IMRIS Announces Closing of Private Placement Offering of Units

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 24, 2014 /CNW/ - IMRIS Inc. (NASDAQ: IMRS; TSX: IM) ("IMRIS" or the "Company") today announced it has closed the private placement offering of 10,563,380 units at an offering price of US$0.284 per unit. Each unit (the "Units") consists of one common share of the Company (the "Common Shares") and one and a quarter common share purchase warrants (the "Warrants").  Each whole Warrant is exercisable into one Common Share during the period starting on the day that is four months from the date of issue and ending on the day that is five and a half years from the date of issue at an exercise price per common share of US$0.3692.  The gross proceeds to IMRIS in connection with the offering are US$3.0 million. 

About IMRIS

IMRIS (NASDAQ: IMRS; TSX: IM) is a global leader in providing image guided therapy solutions through its VISIUS Surgical Theatre – a revolutionary, multifunctional surgical environment that provides unmatched intraoperative vision to clinicians to assist in decision making and enhance precision in treatment. The multi-room suites incorporate diagnostic quality high-field MR, CT and angio modalities accessed effortlessly in the operating room setting. VISIUS Surgical Theatres serve the neurosurgical, spinal, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular markets and have been selected by 61 leading medical institutions around the world.

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SOURCE: IMRIS Inc.

Jeffery Bartels, Director-Finance, IMRIS Inc., Tel: [phone], Email: [email protected]