Aston Hill announces stock option grants

CALGARY , Feb. 11 /CNW/ - Aston Hill Financial Inc. ("Aston Hill") announces the Board of Directors have approved the granting of stock options under its stock option plan to certain directors, officers, employees and consultants to acquire up to an aggregate of 1,240,000 common shares of Aston Hill Financial Inc. (the "Stock Options"). The Stock Options are exercisable for a period of five years at a price of $0.76 per share and vest over a three year period.

Aston Hill is an asset management company with expertise in income products, energy, oil and gas property management and private equity. Aston Hill has offices in Calgary and Toronto and is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "AHF". For further information

The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the information contained herein.

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For a detailed description of the risks and uncertainties facing Aston Hill and its business and affairs, readers should refer to Aston Hill's interim and annual financial statements and management discussion and analysis which are available at www.sedar.com. Aston Hill undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if circumstances or management's estimates or opinions should change, unless required by law. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

For further information: concerning this press release, please contact: Eric Tremblay, Chief Executive Officer, Aston Hill Financial Inc., [phone]; Ben Cheng, President, Aston Hill Financial Inc., [phone]; Larry Titley, Vice President and CFO, Aston Hill Financial Inc., [phone]