Aston Bay Holdings Announces Closing of First Tranche of Private Placement
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Vancouver, British Columbia – November 8, 2013 - Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSX-V: BAY) (“Aston private placement, subsequent to its news releases of October 15, 2013 and October 30, 2013.
Bay” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed the first tranche of its non-brokered
Pursuant to this first tranche of the offering (the “Offering”), the Company has issued a total of 52 nonflow-through units (the “NFT Units”) at a price of $3,000 per NFT Unit, for gross proceeds of $156,000. Each NFT Unit consists of 20,000 non-flow-through common shares of the Company (the “NFT Shares”) priced at $0.15 and 10,000 Warrants. Each Warrant entitles the holder to acquire an additional NFT Share circumstances. No finder’s fees were paid in connection with closing of this first tranche of the Offering. at a price of $0.30 per NFT Share until November 8, 2015, subject to accelerated expiry in certain
Up to 100 flow-through units of Aston Bay (the “FT Units”) at a price of $2,750 per FT Unit continue to be available as part of the Offering, for additional gross proceeds of up to $275,000. Each FT Unit will consist of 10,000 flow-through common shares (“FT Shares”) priced at $0.20 per FT Share, 5,000 nonflow-through common shares priced at $0.15 per NFT Share and 5,000 warrants. Each Warrant will period of two years from the date of issuance, subject to accelerated expiry in certain circumstances. entitle the FT Unit holder to acquire an additional NFT Share at a price of $0.30 per NFT Share for a
general corporate purposes.
Proceeds of this Offering will be used for advancing the Storm Copper and Seal Zinc Projects and for
Certain directors, officers and other insiders of the Company participated in the first tranche of the Offering, having purchased 36 NFT Units, constituting related party transactions pursuant to TSX Venture Exchange Policy 5.9 and Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”). The Company relied on Section 5.5(a) of MI 61-101 for an exemption from the formal valuation requirement and Section 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 for an exemption from the minority shareholder approval requirement of MI 61-101 as the fair market value of the market capitalization.
transaction insofar as the transaction involved interested parties did not exceed 25% of the Company’s
All shares acquired by the placees in the first tranche of the Offering, and shares which may be acquired with applicable Canadian securities legislation.
upon the exercise of the Warrants, will be subject to a hold period until March 9, 2014, in accordance issued and outstanding.
Following closing of this first tranche of the Offering, the Company has 24,895,000 common shares
About Aston Bay Holdings
Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSX-V: BAY) is a publicly traded mineral exploration company focused on the 345,033 acre Storm Property located on northwest Somerset Island, Nunavut. The property hosts the interest in the Storm Property from Commander Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: CMD).
Storm Copper and Seal Zinc prospects. Aston Bay holds the right to earn or buy up to a 100% undivided On behalf of the Board of Directors, Benjamin Cox, Chief Executive Officer Telephone: (360) 262-6969 www.astonbayholdings.com.
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