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VolarisGroup Acquires Information Distribution & Marketing, Inc.

Sherman & CompanyServed as Financial Advisor to Information Distribution & Marketing, Inc.

February 20, 2013 - TORONTO, ON

Volaris Group Inc. (“Volaris”) today announcedthat it has acquired Information Distribution & Marketing, Inc. (“IDMI”), aleading provider of property and casualty insurance administration software to regional insurance companies and Managing General Agents (MGAs). With thisacquisition, Volaris continues forward with its expansion into the financialservices marketplace with its first acquisition in the Insurance vertical.

IDMI’s flagship product, called PTS, is apolicy administration system that provides insurers full policy lifecycleprocessing capabilities from policy administration and reporting through toagency point of sale and mobile applications. IDMI has installed more than 45PTS systems in the US to support both Personal and Commercial lines within theInsurance industry. In addition, IDMI has a services arm called PrimorisServices (“Primoris”) that provides back-office services such as paymentprocessing, print fulfillment and data hosting.

“The time was right to take our business tothe next level. We had continually thought about the need to grow our businessand realized we couldn’t do it without additional resources and the experienceto move it forward,” said Gary Martin, President, IDMI. “When we met with thepeople at Volaris Group and learned more about their philosophy of investing incompanies in vertical markets and helping them to grow, we knew Volaris was theright choice for our business, our customers and our employees.”

“We never sell any of our businesses. Weinvest in them for the long term because we see value in helping to make thosegood businesses even better,” said Mark Miller, CEO, Volaris Group. “We lookforward to welcoming the IDMI team and working with them to grow their productand service offering to deliver exceptional solutions to their customers andthe Insurance industry.”

Led by Martin and operating as a separateentity, IDMI continues to serve its customers under the IDMI and Primorisbrands with a strong management team in place.

About Volaris Group
Volaris acquires, strengthens and grows vertical market technology companiesenabling them to be clear leaders within their focused industry. Volariscompanies provide specialized, mission-critical solutions to vertical marketsaround the world including Agri-Food, Asset Management and Logistics, BenefitsAdministration, Cultural Collections Management, Justice, PeopleTransportation, Marine and Rental Management. Volaris is an operating group ofConstellation Software Inc. Learn more at www.volarisgroup.com.

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