Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 13, 2016) - True Leaf Medicine International Ltd. (CSE: MJ) (the "Company"), is pleased to announce that has closed a non-brokered private placement by issuing 7,028,404 common shares at a price of $0.105 per common share for aggregate gross proceeds of $737,982.42 (the "Private Placement"). The Company paid an aggregate cash finder's fee of $11,723.25 to certain arm's length finders. The amount paid to finders is equal to 7% of the gross proceeds raised from applicable subscriptions in the Private Placement.

The Company intends to use the proceeds of the Private Placement as follows:

  • for working capital to produce inventory and to evaluate potential acquisitions within the pet industry;
  • for advertising and marketing costs including digital marketing expenses, creating promotional material and participating in Canadian, US and European trade shows; and
  • for the development of new products including research and development, formulation development and conducting pilot trials.

The Company also entered into debt conversion agreements with creditors in order to settle $234,133.56 in outstanding debt through the issuance of 2,229,843 common shares at a deemed price of $0.105 (the "Debt Conversion"). Pursuant to the Debt Conversion, a director and officer of the Company was issued 1,293,728 common shares of the Company.

In addition, pursuant to the conversion of a previously disclosed loan agreement with First Pacific Enterprises Inc., the Company issued 601,843 units at a conversion price of $0.105 per unit. Each unit is comprised of one common share of the Company and one-half of one share purchase warrant, with each whole warrant being exercisable to purchase an additional common share of the Company at price of $0.15 for a period of two years from the date of issuance. The sole shareholder of First Pacific Enterprises Inc. is also a director, shareholder and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

All securities issued are subject to a hold period under applicable securities laws, which will expire four months and one day from the date of issuance.

About the Company

The Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary True Leaf Pet Inc., is entering the $60 billion pet industry with a line of hemp-focused pet chews and supplements marketed through natural pet health and veterinary channels in Canada and the United States. True Leaf Medicine Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, has also filed an application under Health Canada's Marihuana for Medicinal Purposes Regulations (MMPR) to become a Canadian licensed producer of medicinal marijuana. True Leaf Medicine Inc. has passed through the preliminary and enhanced screeningprocess of Health Canada's review, but must still receive security clearance, pre-licensing approval, and approval to become a licensed producer under the MMPR.

For more information, please see the Company’s website at www.trueleaf.com

Contact: Kevin Bottomley, Director
Telephone: +1 778 389 9933
Email: kevin@trueleaf.com
Address: 100 Kalamalka Lake Road, Unit 32, Vernon, British Columbia V1T 9G1 Canada

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