Lumenpulse Completes $100 Million Initial Public Offering


MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - April 15, 2014) -

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Lumenpulse Inc. (the "Company") (TSX:LMP) announced today that it has successfully completed an initial public offering of its common shares. In connection with the initial public offering, Lumenpulse issued 6,250,000 common shares at a price of $16.00 for total gross proceeds of $100 million. The Company's common shares will begin trading today on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "LMP".

"We appreciate the strong interest from investors in the offering and the confidence our new shareholders have shown in our company," said François-Xavier Souvay, the Company's founder and CEO. "Today marks an extremely important step towards our goal of becoming a world leader in high-performance and sustainable specification-grade LED lighting solutions."

The offering was made through a syndicate of underwriters. Led by joint lead bookrunners Canaccord Genuity Corp. and National Bank Financial Inc., the syndicate included BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and Raymond James Ltd. The Company has granted the Underwriters an over-allotment option, exercisable in whole or in part at any time for a period of 30 days following the closing of the offering, to purchase up to 937,500 common shares at a price of $16.00 per share for additional gross proceeds of $15 million if the option is exercised in full.

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP acted as counsel to the Company and Stikeman Elliott LLP acted as counsel to the underwriters.

No securities regulatory authority has either approved or disapproved the contents of this press release. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of Lumenpulse Inc. in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. These securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended or any U.S. state securities law and may not be offered or sold in the United States except in compliance with the registration requirements of said Act and applicable U.S. state securities laws or pursuant to an exemption therefrom.

About Lumenpulse Inc.

Founded in 2006, Lumenpulse designs, develops, manufactures and sells a wide range of high-performance and sustainable specification-grade LED lighting solutions for commercial, institutional and urban environments. Lumenpulse is the leading pure-play specification-grade LED lighting solutions provider and has earned many awards and recognitions, including several Product Innovation Awards (PIA), three Next Generation Luminaires Design Awards, a Red Dot Product Design Award and a Lightfair Innovation Award. Lumenpulse has more than 225 employees worldwide, with corporate headquarters in Montreal, Canada, and offices in Boston, Massachusetts and London, England.

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Contact Information:

Yvon Roy
Vice-President - Investor Relations
(514) 937-3003 ext. 307
yroy@lumenpulse.com
www.lumenpulse.com