Affiliateco acquired all of the issued and
 outstanding common shares of AIM for $0.25 per share in cash, other
 than an aggregate of 17,243,500 common shares collectively beneficially
 owned by the following shareholders: Dr. Lu Barbuto, Mr. Greg Van
 Staveren, Mr. William Danis, Dr. Michael Sehl and Mrs. Yvonne Chan
 (AIM's CEO, CFO, SVP-Operations and Finance, Medical Director- WHCS
 division and Senior Sales Director- WHCS division, respectively), and
 two other non-insider shareholders, each of whom will remain
 shareholders of the AIM business. AIM is now a direct, wholly-owned
 subsidiary of Imperial. The AIM shares will be delisted from the TSX
 Venture Exchange (the "TSX-V") on the close of business on September 2,
 2011. AIM will also apply to cease to be a reporting issuer under
 applicable Canadian securities laws.


AIM received the requisite shareholder approvals for the Arrangement at
 the meeting of its shareholders held on August 23, 2011. The Ontario
 Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) granted a final order
 approving the Arrangement on August 24, 2011. Thereafter on the same
 day, trading in the AIM Shares on the TSX-V was halted.


In order to receive cash consideration for common shares of AIM,
 shareholders must follow the instructions set out in the Company's
 management information circular dated July 19, 2011 which is available
 on the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.


About Imperial Capital Group Ltd.


Founded in 1989, Imperial Capital is a Toronto-based private equity fund
 manager that focuses on investment opportunities in small to mid-sized
 companies in North America. Imperial Capital's strategy is to seek out
 suitable companies with above average growth opportunities in carefully
 selected industry niches to which it can add value. Imperial has
 investments and significant expertise in the following industry
 sectors: Healthcare, Business Services and Consumer Services and
 Non-Durable Products. For further information on Imperial Capital,
 please visit www.imperialcap.com.


About AIM Health Group Inc.


AIM is a fully integrated Canadian health care company that offers
 community based comprehensive services to individuals that are ill,
 injured, or disabled, and to individuals requiring lifestyle
 interventions to improve their quality of life (wellness). This
 philosophy translates into a continuum of health delivery where the
 individual's health care is integrated with the various service
 providers through a public-private funding delivery model. This
 continuum of care model is the core concept of AIM's integrated service
 and delivery model.


AIM's service lines integrate all aspects of health care and include,
 but are not limited to, clinical services, which encompasses family
 medicine, infusion therapies, medical chronic pain management,
 inter-disciplinary rehabilitation; Corporate Health and Disability
 Management; and Pharmaceutical Services including hospital and
 community-based research on behalf of third-party pharmaceutical
 companies, original research and pharmacy services.


Further information on AIM Health Group Inc., please visit www.aimhealthgroup.com.


Caution Concerning Forward Looking Statements 


Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking
 statements. All statements other than historical fact, contained in
 this press release, including but not limited to statements regarding
 the plan of arrangement, the de-listing of shares and application to
 cease to be a reporting issuer, constitute forward-looking
 statements. These statements are based upon certain material factors,
 assumptions and analyses that were applied in drawing a conclusion or
 making a forecast or projection, including AIM's experience and
 perceptions of historical trends, current conditions and expected
 future developments, as well as other factors that are believed to be
 appropriate in the circumstances.  Forward-looking statements are
 provided for the purpose of presenting information about management's
 current expectations and plans relating to the future and readers are
 cautioned that such statements may not be appropriate for other
 purposes. These statements may include, without limitation, statements
 regarding the operations, business, financial condition, expected
 financial results, performance, prospects, opportunities, priorities,
 targets, goals, ongoing objectives, strategies and outlook of AIM for
 the current fiscal year and subsequent periods. Forward-looking
 statements include statements that are predictive in nature, depend
 upon or refer to future events or conditions.


By its nature, this information is subject to inherent risks and
 uncertainties that may be general or specific and which give rise to
 the possibility that expectations, forecasts, predictions, projections
 or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, that assumptions may not
 be correct, that objectives, strategic goals and priorities will not be
 achieved and/or that the de-listing of shares or application to cease
 to be a reporting issuer may not be completed. A variety of material
 factors, many of which are beyond AIM's control, affect operations,
 performance, achievements and results of AIM that may be expressed or
 implied by such forward-looking statements and could cause actual
 results to differ materially from current expectations of estimated or
 anticipated events or results. These factors include, but are not
 limited to: general economic, industry and market segment conditions;
 equipment and labour shortages and inflationary costs; changes in
 applicable environmental, taxation and other laws and regulations, as
 well as how such laws and regulations are interpreted and enforced;
 changes in technology; operating risks, including risks inherent in the
 ability to generate sufficient cash flow from operations to meet
 current and future obligations; increased competition; stock market
 volatility; ability to maintain current and obtain additional
 financing; and management's success in anticipating and managing the
 foregoing factors.


The reader is cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not
 exhaustive of the factors that may affect AIM's forward-looking
 statements. The reader is also cautioned to consider these and other
 factors, uncertainties and potential events carefully and not to put
 undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Although the
 forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based
 upon what management of AIM currently believes to be reasonable
 assumptions, actual results, performance or achievements could differ
 materially from those expressed in, or implied by, this forward-looking
 information and, accordingly, no assurance can be given that any of the
 events anticipated by the forward-looking information will transpire or
 occur), or if any of them do so, what benefits will be derived
 therefrom. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of
 this release and, other than as specifically required by law, AIM does
 not assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
 statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which
 such statement is made, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated
 events, whether as a result of new information, future events or
 results, or otherwise.


THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE INC. HAS IN NO WAY APPROVED NOR DISAPPROVED THE
 CONTENTS OF THIS PRESS RELEASE.


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