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Jerrick Media Holdings, Inc. Completes a Successful Tender Offer with over 93% of Eligible Warrants Exchanged
NEW YORK, May 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Jerrick Media Holdings, Inc., (OTCQB: JMDA) (the "Company" or "Jerrick"), the creator of Vocal, announced today that on May 17, 2019 it substantially completed its offer to holders of certain of the Company's outstanding warrants (the "Warrants"). The aggregate amount of the Warrants tendered, each with an exercise price of $0.30, represents approximately 93% of the warrants eligible to be exchanged, and 82% of the Company's total outstanding warrants.
"This is an exciting inflection point in our growth strategy that positions the Company to achieve key near-term milestones as we advance our plans for a NASDAQ uplisting later this year," commented Jerrick CEO Jeremy Frommer. "We appreciate the support of our warrant holders and look forward to demonstrating our ongoing commitment to building long-term shareholder value." The offer was to holders of certain of the Company's Warrants, each with an exercise price of $0.30, to receive an aggregate of 53,754,849 shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Shares"), by agreeing to receive fifty thousand (50,000) Shares in exchange for every one-hundred thousand (100,000) Warrants tendered by the holders of Warrants (the "Tender Offer"). Jerrick exchanged approximately 50,030,596 Warrants as part of the Tender Offer. Participating investors will receive approximately 25,015,322 Shares by May 27, 2019, but likely at an earlier date. The complete terms of the Tender Offer were set forth in the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO and related exhibits filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 15, 2019, as amended. Copies of the Schedule TO, the prospectus and other related materials are available on the SEC's website, at www.sec.gov. About Jerrick Jerrick is a holding company that develops technology-based solutions. Its flagship product Vocal is a long-form, digital publishing platform focused on supporting content creators by providing them with publishing tools and monetization features that are embedded within digital communities. Vocal is architected to enable targeted marketing of branded content and e-commerce opportunities embedded within long-form content. Vocal's community sites are managed by a dedicated team, whose primary focus is on creating safe communities and identifying monetization opportunities within them. For more information please review Jerrick's Investor Presentation: https://jerrickmedia.docsend.com/view/6pdcppw Safe Harbor Statement This press release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" relating to the business of Jerrick Media Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary companies. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are "forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects" or similar expressions, and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. These statements include, but may not be limited to, those relating to the Tender Offer, and the transactions expected to be engaged in in connection with the Tender Offer. In addition to the risks and uncertainties noted in this release, there are certain factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by some of the statements made. These include risks associated with the transactions contemplated by the Tender Offer, including but not limited to risks related to the failure to close the transactions contemplated by the Tender Offer, and other risks, uncertainties and other factors described in the Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual reports on Form 10-K and in Company's other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or in materials incorporated therein by reference. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances or actual outcomes. Actual results could vary materially depending on such risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company and its business. Company Contact:
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