NEWS -- EEStor Grants Stock Options
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Apr 6, 2017) - EEStor Corporation (TSX VENTURE:ESU) ("EEStor" or the "Company") announced today that, subject to regulatory approval, it has granted stock options to directors, officers and employees of the Company and subsidiary EEStor, Inc. to acquire an aggregate of 5,499,512 common shares. The options were granted pursuant to the Company's new fixed stock option plan which was ratified by disinterested shareholders at the Company's annual and special meeting held on March 28, 2017. Each option is exercisable to acquire one common share at a price of $0.57. All options are subject to vesting restrictions and expire five years from the date of grant.
About EEStor Corporation
EEStor's mission is to be the provider of leading edge electrical energy storage and related capacitor technologies. The Company operates on the principle and belief that a fundamental breakthrough in energy storage will be the catalyst for positive environmental and economic change globally. The Company's business strategy is focused on licensing opportunities across a broad spectrum of industries and applications building on its recent technology achievements related to high voltage solid state capacitors. The most recent advancements in the Company's technology has resulted in focusing its licensing discussions on the substantial global electrical grid storage and power factor correction markets.
The Company holds an approximate 71.3% as-converted equity and voting interest and certain technology rights to a solid-state capacitor and related energy storage technologies currently under development by EEStor, Inc. (EEStor). The acquisition of the controlling interest in EEStor aligns the businesses of both companies and now allows EEStor Corporation to benefit from other revenue streams that should be available to EEStor, including applications throughout the capacitor industry and not limited to high density energy storage applications.
The Company's success depends on the commercialization of its technology. There is no assurance that EEStor will be successful in the completion of the various enhancement phases to warrant the anticipated licensing opportunities in the technology. Readers are directed to the "Risk Factors" disclosed in the Company's public filings.
