Neovasc Inc. Closes C$25 Million Bought Deal Equity Financing

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Neovasc Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NVC) (the "Company" or "Neovasc") confirmed today that it has closed the C$25,152,000 bought deal equity financing first announced on March 3, 2014. The financing was underwritten by Cormark Securities Inc., which placed 4,192,000 common shares of Neovasc stock at a price of C$6.00 per common share, for gross proceeds to the Company of C$25,152,000.

Neovasc CEO, Alexei Marko commented "these new funds strengthen our financial position as we continue to advance our promising new product programs, the Neovasc Reducer™ for refractory angina and the Tiara™ transcatheter mitral valve for patients with mitral regurgitation."

Neovasc will use the net proceeds of the financing to advance the development of the Tiara and Reducer products and for general corporate and working capital purposes.

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About Neovasc Inc.

Neovasc Inc. is a specialty medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets products for the rapidly growing global cardiovascular marketplace. Its products include the Neovasc Reducer™ for the treatment of refractory angina and the Tiara™ transcatheter mitral value replacement device in development for the treatment of mitral regurgitation. In addition, Neovasc's advanced biological tissue products are widely used as key components in a variety of third-party medical products, such as transcatheter heart valves. For more information, visit www.neovasc.com.

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