NEOVASC INC. ISSUES INCENTIVE OPTIONS TO MANAGEMENT
TSX Venture Exchange: NVC
VANCOUVER, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ - Neovasc announced today that on January 26, 2011 the company's board of directors granted a total of 1,293,000 options to Neovasc directors and management. The options have an exercise price of $1.00, equivalent to the Neovasc's closing market price of $1.00 on January 26, 2011. Of these options 415,000 will vest immediately and 878,000 will vest on December 31, 2011, upon management achieving certain performance milestones established by the board of directors.
Neovasc Chairman Paul Geyer commented, "Neovasc has made significant progress in growing revenues and advancing its new product pipeline over the past year. The majority of these new options are contingent on the company's success in achieving ambitious objectives over the next 12 months that we expect will create both near and longer term value for Neovasc and our shareholders."
As of January 26, 2011 Neovasc had 691,736 options available for grant in its 10% rolling option plan, as approved by the shareholders at the last Annual General Meeting. To the extent that the number of options granted exceeds the options currently available under the plan, the issuance and exercise of these options are subject to specific approval by the shareholders, as well as the adoption and approval of a 20% fixed option plan by disinterested shareholders at the next Annual General Meeting to be held in June 2011. Review and approval by the TSX Venture Exchange are also required.
About Neovasc Inc.
Neovasc Inc. is a specialty vascular device company that develops, manufactures and markets medical devices for the rapidly growing vascular and surgical marketplace. The company's current products include the Neovasc Reducer™, a novel product in development to treat refractory angina, as well as a line of advanced biological tissue technologies that are used to enhance surgical outcomes and as key components in a variety of third-party medical products such as transcatheter heart valves. For more information, visit: www.neovasc.com.
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