PALO ALTO, CA and TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - June 04, 2015) -
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Spectra7 Microsystems Inc. (TSX VENTURE: SEV) ("Spectra7" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received a receipt today (the "Receipt") for its final short form prospectus dated June 4, 2015 filed with the securities regulatory authorities in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia with respect to the qualification for distribution of 12,494,765 units of the Company (each, a "Unit") issuable pursuant to the exercise of an aggregate of 12,494,765 special warrants (the "Special Warrants"). All unexercised Special Warrants will be deemed to be exercised on or about June 5, 2015.
An aggregate of 12,322,250 Special Warrants were previously issued on May 4, 2015 pursuant to a bought deal private placement led by Mackie Research Capital Corporation and including Global Maxfin Capital Inc. and PI Financial Corp. (together, the "Underwriters"), and 172,515 Special Warrants were sold directly by the Company on a non-brokered private placement basis for aggregate gross proceeds of $8,746,336. In accordance with the terms of the indenture governing the Special Warrants, each Special Warrant entitles the holder thereof to receive one Unit on the exercise or deemed exercise of the Special Warrant for no additional consideration.
Each Unit consists of one (1) common share (a "Common Share") of the Company and one-half (1/2) of one Common Share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a "Warrant"). Each Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share (a "Warrant Share") at an exercise price of $0.90 at any time up to May 4, 2017. The expiry date of the Warrants may be accelerated by the Company at any time following nine months after closing and prior to the expiry date of the Warrants if the volume weighted average price of the Common Shares is greater than $1.30 for any 20 non-consecutive trading days after May 4, 2015.
ABOUT SPECTRA7 MICROSYSTEMS INC.
Spectra7 Microsystems Inc. is a high performance consumer connectivity company delivering unprecedented bandwidth, speed and resolution to enable disruptive industrial design for leading consumer electronics manufacturers in virtual reality, wearable computing and ultra-HD 4K/8K displays. Spectra7 is based in Palo Alto, California with design centers in Markham, Ontario and Cork, Ireland. For more information, please visit www.spectra7.com.
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