Titan Trading Analytics Inc. Announces Private Placement Closing and Executive Changes
November 19, 2012 22:51 ET
Titan Trading Analytics Inc. Announces Private Placement Closing and Executive Changes
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Nov. 19, 2012) -
Titan Trading Analytics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:TTA) (OTCBB:TITAF)(the "Corporation") is pleased to announce the closing of a non‐brokered private placement of units ("Units") which raised CDN $500,000. The Corporation will issue 50,000,000 Units at CDN $0.010 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one common share ("Common Share") and one full common share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"). Each whole Warrant is exercisable into one Common Share for a price of $0.05 per Common Share during year one and $0.10 during year two following the date of closing.
The Common Shares and Warrants comprising the Units and the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are subject to a four (4) month restricted period which expires on March 19, 2013. Closing of the private placement is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.
The net proceeds from the placement will be used to for working capital.
Titan reports that its board of directors has accepted the resignation of Titan's CEO and President, John Coulter. Mr. Coulter has stepped down as President and CEO to pursue other career opportunities, effective immediately. He will remain on Titan's board and will actively participate in the process of selecting a new CEO to ensure a smooth transition. The board has also accepted the resignation of Michael Gossland who is stepping down from his posts as CTO, Director and Corporate Secretary. Both resignations were prompted by Titan's decision to focus solely on licensing Titan's core trading strategies to third party fund groups that contract to run the technology in full automation on servers operated in Titan's Private Server Cloud. The company is currently in negotiations with multiple firms on hosted licensing agreements. The Titan automated trading system is currently available to firms who execute trades through Interactive Brokers and REDIPlus.
About Titan
Titan Trading Analytics Inc. is a premier provider of behavioral trading research. Trade signals are distributed via a powerful financial analysis and electronic trading software platform which captures and analyzes real-time market tick data and identifies trade opportunities based on numerous historical patterns, identified by Titan's Trade Recommendation Engine™ (TRE). Titan's flagship product, TickAnalyst™, delivers trading signals to proprietary trading firms and hedge funds via a cutting edge browser-based interface. Titan's internally developed products and services are at the forefront of the high growth global investment management and automated trading industry.
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