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Medwell Announces Shareholder Approval of Plan of Arrangement

^{Published on 2011-08-26 13:11:23 - Market Wire}
 

EDMONTON, Aug. 26, 2011 /CNW/ - Medwell Capital Corp. (TSXV: MWC) ("Medwell") is pleased to announce that at the Annual General and Special meeting of the shareholders of Medwell held earlier today, shareholders approved all proposed resolutions including the previously announced plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement") with Spectral Diagnostics Inc. (TSX:SDI) ("Spectral").

Spectral also announced that its shareholders approved the Arrangement at a special meeting held earlier today.

The closing of the Arrangement is subject to court approval, regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. The Arrangement is currently expected to close by August 31, 2011.

Pursuant to the Arrangement, among other things Medwell will acquire a further 33,333,333 common shares ("Spectral Shares") of Spectral Diagnostics Inc. at a subscription price of $0.30 per share for aggregate proceeds of $10 million and will distribute approximately 54,282,834 Spectral Shares to Shareholders, or, based on the number of issued Medwell Shares as of the date hereof, approximately 0.6 of a Spectral Share for each Medwell Share owned (the "Arrangement"). Each Shareholder will also be deemed to be the holder of one New Medwell Common Share for each Share held on the effective date of the Arrangement. After the completion of this transaction, Medwell will retain 15,200,000 common shares of Spectral, or approximately 13 percent of the common shares outstanding (26 percent on a fully-diluted basis). Further information concerning the Arrangement can be found in Medwell's press releases of June 28, 2011 and July 15, 2011.

About Medwell Capital Corp.
Medwell Capital Corp. is a Canadian-based service provider of capital and advisory services for the healthcare industry.  For further information please visit [ www.medwellcapital.com ].

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