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      &lt;b&gt;Note 1 &amp;#8211;Basis of Presentation&lt;/b&gt;
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    &lt;p align="justify" style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements include the accounts of Counsel RB Capital Inc. together with its subsidiaries, including Counsel RB Capital LLC (&amp;#8220;Counsel RB&amp;#8221;), Equity Partners CRB LLC (&amp;#8220;Equity Partners&amp;#8221;), Heritage Global Partners, Inc. (&amp;#8220;Heritage Global Partners&amp;#8221;), C2 Communications Technologies Inc., and C2 Investments Inc. These entities, collectively, are referred to as &amp;#8220;CRBCI&amp;#8221;, the &amp;#8220;Company&amp;#8221;, &amp;#8220;we&amp;#8221; or &amp;#8220;our&amp;#8221; in these financial statements. Our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements were prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (&amp;#8220;GAAP&amp;#8221;), as outlined in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (&amp;#8220;FASB&amp;#8221;) Accounting Standards Codification (&amp;#8220;ASC&amp;#8221;), and include the assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses of all subsidiaries over which CRBCI exercises control. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation.&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p align="justify" style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;We have prepared the condensed consolidated interim financial statements included herein pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &amp;#8220;SEC&amp;#8221;). In management&amp;#8217;s opinion, these financial statements reflect all adjustments that are necessary to present fairly the results for interim periods. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations; however, we believe that the disclosures are appropriate. These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company&amp;#8217;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, filed with the SEC on March 28, 2013.&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p align="justify" style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The results of operations for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of those operating results to be expected for any subsequent interim period or for the entire year ending December 31, 2013.&lt;/p&gt;</NonNumbericText><FootnoteIndexer /><CurrencyCode /><CurrencySymbol /><IsIndependantCurrency>false</IsIndependantCurrency><ShowCurrencySymbol>false</ShowCurrencySymbol><DisplayDateInUSFormat>false</DisplayDateInUSFormat></Cell></Cells><ElementDataType>nonnum:textBlockItemType</ElementDataType><SimpleDataType>na</SimpleDataType><ElementDefenition>The entire disclosure for the business description and basis of presentation concepts.  Business description describes the nature and type of organization including but not limited to organizational structure as may be applicable to holding companies, parent and subsidiary relationships, business divisions, business units, business segments, affiliates and information about significant ownership of the reporting entity.  Basis of presentation describes the underlying basis used to prepare the financial statements (for example, US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Other Comprehensive Basis of Accounting, IFRS).</ElementDefenition><ElementReferences>No definition available.</ElementReferences><IsTotalLabel>false</IsTotalLabel><UnitID>0</UnitID><Label>Basis of Presentation [Text Block]</Label></Row></Rows><Footnotes /><IsEquityReport>false</IsEquityReport><ReportName>Basis of Presentation</ReportName><MonetaryRoundingLevel>UnKnown</MonetaryRoundingLevel><SharesRoundingLevel>UnKnown</SharesRoundingLevel><PerShareRoundingLevel>UnKnown</PerShareRoundingLevel><ExchangeRateRoundingLevel>UnKnown</ExchangeRateRoundingLevel><HasCustomUnits>true</HasCustomUnits><IsEmbedReport>false</IsEmbedReport><IsMultiCurrency>false</IsMultiCurrency><ReportType>Sheet</ReportType><RoleURI>http://www.counselrb.com/taxonomy/role/NotesToFinancialStatementsBusinessDescriptionAndBasisOfPresentationTextBlock</RoleURI><NumberOfCols>1</NumberOfCols><NumberOfRows>1</NumberOfRows></InstanceReport>
