TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Feb. 10, 2017) -
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Urbana Corporation ("Urbana") (TSX:URB)(TSX:URB.A)(CSE:URB)(CSE:URB.A), is very pleased that the Bombay Stock Exchange ("BSE")
completed a US$182 million initial public offering of its shares on February 3, 2017.
Shares of the BSE are now listed on the National Stock Exchange ("NSE") in India under the symbol BSE IN.
As part of this initial public offering of the BSE, Urbana Corporation sold 417,713 equity shares of the BSE for net proceeds
of US$4.73 million. The sale was completed at a gross selling price of 806 Indian Rupees ("INR") per share, less expenses
and converted to US dollars at an exchange rate of 67.39 INR/US$.
Urbana retains a total of 1,153,069 equity shares of the BSE. These equity shares will be valued weekly at the Thursday
market price closing on the NSE, less a 6% liquidity discount, which discount will decrease by 0.5% every month until the lock-up
period for the BSE equity shares expires on February 1, 2018. The current price of BSE shares on the NSE is approximately
1,000 INR.
The February 10th valuation will be posted on Urbana's web site as of Tuesday, February 14, 2017.
On behalf of Urbana's Board of Directors,
Thomas S. Caldwell, C.M.
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