VANCOUVER, Aug. 2 - Lignol Energy Corporation (TSX-V: LEC) (the "Company" or "Lignol") today announced that it has closed a brokered private placement of 11,500,000 common shares of the Company at a price of $1.25 per share for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $14,375,000.
Haywood Securities Inc. acted as agent for the offering and received a commission equal to six percent of the gross proceeds of the offering (a portion of which, being 38,960 shares, Haywood elected to receive in common shares of the Company at a deemed price of $1.25 per share). Haywood was also paid a work fee of 180,000 common shares of the Company and agent's options to acquire an aggregate of 805,000 common shares of the Company at an exercise price of $1.25 per share for a period of 12 months following the closing of the offering.
The net proceeds of the offering will be used by Lignol for developing an industrial scale commercial demonstration facility and general corporate purposes.
Pursuant to applicable Canadian securities laws, the securities offered are subject to a four month hold period. The securities offered hereby have not and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the 1933 Act) unless the securities have been registered under the 1933 Act, or are otherwise exempt from such registration.
About Lignol
Lignol is a Canadian company undertaking the development of biorefineries for the production of fuel-grade ethanol and other biochemical co-products from cellulosic biomass feedstocks. Lignol's modified solvent based pre-treatment technology, originally developed by a former affiliate of General Electric (GE), and then further developed and commercialized for wood-pulp applications by a subsidiary of Repap Enterprises Inc., facilitates the rapid, high-yield conversion of cellulose to ethanol and the production of value-added biochemical co-products, including High Purity Lignin. Lignol is executing on its development plan with several major Canadian companies in a strategic partnership to further develop and integrate the core technologies
on a commercial scale. Lignol also intends to invest in, or otherwise obtain, equity interests in energy related projects which have synergies with its biorefining technology. For more information about Lignol, please visit our website at www.lignol.ca.
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For further information:
Lignol Energy Corporation
Ross MacLachlan
Chief Executive Officer
Tel: 604-222-9800 ext. 107
Email: info@lignol.ca The Equicom Group
Bruce Wigle
Investor Relations
Tel: 416-815-0700 ext. 228
Email: bwigle@equicomgroup.com