– CANADA, Toronto – Pinetree Capital Ltd. (TSX:PNP), announced today that Mr. Peter Tolnai, its Chief Executive Officer since April 29, 2016, has elected to resign as an officer of the Company effective as of the close of business today. As a successor to Mr. Tolnai, the board of directors of the Company is pleased to announce the immediate appointment of Mr. Damien Leonard, Pinetree’s Chief Operating Officer, as a director of Pinetree and as its next Chief Executive Officer. Although Mr. Tolnai is stepping down from his day-to-day responsibilities as an officer of Pinetree for personal reasons, he will continue to serve as Chairman of the board of directors of the Company.
“On behalf of the board of directors, I want to extend our sincerest thanks to Peter for all of his hard work and dedication since he joined Pinetree,” said Craig Miller, the lead independent director of the Company. “We fully respect and appreciate Peter’s decision and wish him nothing but the very best in the future. We are also very pleased that Peter will remain in his important role as Chairman of the Board and we look forward to continuing to work with him in that capacity. We are also delighted to welcome Damien as our new CEO.”
The board of directors of the Company has no immediate plans to fill the now vacant Chief Operating Officer position.
About Pinetree Capital Ltd.
Pinetree Capital Ltd. also announced today that, in conjunction with the CEO transition, Messrs. Tolnai and Leonard advised the Company that 2507492 Ontario Ltd. (“250 Ontario”), a holding company wholly-owned by Mr. Tolnai, and 1338369 Ontario Inc. (“1388 Ontario”), a family holding company owned by Mr. Leonard and certain of his siblings, have reached a definitive agreement for 250 Ontario to sell a significant portion of its Pinetree shareholdings to 1388 Ontario. Prior to this share transaction, Mr. Tolnai beneficially owned approximately 38.8% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Pinetree (“Common Shares”). Following this share transaction, Mr. Tolnai is expected to beneficially own approximately 7.8% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares and 1388 Ontario is expected to beneficially own approximately 31.1% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares. Additional information regarding this share transaction and Mr. Tolnai’s and 1388 Ontario’s respective Common Share ownership interests may be found in the early warning reports that each of them will be filing shortly under the Company’s issuer profile on SEDAR
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