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Dragon Capital Corporation
announces the closing of
its initial public offering
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TORONTO, May 25 - Dragon Capital Corporation
("Dragon Capital"), a capital pool company,
announces that, on May 25, 2006, it completed
its initial public offering by issuing 5,860,000
common shares at a price of $0.25 per share,
for gross proceeds to Dragon Capital of
$1,465,000.
The common shares of Dragon Capital will
be admitted for trading on the TSX Venture
Exchange under the trading symbol "DGN.P"
at opening of the market on May 29, 2006.
The net proceeds of the offering will be
used to provide Dragon Capital with a minimum
of funds with which to identify and evaluate
assets or businesses, for acquisition with
a view to completing a "Qualifying Transaction"
under the capital pool company program of
the TSX Venture Exchange.
Fraser Mackenzie Limited acted as lead
agent for the initial public offering. In
connection with the offering, Dragon Capital
granted Fraser Mackenzie, as lead agent,
an option to acquire 586,000 common shares
at a price of $0.25 per share. The option
may be exercised for a period of 18 months
from the date of listing of the common shares
on the TSX Venture Exchange.
At the closing of the initial public offering,
Dragon Capital also granted incentive stock
options to its four directors and one technical
consultant to acquire a total of 986,000
common shares. The options may be exercised
for a period of five years at a price of
$0.25 per share.
At the closing of the offering, there
were 9,860,000 common shares issued and
outstanding in the capital of Dragon Capital,
4,156,600 of which, including 4,000,000
seed shares issued to the founders of Dragon
Capital at $0.125 per share, were placed
in escrow in accordance with the policies
of the TSX Venture Exchange.
For further information:
Mr. Barry M. Polisuk
Director,
Dragon Capital Corporation
(416) 869-1234
Neither the TSXV or the TSX has in any
way passed upon the merits of this press
release and has neither approved nor disapproved
the contents of this press release.
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