Board Should Run a Real Review Process That is Focused on Building -- Not Chilling -- Acquirer Interest CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 22, 2025-- Lakeview Opportunity Fund, LLC (together with its affiliates, "we" or "Lakeview Investment Group"), a nearly 5% owner, and top 5 shareholder of Quipt Home Medical Corp. ("Quipt" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: QIPT and TSX: QIPT), today expressed its belief that the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") has undermined the best interests of shareholders by failing to engage in good faith with a credible bidder as part of a transparent and viable strategic review. Rather than open a constructive dialogue with a real bidder and start exploring all avenues to maximize value, the Board has put shareholder value at risk and started to waste Quipt's limited resources on apparent entrenchment efforts, including a clearly frivolous lawsuit. We suspect shareholders are fed up with the Board due to its mishandling of this situation and prior decision to issue itself unjustifiable equity-based compensation. We contend the Board needs to finally consider the public facts from the standpoint of independent shareholders: Quipt's leadership has overseen enormous value destruction over the past several years.(1) 3 Year 5 Year Annualized Annualized 1 Year Return Return Return --------- -------------- ------------- ------------- QIPT -6.6% -13.9% -11.1% --------- -------------- ------------- ------------- S&P 500 16.4% 23.1% 16.0% --------- -------------- ------------- ------------- --
Quipt's leadership granted itself restricted stock and options
amounting to 7% of the Company's equity in March 2025 -- this followed
the Board receiving multiple acquisition proposals from Forager Capital
Management. The timing of the grants could lead investors to infer that
the Board is more focused on its own interests rather than shareholders'
interests.
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Quipt's directors appear to lack independence based on recent actions,
including resorting to pointless litigation against a major shareholder
and credible bidder for the Company.
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A publicly disclosed bidder has submitted a proposal that (i.)
represents a significant premium relative to the unaffected price and the
current share price, (ii.) does not include a financing contingency,
(iii.) does not include requirements for additional diligence and (iv.)
conveys an openness to raising the firm's bid.
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The Company contends that the $3.10 per share offer is "self-serving,"
and cited recent positive developments at the Company level, however none
of these actions have resulted in any tangible returns for shareholders.
The only recent news that has driven any positive share price action is
when the $3.10 per share bid was publicly announced.
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Quipt's standalone strategy has failed to generate positive returns and
has left shareholders stuck in purgatory, with a subscale Company saddled
with significant public company costs, limited institutional investor
interest, excluded from any major indices and no clear path towards a
turnaround.
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Quipt has told the market that $3.10 per share significantly
undervalues the Company. We agree, and believe a full and transparent
strategic review process, focused on a sale, will result in a transaction
at a meaningful premium to that price. We urge the Company to do so as
soon as possible, and believe it represents by far the best combination
of risk and reward for all shareholders.
If the Board wants to avoid more shareholder criticism and start
rebuilding some semblance of trust with the market, it should
immediately announce a credible and transparent review supported by new
and truly independent advisors.
Lastly, we urge the Board not to infer certain shareholders' muted
reactions to recent events as approval of the directors' conduct. In our
view, every single member of the Board will be removed and replaced at
the next annual meeting if the status quo persists.
About Lakeview Investment Group
Lakeview Opportunity Fund, LLC is a Chicago-based investment manager
founded in 2004 with a focus on small- and mid-cap companies. Lakeview's
strategy focuses primarily on long-term investments in companies trading
at significant discounts to intrinsic value. On select occasions,
Lakeview engages directly with company leadership to help drive
shareholder value.
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1 Bloomberg, data as of 10/21/25.
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CONTACT: Lakeview
Ari Levy / Tim Won, (312) 245-2910
ari@lakeviewig.com / twon@lakeviewig.com
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