MILTON, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 03/19/15 -- Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. (OTCQX: TBUFF)(TSX VENTURE: TRX) ("Tribute" or the "Company"), a specialty pharmaceutical company with a primary focus on the acquisition, licensing, development and promotion of healthcare products in Canada and the United States, today announced that holders of 5,431,250 or 90.1% of the Series A Warrants issued in connection with the Company's 2013 unit financing were exercised prior to their expiry resulting in proceeds to the Company of US$2,715,625.
Each unit issued in such offering consisted of one common share of the Company's and one-half of one Series A common share purchase warrant (a "Series A Warrant") and one-half of one Series B common share purchase warrant (a "Series B Warrant"). Each whole Series A Warrant entitled the holder thereof to acquire one common share of the Company at any time during the period ending 24 months after the date of issuance at a price of US$0.50 per common share. Each whole Series B Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of US$0.60 per share at any time during the period ending 60 months after the date of issuance. The terms of the Series B Warrants provide the Company with a right to call the Series B Warrants at a price of US$0.001 per warrant if certain conditions are met including the common shares of the Company trading at a volume weighted average price for 20 out of 30 consecutive trading days at a price which exceeds US$1.20 with average daily volume during such period of at least US$30,000.
About Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.
Tribute is a specialty pharmaceutical company with a primary focus on the acquisition, licensing, development and promotion of healthcare products in Canada and the U.S. markets.
Tribute markets Cambia® (diclofenac potassium for oral solution), Bezalip® SR (bezafibrate), Soriatane® (acitretin), NeoVisc® (1.0% sodium hyaluronate solution) Uracyst® (sodium chondroitin sulfate solution 2%), Fiorinal®, Fiorinal® C, Visken®, Viskazide® and Collatamp® G in the Canadian market. Additionally, NeoVisc® and Uracyst® are commercially available and are sold globally through various international partnerships. Tribute also has the exclusive U.S. rights to develop and commercialize Bezalip® SR in the U.S. and has the exclusive right to sell bilastine, a product licensed from Faes Farma for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and chronic idiopathic urticaria (hives), in Canada. The exclusive license is inclusive of prescription and non- prescription rights for bilastine, as well as adult and pediatric presentations in Canada. This product is subject to receiving Canadian regulatory approval.
Bezalip® SR and Soriatane® are registered trademarks and under license from Actavis Group PTC ehf. Cambia® is a registered trademark and under license from Depomed, Inc. Collatamp® G is a registered trademark and under license EUSA Pharma (Europe) Limited. Visken® and Viskazide® are registered trademarks under license with Novartis AG.
For further information on Tribute visit the Company's website: http://www.tributepharma.com
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Contacts:
Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.
Scott Langille
CFO
905-876-3166
scott.langille@tributepharma.com
http://www.tributepharma.com
Christina Cameron
BND Projects Inc.
christina@clcameron.com
