Trading Symbol: VPI
VANCOUVER
,
Oct. 2
/CNW/ - Vitality Products Inc. ("Vitality") is pleased to announce that it issued 46,000 Class "A" Preference Shares, Series 6 (the "Preference Shares") in the capital of Vitality to Consolidated Firstfund Capital Corp. ("Firstfund") on
September 30, 2009
. Vitality entered into an agreement with Firstfund to issue 46,000 Class "A" Preference Shares, Series 6 for share subscriptions received that total
$460,000
, as reported in Vitality's Press Releases dated
April 17, 2008
and
July 23, 2009
. The issuance of the Preference Shares for the outstanding share subscriptions has now received regulatory approval and disinterested Vitality shareholders approval.
The Preference Shares with a par value of
$10
each in the capital stock of Vitality are non-voting, have a 6% cumulative dividend payable annually and are redeemable at the option of Vitality at
$10
per share, as well as all unpaid dividends accrued thereon to the date of redemption. The Preference Shares plus all unpaid dividends accrued thereon are convertible at the option of Firstfund to common shares in the capital stock of Vitality for a period of five years. The conversion price for the first two years is
$0.10
per common share and the conversion price in each of the subsequent three years is 10% higher than the conversion price in the preceding year. At the end of the five year conversion period, any outstanding Preference Shares will be converted into common shares in the capital stock of Vitality at the greater of
$0.10
or the prevailing market price. Any decisions to pay dividends pursuant to the outstanding Preference Shares must be passed by a majority of members of Vitality's board of directors who are not directors of Firstfund. The Preference Shares, and any of the securities underlying the Preference Shares if the conversion privilege is exercised, are subject to a four-month hold period that expires on
January 31, 2010
.
The effect of the distribution of the securities underlying the Preference Shares if the conversion privilege is exercised, would be to increase the direct and indirect holdings of the voting common shares of Vitality by Firstfund from 1,028,671 common shares (5.2% of the issued and outstanding common shares) to 5,628,671 (23% of the issued and outstanding common shares, assuming conversion), assuming that the conversion right is exercised at
$0.10
per common share, being the lowest price into which the Preference Shares can be converted into common shares of Vitality.
The exercise of the conversion privilege attached to the Preference Shares will not affect the direct holdings of common shares of Vitality by William N. Grant (currently 3,691,063 common shares), but will affect his indirect holdings to the extent described above, since
Mr. Grant
, a director and officer of Vitality, is a control person of Firstfund.
On behalf of the Board of
VITALITY PRODUCTS INC.
"William N. Grant" (signed)
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William N. Grant, President & CEO
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as
that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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For further information: For further information: W. Douglas Grant, CFO at (604) 683-6611 or [email protected]
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