VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 20, 2015) - Med BioGene Inc. ("MBI" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MBI) is pleased to announce that, subject to regulatory approval, it has engaged Rick Peterson of Peterson Capital to provide investor relations and business advisory services to the Company.
Mr. Peterson has worked at senior roles in leading investment dealers in the Canadian capital markets over the past 25 years, including Midland Walwyn Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch Canada, Yorkton Securities and HSBC Securities. He has significant experience in the venture capital markets, with a wide network of Investment Advisors, institutional salespeople and investment bankers across Canada and in Europe. Mr. Peterson was previously engaged by MBI in the early stages of the development of the GeneFX® Lung commercialization process in securing critical financing for the Company at the time. "I'm thrilled to be joining the Med BioGene team again and helping to develop and execute a capital markets strategy which will benefit every stakeholder in the company," said Mr. Peterson. The Company will pay Mr. Peterson, through his holding company, Peterson Capital, $5,000 per month for a period of up to six months and will issue 300,000 stock options to Mr. Peterson at an exercise price of $0.10 which will vest in four equal tranches over the next twelve months.
The appointment of Mr. Peterson is subject to TSXV acceptance under Policy 3.4 of the TSXV Corporate Finance Manual.
The Company also announces that it has granted 1.4 million stock options to Directors and Senior Officers. All options will be immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $0.10 and will expire on December 31, 2018.
About Med BioGene Inc.
MBI is a life science company based in Vancouver, British Columbia that is currently focused on managing the license and rights to GeneFX Lung™, a prognostic genomic based test procedure. MBI's common shares are listed for trading on the Exchange. For more information, please visit www.medbiogene.com
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