Genius Announces Consolidation
PRESS RELEASE
January 20, 2017
Genius Properties Ltd. CSE: GNI
GENIUS ANNOUNCES CONSOLIDATION
Genius Properties Ltd . (CSE: GNI) (“Genius” or the “Corporation”) announces that it
intends to consolidate its current issued and outsta nding share capital on a 5 old for 1 new basis
(the "Consolidation") on or about February 1, 2017.
At an annual and special meeting of the sharehold ers of the Corporation he ld on July 11, 2016,
shareholders of the Corp oration approved a conso lidation of the outstandin g common shares on
the basis of one post-Co nsolidation common sha re for up to 5 outstandi ng pre-Consolidation
common shares. The Corporation will not issue any fractional post-Consolidation common shares
as a result of the Consolidation. Instead, all fractional shares will be rounded up to the next whole
common share. A furth er announcement will b e made advising of the completion of the
Consolidation. The post- Consolidation common s hares will commence tra ding on the Canadian
Securities Exchange ("CSE") under same name and ticker symbol (GNI) on or about February 1,
2017, at which time the CUSIP and ISIN numbers of the Corporation will change.
The Corporation currently has 94,195,410 issued a nd outstanding common shares. Following the
Consolidation, it is antic ipated that the Corporati on will have approximat ely 18,839,082 issued
and outstanding common shares. The exercise or conversion price and the number of common
shares issuable under a ny of the Corporation's outstanding warrants a nd options will be
proportionately adjusted to reflect the Consolidat ion in accordance with the respective terms
thereof.
Letters of transmittal w ith respect to the Con solidation will be mail ed to all registered
shareholders of the Corp oration to use to exchang e their pre-Consolidation common shares into
post-Consolidation comm on shares on or around February 1, 2017. A c opy of the letter of
transmittal will be filed on the Corporation's issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, and on
its issuer profile at www.thecse.com. Each registered shareho lder that submits a duly completed
letter of transmittal along with such registered sha reholder's share certificate(s) representing pre-
Consolidation common shares to the Corporati on's transfer agent, Com putershare Investor
Services Inc., (the "Transfer Agent"), will receive share cer tificates representing the number of
post-Consolidation comm on shares to which the registered shareholder is entitled. Until so
surrendered, each share certificate representing pre-Consolidation com mon shares of the
Corporation will represent the number of whole post-Consolidation Common Shares to which the
holder is entitled as a r esult of the Consolidatio n. Shareholders of the C orporation that hold
common shares through a bank, broker or other no minee should note that ba nks, brokers or other
nominees may have different procedures for processing the Consolidation than those put in place
by the Corporation and the Transfer Agent. Such shareholders may not be required to complete a
letter of transmittal.
The Corporation believes that the Consolidation w ill be beneficial to the Co rporation in that it is
expected to, among othe r things, provide the Co rporation with greater fl exibility in attracting
financing.
About Genius Properties
Genius is a Canadian min eral exploration company focused on developing p rojects with some of
the world’s most critical metals and minerals for u se in various industries in cluding in particular,
batteries for storing elec trical energy and the ra w materials essential for Lithium-ion battery
production
Additional information about genius and its exploration projects ca n be found at
www.geniusproperties.ca
For more information, please contact:
Jimmy Gravel, President & CEO
Email: [email protected]
Forward-Looking Information
Certain information set forth in this news relea se may contain forward -looking information
that involves substantial known and unknown r isks and uncertainties. T his forward-looking
information is subject to numerous risks and un certainties, certain of w hich are beyond the
control of the Corporat ion, including, but not limited to, the impact o f general economic
conditions, industry con ditions, and dependenc e upon regulatory app rovals. Readers are
cautioned that the ass umptions used in the preparation of such in formation, although
considered reasonable a t the time of preparatio n, may prove to be imp recise and, as such,
undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking information. The parties undertake no
obligation to update for ward-looking informatio n except as otherwise m ay be required by
applicable securities law.
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IS DEFINED IN THE P OLICIES OF THE CSE ) ACCEPTS RESPONSI BILITY FOR THE
ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PRESS RELEASE.