Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - April 21, 2022) - Transition Opportunities Corp. (TSXV: TOP.P) (the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has successfullycompleted an initial public offering of 5,000,000 common shares of the Corporation ("Common Shares") at a price of $0.10 per Common Share for gross proceeds of $500,000 (the "Offering"). After completion of the Offering, the Corporation now has 10,000,000 Common Shares issued and outstanding.
The Corporation is a "Capital Pool Company" and intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to identify and evaluate assets or businesses for acquisition with a view to completing a "Qualifying Transaction" under the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. (the "Exchange"). The Common Shares will resume trading under the trading symbol "TOP.P" on April 25, 2022.
Haywood Securities Inc. (the "Agent") acted as the agent for the Offering and in connection therewith, the Corporation granted the Agent common share purchase warrants to purchase 500,000 Common Shares at a price of $0.10 per Common Share, which may be exercised for a period of five years from the day the Common Shares are listed on the Exchange. In connection with the Offering, the Agent also received a cash commission equal to 10% of the gross proceeds of the Offering, a corporate finance fee, and was reimbursed for legal fees and reasonable expenses. Concurrent with the closing of the Offering, the Corporation also granted options to acquire an aggregate of 500,000 Common Shares at an exercise price of $0.10 per Common Share to the directors and officers of the Corporation, which expire five years from the date of grant. For more information, please refer to the Corporation's final prospectus dated February 25, 2022.
John Pantazopoulos, the Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer was quoted as saying "We have all witnessed the incredible growth potential and necessity of clean technology to meet growing global demand. Strong capital markets are essential to ensure companies have the ability to develop and bring to market real solutions to address the challenges of the future. Transition Opportunities Corp. is uniquely positioned to pursue opportunities as we look to partner with a strategic, high growth qualifying transaction counterparty. Our Board of Directors and Management, consisting of John Pantazopoulos, Kevin Staveley, Jeff Davison and Xiaodi Jin, each have experience and expertise in evaluating and financing of both public and private companies and we are excited to be working together on this new initiative. We are humbled by the support our investors have provided and look forward to creating shareholder value together".
For further information, please contact:
Transition Opportunities Corp.
John Pantazopoulos - Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Director
E-mail: pantazop.home@gmail.com
Forward-Looking Information Cautionary Statement
Investors are cautioned that trading in the securities of a capital pool company should be considered highly speculative. Certain statements contained in this press release constitute forward-looking information. These statements relate to future events or the Corporation's future performance. The use of any of the words "could", "expect", "believe", "will", "projected", "estimated" and similar expressions and statements relating to matters that are not historical facts are intended to identify forward-looking information and are based on the Corporation's current belief or assumptions as to the outcome and timing of such future events. Actual future results may differ materially. In particular, the Corporation's stated use of proceeds and its expectation as to the resumption of trading of the Common Shares on the Exchange constitute forward-looking information. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those contemplated by forward-looking information. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The statement made in this press release are made as of the date hereof. The Corporation disclaims any intention or obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be expressly required by applicable securities laws.
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