Mr. Iain Stewart reports
GENESIS LAND DEVELOPMENT CORP. ANNOUNCES RENEWAL OF NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID
The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has accepted a notice filed by Genesis Land Development Corp. to renew its normal course issuer bid for a one-year period. The bid will commence on Dec. 18, 2023, and will terminate on the earlier of: (i) Dec. 17, 2024; and (ii) the date on which the maximum number of Genesis common shares that may be purchased pursuant to the bid have been purchased. Purchases of common shares under the bid will be effected through the facilities of the TSX or alternative Canadian trading systems at the market price at the time of purchase. All common shares purchased pursuant to the bid will be cancelled.
The company's board of directors and management believe that the market prices of the common shares do not properly reflect the underlying value of the company's assets and business, and, accordingly, the purchase by the company of common shares pursuant to the bid constitutes an appropriate investment of corporate funds which will benefit both the company and its shareholders.
Pursuant to the bid, Genesis may purchase for cancellation up to 2,840,528 common shares, which is 5 per cent of Genesis's issued and outstanding common shares as at Dec. 8, 2023. The purchase price of the common shares is restricted to a maximum of $3.00 per common share and an overall maximum of $8.5-million. The company intends to monitor these restrictions and, subject to TSX approval, make any appropriate alterations in accordance with the bid from time to time. Pursuant to the rules of the TSX, the maximum number of common shares that the company may purchase in any one day is 1,000 common shares being the minimum as the company's average daily trading volume of common shares on the TSX in the six months ended Nov. 30, 2023, was 3,235 shares. Genesis may also make one block purchase per calendar week which exceeds the daily purchase restriction in accordance with TSX rules.
Effective Dec. 18, 2023, the company has arranged to initiate the automatic share purchase plan with Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc., the designated broker under the bid, to facilitate the purchase of common shares pursuant to the bid based on parameters established by the company.
Pursuant to the company's previous normal course issuer bid which permitted Genesis to purchase up to 2,843,166 common shares during the period from Dec. 16, 2022, to Dec. 8, 2023, the company purchased 56,982 common shares at an average purchase price of $2.20 per share.
As of Dec. 8, 2023, 56,810,578 common shares were issued and outstanding.
About Genesis
Land Development Corp.
Genesis Land is a land developer and residential home builder in the Calgary metropolitan area. The corporation's common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: GDC).
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