Victoria, British Columbia (FSCwire) - Erin Ventures Inc. ("Erin" or the “Corporation”) [TSXV: EV] announces that further to its press release of August 25, 2017, the Corporation has received final approval by the TSX Venture Exchange for the consolidation of the fully paid and issued common shares of the Company on the basis of one (1) post-consolidation common share for each seven (7) pre-consolidation common shares issued and outstanding (the “Consolidation”).
The Corporation’s common shares have begun trading on a post-consolidation basis effective today at market open. There were a total of 316,938,996 common shares issued and outstanding was reduced to 45,276,943.
Additionally, the number of common shares issuable pursuant to the Corporation’s stock option plan, warrants and convertible securities will be adjusted, such that the number of consolidated common shares issuable and the exercise price of the outstanding options, warrants or convertible securities will be adjusted by the Consolidation Ratio.
Letters of transmittal with respect to the Consolidation were mailed to all registered Shareholder in connection with the Meeting. Registered Shareholders will be required to send their respective certificates representing pre-Consolidation common shares along with a properly executed letter of transmittal to the Corporation’s transfer agent, Computer Share Trust Company of Canada (“Computershare”), all in accordance with the instruction provided in the letter of transmittal. All Shareholders who submit a duly completed letter of transmittal, along with their respective pre-Consolidation common share certificate(s) or DRS Advice to the Depositary – Computershare Investor Services Inc., will receive a post-Consolidation DRS Advice representing their new post-Consolidation common shares. Additional copies of the letter of transmittal may be obtained by contacting Computershare at (800) 564-6253 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Non-registered Shareholders should follow the instructions of their broker or other intermediary.
Further details of the Consolidation are contained in the Corporation’s information circular dated as of June 7, 2017, prepared for the Meeting, available under the Corporation’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and mailed to the Shareholders.
About Erin Ventures
Erin Ventures Inc. is an international mineral exploration and development company with boron assets in Serbia and gold assets in North America. Headquartered in Victoria, B.C., Canada, Erin's shares are traded on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "EV". For detailed information please see Erin's website at www.erinventures.com or the Company's filed documents at www.sedar.com.
