Just Announced: AMANDA LANG INTERVIEWS BILL GREGSON, PRESIDENT OF CARA, AND PAUL RIVETT, PRESIDENT OF FAIRFAX Recently, Cara announced that it closed a strategic financing transaction with Fairfax Financial Holdings and acquired Prime Restaurants Inc from Fairfax as part of the deal. With a strategic financial partner like Fairfax and the addition of Prime's casual dining restaurant brands and premium Irish pubs, including East Side Mario's, Casey's and Prime Pubs (Fionn MacCool's, D'Arcy McGee's, Paddy Flaherty's, Tir nan Óg) and Belgian-style brasseries operating as the Bier Markt, Cara has solidified its position as Canada's largest full service restaurant company with iconic brands that deliver unique dining experiences for Canadians coast to coast. This combined family of restaurants significantly increases Cara's scale, strengthens its market position and provides opportunities for growth and acquisitions. Join Amanda Lang, from CBC News, as she interviews Bill Gregson, newly appointed President and CEO of Cara, and Paul Rivett, President of Fairfax. For more information visit: www.restaurantinvest.ca Canadian Restaurant Investment Summit will take place MAY 6-7, 2014 at the newly renovated Eaton Chelsea Toronto Hotel. Now in its fifth successful year, the Canadian Restaurant Investment Summit has solidly established itself as the annual business conference that brings the industry into focus. Operators, chain executives, franchise operators, investors, lenders and key suppliers from across the country agree that this is the event that delivers what they need —insight, information and opportunity—all with meaningful content and a tight focus that is uniquely Canadian.

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Recently, Cara announced that it closed a strategic financing transaction with
Fairfax Financial Holdings and acquired Prime Restaurants Inc from Fairfax as
part of the deal. With a strategic financial partner like Fairfax and the addition of
Prime's casual dining restaurant brands and premium Irish pubs, this combined
family of restaurants significantly increases Cara’s scale, strengthens its market
position and provides opportunities for growth and acquisitions. Join Amanda
Lang, from CBC News, as she interviews Bill Gregson, newly appointed
President and CEO of Cara, and Paul Rivett, President of Fairfax.
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