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10.12.2007: Meldung: Finavera Renewables arranges financing and restructures board of directors
Finavera Renewables Inc. ("Finavera Renewables" or the "Company") (TSX-V: FVR) is pleased to announce it has secured commitments from a group of Company founders and shareholders for a private placement totaling a minimum of $1,100,000 to a maximum of $2,000,000. In conjunction with the private placement, the board of directors will also be restructured. Four members of the current board will resign. They will be replaced by Hein Poulus as Chairman, John Icke and David Lamont. Jason Bak remains as a director and CEO.
Finavera Renewables CEO Jason Bak said, "This financing allows us to move forward without unnecessarily diluting shareholders at current prices. In addition, our incoming board of directors will provide strong leadership following what have been challenging market conditions for the Company. The Company"s founders and shareholders who represent a significant shareholding in the Company, remain committed to realizing the potential for the development of our core assets."
Private Placement
Finavera Renewables has entered into non-brokered commitments to sell a minimum of 11,000,000 units and a maximum 20,000,000 Units at a price of $0.10 per Unit, for gross proceeds of a minimum of $1,100,000 to a maximum of $2,000,000 (the "Offering"). Each Unit is comprised of one common share and one share purchase warrant ("Warrant"). Each Warrant is exercisable for one additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.15 per share for a period of 12 months from closing. Any securities issued under the private placement will be subject to applicable resale restrictions. There are no commissions or finders" fees to be paid on the transaction. The placement remains subject to Exchange approval. The brokered private placement announced by the Company on October 23, 2007 has been cancelled.
Board Restructuring
Board chairman Tom Allen has resigned and directors Bertan Atalay, Hans Fredrikson, Charles Stone and Alla Weinstein have offered their resignations from the Board of Directors, effective upon the closing of the placement. The Company would like to thank each of the outgoing directors for their commitment and hard work over the past year. Mr. Bertan Atalay remains as COO, along with the balance of the senior management team. Jason Bak remains on the board and will be joined by the following new directors:
Hein Poulus, QC
Mr. Poulus is a businessman and a partner in the Vancouver office of the Stikeman Elliott law firm. His background includes: membership in McAlpine, Poulus and Hordo, a Vancouver law firm (1973 to 1979); senior management positions with Kaiser Resources (1979 to 1980), a publicly traded producer of metallurgical and thermal coal and oil and gas; and with private Kaiser companies (1980 to 1984) whose activities included coal trading, oil and gas, real estate, and professional football. He then served as a senior officer of Southeastern Capital Corporation, a Denver-based leveraged buyout group (1984 to 1990) with interests in broadcasting, petroleum product distribution, and environmental laboratories. Mr. Poulus was born in Djakarta, Indonesia and schooled there and in the Netherlands. He holds undergraduate and law degrees from the University of British Columbia and an LL.M. from the London School of Economics.
John Icke
John Icke is a senior executive with in excess of 25 years management experience, 14 in the role of President, General Manager or Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Icke has global management experience in both the private and public sector. Mr. Icke"s career commenced in the United Kingdom with assignments at Marks & Spencer plc, Gillette UK Limited, Adams Foods and Fort Howard Paper(UK) Limited as General Manager for their UK Service products division. In 1988 Mr. Icke was promoted to the position of President & CEO of Lily Cups Inc in Canada a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fort Howard Paper Inc. Subsequently, Mr. Icke was promoted to Executive Vice President Operations for Sweetheart Cup Company another Fort Howard subsidiary located in the USA. In 1995 Mr. Icke was recruited by Indigo NV a leading supplier of digital print technologies as Worldwide General Manager for Packaging and Decorative Printing. From 1997 Mr. Icke served as President & CEO of ShopLink.com and in 1999 assumed the additional title of Chairman. In 2002 Mr. Icke joined Accenture Inc one of the world"s largest consultant practices where he was President of Accenture Business Services for Utilities, the largest business process outsourcing practice of its kind worldwide. Since 2005 Mr. Icke has been the Principal of JRI Strategic Consultants Inc providing strategic advice on mergers and acquisitions and business reengineering. Mr. Icke joined Kyoto Planet Group Inc. in October 2007 as President & Chief Operating Officer.
David Lamont
David has been in the financial services industry for over 25 years. As a founding partner of Capital Trust, a UK based investment management and financial services boutique he has been involved in numerous financial projects. He is also a director and significant shareholder of a number of commercial property companies. David has had a long career in arranging finance and equity funding for numerous enterprises, providing advice and mentoring to those companies with the ambition to go through large scale expansion.
Jason Bak, CEO
For more information, contact the company at: 604-288-9051, or by email at
[email protected].
About Finavera Renewables Inc. (www.finavera.com)
Finavera Renewables CEO Jason Bak said, "This financing allows us to move forward without unnecessarily diluting shareholders at current prices. In addition, our incoming board of directors will provide strong leadership following what have been challenging market conditions for the Company. The Company"s founders and shareholders who represent a significant shareholding in the Company, remain committed to realizing the potential for the development of our core assets."
Private Placement
Finavera Renewables has entered into non-brokered commitments to sell a minimum of 11,000,000 units and a maximum 20,000,000 Units at a price of $0.10 per Unit, for gross proceeds of a minimum of $1,100,000 to a maximum of $2,000,000 (the "Offering"). Each Unit is comprised of one common share and one share purchase warrant ("Warrant"). Each Warrant is exercisable for one additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.15 per share for a period of 12 months from closing. Any securities issued under the private placement will be subject to applicable resale restrictions. There are no commissions or finders" fees to be paid on the transaction. The placement remains subject to Exchange approval. The brokered private placement announced by the Company on October 23, 2007 has been cancelled.
Board Restructuring
Board chairman Tom Allen has resigned and directors Bertan Atalay, Hans Fredrikson, Charles Stone and Alla Weinstein have offered their resignations from the Board of Directors, effective upon the closing of the placement. The Company would like to thank each of the outgoing directors for their commitment and hard work over the past year. Mr. Bertan Atalay remains as COO, along with the balance of the senior management team. Jason Bak remains on the board and will be joined by the following new directors:
Hein Poulus, QC
Mr. Poulus is a businessman and a partner in the Vancouver office of the Stikeman Elliott law firm. His background includes: membership in McAlpine, Poulus and Hordo, a Vancouver law firm (1973 to 1979); senior management positions with Kaiser Resources (1979 to 1980), a publicly traded producer of metallurgical and thermal coal and oil and gas; and with private Kaiser companies (1980 to 1984) whose activities included coal trading, oil and gas, real estate, and professional football. He then served as a senior officer of Southeastern Capital Corporation, a Denver-based leveraged buyout group (1984 to 1990) with interests in broadcasting, petroleum product distribution, and environmental laboratories. Mr. Poulus was born in Djakarta, Indonesia and schooled there and in the Netherlands. He holds undergraduate and law degrees from the University of British Columbia and an LL.M. from the London School of Economics.
John Icke
John Icke is a senior executive with in excess of 25 years management experience, 14 in the role of President, General Manager or Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Icke has global management experience in both the private and public sector. Mr. Icke"s career commenced in the United Kingdom with assignments at Marks & Spencer plc, Gillette UK Limited, Adams Foods and Fort Howard Paper(UK) Limited as General Manager for their UK Service products division. In 1988 Mr. Icke was promoted to the position of President & CEO of Lily Cups Inc in Canada a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fort Howard Paper Inc. Subsequently, Mr. Icke was promoted to Executive Vice President Operations for Sweetheart Cup Company another Fort Howard subsidiary located in the USA. In 1995 Mr. Icke was recruited by Indigo NV a leading supplier of digital print technologies as Worldwide General Manager for Packaging and Decorative Printing. From 1997 Mr. Icke served as President & CEO of ShopLink.com and in 1999 assumed the additional title of Chairman. In 2002 Mr. Icke joined Accenture Inc one of the world"s largest consultant practices where he was President of Accenture Business Services for Utilities, the largest business process outsourcing practice of its kind worldwide. Since 2005 Mr. Icke has been the Principal of JRI Strategic Consultants Inc providing strategic advice on mergers and acquisitions and business reengineering. Mr. Icke joined Kyoto Planet Group Inc. in October 2007 as President & Chief Operating Officer.
David Lamont
David has been in the financial services industry for over 25 years. As a founding partner of Capital Trust, a UK based investment management and financial services boutique he has been involved in numerous financial projects. He is also a director and significant shareholder of a number of commercial property companies. David has had a long career in arranging finance and equity funding for numerous enterprises, providing advice and mentoring to those companies with the ambition to go through large scale expansion.
Jason Bak, CEO
For more information, contact the company at: 604-288-9051, or by email at
[email protected].
About Finavera Renewables Inc. (www.finavera.com)