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UNITED STATES.
Aura Health Inc. (the “
Company” or
“
Aura”) (
CSE:BUZZ) is pleased to
announce that, due to investor demand, the Company has increased
the size of its previously announced private placement subscription
receipt offering (the “
Offering”) to a maximum of
$7,260,000 and will be conducted on an agency basis for the
issuance of up to 33,000,000 subscription receipts of Aura (each, a
“
Subscription Receipt” and collectively, the
“
Subscription Receipts”) at a price of $0.22 per
Subscription Receipt (the “
Issue Price”). The
Offering is being led by Mackie Research Capital Corporation (the
“
Lead Agent”), as lead agent and sole book runner,
along with Haywood Securities Inc., PI Financial Corp., and
Foundation Markets Inc. (together with the Lead Agent, the
“
Agents”). The Offering is being completed in
connection with the proposed acquisition of an 80% equity interest
in Pharmadrug Production GmbH (the “
Acquisition”),
previously announced in a press release dated January 25, 2019.
In conjunction with the Offering, Aura is
pleased to announce that Aleafia Health Inc.
(“Aleafia”), a vertically integrated, global
cannabis company, will participate in the Offering as a key
strategic investor and will be subscribing for 10,545,454
Subscription Receipts for an aggregate investment in the Company of
$2.32 million, payable by the issuance to the Company of 1,000,000
Aleafia common shares at a deemed price of $2.32 per Aleafia share
based on the 20-day volume weighted average price of Aleafia common
shares.
The net cash proceeds of the Offering will be
placed in escrow with an escrow agent on behalf of the purchasers
of the Subscription Receipts and will be released to Aura upon
satisfaction of certain escrow release conditions (the
“Conditions”), which will include the completion
of the Acquisition on or before 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on March
29, 2019 (the “Termination Time”). Should the
Conditions not be satisfied prior to the Termination Time, the
Subscription Receipts will be cancelled and all proceeds from the
Offering will be returned to the subscribers. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, upon closing of the first tranche of the Offering, up to
$2,400,000 will be released from escrow to be used for payments
associated with the Acquisition, which amount will be reimbursed in
full by the Company to the purchasers of the Subscription Receipts
in the event the Conditions are not satisfied.
Each Subscription Receipt will entitle the
holder thereof to receive, without any further action on the part
of the holder or payment of any additional consideration, upon
satisfaction of the Conditions prior to the Termination Time, one
unit of Aura (each, a “Unit”) consisting of one
common share in the capital of the Company (each, a
“Common Share”) and one-half of
one common share purchase warrant (each whole common share purchase
warrant, a “Warrant”), with each Warrant
exercisable at a price of $0.28, into one Common Share for a period
of 24 months from the date of satisfaction of the Conditions.
The Lead Agent will have an option (the
“Agent’s Option”) to offer for sale up to an
additional 15% of the number of Subscription Receipts sold in the
Offering at the Issue Price, which Agent’s Option is exercisable,
in whole or in part, at any time up to 48 hours prior to the
closing of the final tranche of the Offering.
In connection with the Offering, the Agents will
be paid a cash commission equal to 7% of the gross proceeds of the
Offering (including, pursuant to any exercise of the Agent’s Option
and including the Subscription Receipts issued to Aleafia) (the
“Cash Fee”), which at the option of the Agents,
may be paid by way of issuance of Common Shares at the Issue Price.
Upon closing, the Agents will also receive compensation options
(each, a “Compensation Option”) in a number equal
to 7% of the number of Subscription Receipts sold under the
Offering (including, pursuant to any exercise of the Agent’s Option
and including Subscription Receipts issued to Aleafia), with each
Compensation Option being exercisable to purchase Subscription
Receipts, or Common Shares and Warrants (if the Subscription
Receipts have converted into Units as of the time of exercise of
the Compensation Options), at the Issue Price for a period of 24
months from the closing date of the first tranche of the
Offering.
The Offering may be closed in one or more
tranches. The closing of the first tranche of the Offering is
expected to occur during the week of February 25, 2019 and is
subject to receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals, including
the approval of the Canadian Securities Exchange. All securities
issued pursuant to the Offering will be subject to a four month and
one day hold period, from the day of closing of the tranche, in
accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws.
About Aura Health Inc.
Aura Health is building an international network
of vertically integrated cannabis assets. Through an established
product line of cannabis-infused edible products and oil extracts,
Aura is dedicated to building a high margin downstream business in
the medical marijuana sector. The Company holds convertible debt
that converts to 54% equity of HolyCanna, a cultivation and nursery
license holder in Israel. Aura also has two LOIs in place to
acquire Pharmadrug, a German medical cannabis and pharmaceutical
distributor, as well as CananbiSendak, the builder of a network of
high-profile dispensaries in Israel.The Company also owns a 30%
interest in four medical marijuana clinics in the U.S. Sun
Belt.
For further information, please contact:
Daniel Cohen, CEO Aura Health Inc. (647)
202-1824
David Posner, ChairmanAura Health Inc. (647)
985-6727
Caution Regarding Forward-Looking
Information:
THE CANADIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE HAS NOT
REVIEWED NOR DOES IT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR
ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE.
This news release may contain forward-looking
statements and information based on current expectations. These
statements should not be read as guarantees of future performance
or results. Such statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from those
implied by such statements. Such statements include submission of
the relevant documentation within the required timeframe and to the
satisfaction of the relevant regulators, completing the acquisition
of the applicable real estate and raising sufficient financing to
complete the Company's business strategy. There is no certainty
that any of these events will occur. Although such statements are
based on management's reasonable assumptions, there can be no
assurance that such assumptions will prove to be correct. We assume
no responsibility to update or revise them to reflect new events or
circumstances.
The Company's securities have not been
registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"U.S. Securities Act"), or applicable state securities laws, and
may not be offered or sold to, or for the account or benefit of,
persons in the United States or "U.S. Persons", as such term is
defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act, absent
registration or an applicable exemption from such registration
requirements. This press release shall not constitute an offer to
sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any
sale of the securities in the United States or any jurisdiction in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Additionally, there are known and unknown risk
factors which could cause the Company's actual results, performance
or achievements to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by the
forward-looking information contained herein. All forward-looking
information herein is qualified in its entirety by this cautionary
statement, and the Company disclaims any obligation to revise or
update any such forward-looking information or to publicly announce
the result of any revisions to any of the forward-looking
information contained herein to reflect future results, events or
developments, except as required by law.
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