BELLEVUE, Wash., Dec. 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB:NVOS) (“Novo Integrated Sciences”) today announced that it has completed the purchase of certain assets of Executive Fitness Leaders (“EFL”), an Ottawa, Ontario based local leader in the private personal training sector.
EFL, founded by Denis Giacobbi and Colin Peden in 2003, provides personal training, massage therapy, nutritional counseling and corporate wellness services. Messrs. Giacobbi and Peden, operating under a new management agreement with Novo Healthnet Limited, Novo Integrated Sciences’ wholly owned subsidiary (“NHL”), will continue to manage the facility’s day-to-day operations and will work closely with Novo Healthnet Limited’s leadership to expand EFL’s current menu of services and products to include certain physiotherapy, rehabilitation, assessment and gait analysis services and products currently offered by Back-on-Track through its multiple Ottawa locations.
Chris David, Novo Integrated Sciences’ President, stated, “This transaction is an important milestone in Novo Integrated Sciences’ business strategy that includes growth through strategic acquisitions within in the Canadian and U.S. health, wellness and fitness sector, and the subsequent introduction of customized components of our multi-disciplinary primary healthcare services and products that directly compliment services and products already provided to the existing customer base of the acquired asset.”
Amanda Dalcourt, NHL’s CEO, stated, “We are very pleased to welcome Denis and Colin to our corporate family. EFL is a well-respected brand in the Ottawa community and we are very proud to work together with Denis and Colin to co-brand Executive Fitness Leaders and Back-on-Track.”
About Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. and Novo Healthnet Limited
Effective May 9, 2017, Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. (“Novo Integrated Sciences”) (formerly known as Turbine Truck Engines, Inc., an alternative-energy technology development enterprise) closed a Share Exchange Agreement with the shareholders of Novo Healthnet Limited (“NHL”), an Ontario province Canada corporation, making Novo a wholly-owned foreign subsidiary of Novo Integrated Sciences.
Novo Integrated Sciences has re-directed all business operations away from the alternative energy sector and now focuses its resources and operations toward supporting a future growth strategy centered on expanding patient based whole health and wellness medical solutions through the integration of healthcare, technology and medical science.
NHL owns a 100% stake in Novo Assessments, Inc., Novo Healthnet Rehab Limited, Novo Peak Health, Inc., and an 80% stake in Novo Healthnet Kemptville Centre, Inc., all of which are Ontario province, Canada companies.
NHL provides specialized physiotherapy, chiropractic care, occupational therapy, eldercare, laser therapeutics, massage therapy, acupuncture, chiropodist, neurological functions, kinesiology and dental services to our clients. NHL’s multi-disciplinary primary healthcare services and protocols are directed at assessment, treatment, management, rehabilitation and prevention through its 14 corporate owned clinics, 150 affiliate clinics, retirement homes, long-term care facilities and institutional locations throughout Canada. Directly and indirectly through its contractual relationships, NHL provides its specialized services to over 300,000 patients annually.
For more information concerning Novo Integrated Sciences, please visit www.novointegrated.com. For more information on NHL, please visit www.novohealthnet.com.
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Chris David
President
Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc.
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