CIBT Reports Successful Completion of Phase 1 Equity Raise by GEC® Real Estate Investment Limited Partnership
Vancouver, British Columbia (FSCwire) - CIBT Education Group Inc. (“CIBT” or
the “Company”) (TSX: MBA, OTCQX International: MBAIF) is pleased to report the successful completion by a GEC® real estate
investment limited partnership of the phase 1 $30 million equity raise for this Global Education City® project, the eighth GEC®
location, described in CIBT’s news release of March 21, 2018. It is expected that an additional $50 million in equity will
be raised in four installments between April and December 2018.
To date, CIBT has earned a $6 million development fee from this project and anticipates earning an additional $10
million in fees through the remainder of 2018. These funds will be used by CIBT to acquire at least a 20% equity interest
in this GEC® project.
About CIBT Education Group:
CIBT Education Group Inc. is one of the largest education, and student housing investment companies in Canada
focused on the global education market since 1994. Listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and U.S OTCQX International, CIBT
owns business and language colleges, student housing properties, recruitment centres and corporate offices at 44 locations in
Canada and abroad. Total annual enrollment for the group exceeds 15,000 students. Its education providers include
Sprott Shaw College (established in 1903), Sprott Shaw Language College, Vancouver International College and CIBT School of
Business. Through these schools, CIBT offers business and management programs in healthcare, hotel management, language
training, and over 150 career, language and vocational programs. CIBT owns Global Education City Holdings Inc., an
investment holding and management company focused on developing education related real estate such as student hotels, serviced
apartments and Education Super Centres totalling over $600 million. CIBT also owns Global Education Alliance (“GEA”) and
Irix Design Group ("Irix Design"). GEA recruits international students on behalf of many elite kindergartens, primary and
secondary schools, colleges and universities in North America. Irix Design is a leading design and advertising company
based in Vancouver, Canada. Visit us online and watch our corporate video at www.cibt.net.
Toby Chu
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
CIBT Education Group Inc.
Investor Relations Contact: 1-604-871-9909 extension 318 or | Email: info@cibt.net
Forward-Looking Statements:
Some statements in this news release contain forward-looking information (the “forward-looking
statements”). Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and in this news release
include, without limitation, statements as to the expected equity financings to be completed through the remainder of 2018 and
the development fee expected to be earned by CIBT during the same period. The forward-looking statements are subject to
various risks, uncertainties and other factors (collectively, “Risks”) that could cause CIBT’s actual results or
achievements to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by forward-looking statements. The Risks include,
without limitation, the ability of the project limited partnership to successfully complete the expected equity
financings. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, opinions and expectations of CIBT’s management at the time
they are made, and CIBT does not assume any obligation to update its forward-looking statements if those beliefs, opinions or
expectations, or other circumstances should change, except as may be required by law.
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Source: CIBT Education Group Inc. (TSX:MBA, OTCQX:MBAIF)
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