HAW Capital Corp. Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - March 21, 2017) -

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HAW CAPITAL CORP. ("HAW"), a capital pool company, is pleased to announce that it has submitted all materials for final listing approval for its common shares to the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") and on March 21, 2017 closed its initial public offering of 3,540,000 common shares at $0.10 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $354,000 through Canaccord Genuity Corp., which acted as agent for HAW. 

Upon closing of the offering, HAW granted 1,200,000 incentive stock options to its directors and officers which options are exercisable within ten years from the date of grant at an exercise price of $0.10 per share. In addition, HAW granted an aggregate of 354,000 options to Canaccord Genuity Corp., which options are exercisable until 24 months after the date of listing of the common shares of HAW on the Exchange at an exercise price of $0.10 per share. Following completion of the of its initial public offering, HAW now has 13,540,000 common shares issued and outstanding (10,000,000 of which are subject to escrow restrictions).

The only business of HAW is the identification and evaluation of assets or businesses with a view to completing a "Qualifying Transaction" as defined by the policies of the Exchange. The funds raised under the offering will be used to pursue such Qualifying Transaction.

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