About the Trust: Alaris, through its subsidiaries, provides alternative financing to private companies (" Partners ") in exchange for distributions, dividends or interest (collectively, " Distributions ") with the principal objective of generating stable and predictable cash flows for distribution payments to its unitholders. Distributions from the Partners are adjusted annually based on the percentage change of a "top-line" financial performance measure such as gross margin or same store sales and rank in priority to the owner's common equity position. Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures The terms EBITDA, Actual Payout Ratio, Run Rate Revenue, Run Rate Payout Ratio, Earnings Coverage Ratio, Run Rate Cash Flow and Per Unit amounts (collectively, the " Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures ") are financial measures used in this news release that are not standard measures under International Financial Reporting Standards (" IFRS ").