Speakeasy closes first tranche $4.9 million financing

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VANCOUVER, May 23, 2018 /CNW/ - Speakeasy Cannabis Club Ltd. (CSE: EASY) (Frankfurt: 39H) (the "Company" or "SpeakEasy") announces it has closed the first tranche of its non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") of 4,900,000 Units ("Units") at a price of $1.00 per Unit for gross proceeds of $4,900,000. Each Unit will be comprised of one common share of the Issuer (a "Share") and one common share purchase warrant of the Issuer (each whole warrant, a "Warrant"). Each Warrant will be exercisable into a common share of the Company (a "Warrant Share") at an exercise price of CDN$1.50 with a year expiry.

Each warrant is subject to accelerated expiry provisions, such that if at any time after the expiry of any resale restriction governing the subscribed shares, the corporation's common shares trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange at or above a volume-weighted average trading price of $2.00 per common share for 10 consecutive trading days, the Company may give notice to the holders that each warrant will expire 30 days from the date of providing such notice.

The Company intends to exercise its overallotment option to place up to an additional 50-per-cent of the financing.

Finder's fees or commissions may be payable by the Company in connection with this Private Placement.

The proceeds of this private placement are for the Company's general working capital.

ON BEHALF OF SPEAKEASY CANNABIS CLUB LTD.

(signed) "Marc Geen"

Chief Executive Officer 

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SOURCE SpeakEasy Cannabis Club Ltd.

Speakeasy Cannabis Club Ltd., www.speakeasygrowers.com, Telephone: [phone]