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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:
Brendan Burke
Director of Marketing
Headwaters MB
One Tabor Center – Suite 900
1200 Seventeenth Street
Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303/531-4603 bburke@headwatersmb.com
Headwaters MB advises Consolidated Utility Services, Inc. on sale to Tricor Pacific
Capital

Denver, CO – April 16, 2006 – Headwaters MB LLC, the Denver-based middle market investment
banking firm, advised two private equity firms on the sale of their portfolio company, Consolidated
Utility Services, Inc. (“CUS”). CUS, a leader in the utility damage prevention industry, was acquired by private equity fund Tricor Pacific Capital, Inc. and Management. The principal selling shareholders were River Associates Investments, LLC and American Capital Strategies, Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS). Rob Karam, CEO of CUS, commented “Having integrated two mid-sized locating companies and developed an expanded suite of damage prevention services to utilities and telecom companies with the support of our prior ownership group, we are delighted to have Tricor as our new partner for the next stage of our growth in the US and Canada.” Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. About Headwaters MB Headwaters MB is the largest middle market investment banking firm in the U.S. Rocky Mountain West, providing strategic merger and acquisitions advisory and corporate finance services to privately and publicly owned companies and private equity investor clients worldwide. Headwaters is headquartered in Denver with offices in Boston and About Consolidated Consolidated Utility Services is North America’s premier provider of utility damage prevention process services and solutions. The company supports over 180 customers with diversified service offerings in fifteen states and two provinces in Canada. Consolidated’s services include underground utility locating, one call management, damage investigation, claims management and reconciliation and subsurface utility engineering services. www.consolidatedus.com About River Associates River Associates Investments, LLC is lower middle market private equity group. The firm has a 17 year track record as a partner for management teams in buyouts and recapitalizations of companies with $2-10 million of operating income (EBITDA). The firm is very opportunistic as to industry and will invest throughout the United States and Canada. About American Capital Strategies American Capital is the second largest U.S. publicly traded alternative asset manager with approximately $11 billion in assets under management. American Capital, both directly and through its global asset management business, is an investor in management and employee buyouts, private equity buyouts, and early stage and mature private and public companies. American Capital provides senior debt, mezzanine debt and equity to fund growth, acquisitions, recapitalizations and securitizations. American Capital and its affiliates invest from $5 million to $800 million per company in North America and €5 million to €400 million per company in Europe. http://americancapital.com/ About Tricor Pacific Capital Tricor is a leading private equity firm that invests in profitable, well-managed, middle-market companies located in the West and Midwest regions of Canada and the United States. Tricor currently has approximately $800 million of funds under management, with offices in Lake Forest, IL and Vancouver, BC. www.tricorpacific.com

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