appoint advisory council and grant of options
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FIRST RESPONDER APPOINTS RETIRED US AMBASSADOR/FORMER SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE
DIRECTOR OF FBI AND RETIRED FORMER COMMANDER OF FRENCH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
REGIMENT TO ADVISORY COUNCIL
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Vancouver, British Columbia – January 20, 2020 – First Responder Technologies Inc. (“First
Responder” or the “Company”) (CSE: WPN) a developer of WiFi‐based technologies to detect
and deter mass shooting and terror attacks involving concealed weapons, is pleased to announce
the appointment of Ambassador (Ret.) Howard Gutman, former United States Ambassador to
Belgium and former Special Assistant to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(“FBI”), and Brigadier General (Ret.) John Jayet, former commander of a number of French Army
units, including a military intelligence regiment, to its Advisory Council.
“First Responder’s strategic thought leadership in this space, and operational network in the
United States, Europe and the Middle East, is greatly enriched by having Ambassador Gutman
and General Jayet join the Advisory Council,” said Hon. Stockwell Day, PC, Head of the Advisory
Council.
Ambassador Gutman acted, during his distinguished career over the past three decades, as a
leading American and international lawyer, and served in a number of high‐profile appointments
for the government of the United States, including Ambassador to Belgium, and Special Assistant
to the Director of the FBI for Counter‐Intelligence and Counter‐Terrorism. During his legal career
he served as a federal appellate court law clerk prior to entering private practise in Washington,
DC., where in addition to legal practise, he served as advisor to candidates for President,
Governor and the U.S. Senate.
General Jayet commanded, during his distinguished French military career, a number of units of
the French Army, including a military intelligence regiment, and was a member of the special
forces. His military career included service as a member of the cabinet of French Minister of
Defense, and as a defense attaché in the Middle East. General Jayet participated in a number of
operational deployments during his career, in some of the world’s worst conflict areas, including
deployments to Africa, Lebanon and the Balkans. Among other appointments, General Jayet
served as head of the French military attaché organisation, and his career included a particular
focus on security and safety procedures respecting the protection of French Embassy personnel
and installations.
“First Responder’s ability to conceive and develop products to detect, interdict and deter mass
shooter and terrorist attacks is greatly enhanced by the collective law enforcement, military and
intelligence backgrounds Ambassador Gutman and General Jayet bring to the Advisory Council,”
said the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Robert Delamar.
Ambassador Gutman and General Jayet will continue First Responder’s efforts, begun at Milipol
(Paris, France) in November of 2019, and International Security Expo (London, UK) in December
of 2019, to educate and inform the global security community, with a particular focus on Europe
and the Middle East, about First Responder’s leading WiFi‐based weapons detection technology
and product strategy.
Option Grants
In connection with their appointments to the Company’s Advisory Council, the Company will
grant each of Ambassador Gutman and General Jayet 75,000 stock options (“Options”) of the
Company at an exercise price of $0.40 per common share. In addition to the grants to
Ambassador Gutman and General Jayet, the Company will grant an aggregate of 102,234 Options
at an exercise price of $0.40 per common share to certain directors, officers and consultants of
the Company. Each of the Options will vest immediately upon grant and will expire on the date
that is three years from the date of grant.
No securities regulatory authority has either approved or disapproved of the contents of this news
release. The securities of the Company have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or
sold in the United States, or to or for the account or benefit of any person in the United States,
absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This press
release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any common shares
in the United States, or in any other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
“Robert F. Delamar”
Robert F. Delamar, CEO
About First Responder Technologies Inc.
First Responder Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) is a technology development company that
commercializes academic and internally developed intellectual property for use in the public
safety market. The Company is developing a WiFi‐based technology, based in part, on academic
research licensed from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (“Rutgers”) that can be used
to detect concealed weapons. The Company’s threat detection technology line of business was
created to capture a significant portion of the global weapons detection systems market, and in
particular, the global perimeter security detection market. In the Company’s view, WiFi‐based
threat detection technology may be utilized by a wide range of facilities, including schools, places
of worship, shopping centres and theatres, to not only make their premises secure, but also
reduce their cost of security, from the interior of a facility to the perimeter.
For more information visit: www.firstrespondertech.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and
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