Sernova Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement

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Sernova Corp. ("Sernova" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SVA) announces that it is undertaking a non-brokered private placement of up to 8,500,000 units (the "Units") at price of $0.18 per Unit for total gross proceeds of approximately $1,500,000.

Each Unit will consist of one common share and one common share purchase warrant, with each warrant exercisable into one share at a price of $0.30 per share for a 24 month exercise period, subject to abridgement of the exercise period (after the expiry of the 4 month hold period) with 30 days notice to holders in the event that the twenty-day volume weighted price of the shares exceeds $0.50.

Net proceeds from the private placement will be used to fund Sernova's collaborations utilizing our platform technology to treat diabetes and other serious disease conditions, as well as for general corporate purposes.

All securities issued in connection with the private placement will be subject to a statutory hold period of four months. The Company will compensate finders on a portion of the private placement consisting of 7% in cash and 7% in finder warrants, or a combination thereof.

Completion of the private placement is expected to occur within the next few days, subject to the receipt of all necessary corporate and regulatory approvals, including approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

About Sernova

Sernova Corp is a clinical stage regenerative medicine company developing medical technologies for the treatment of chronic debilitating metabolic diseases such as diabetes, blood disorders including hemophilia and other diseases treated through replacement of proteins or hormones missing or in short supply within the body. Sernova is developing the Cell Pouch™, an implantable medical device for therapeutic cells (donor, xenogeneic or stem cells). The therapeutic cells are protected from immune attack by Sernova's proprietary local immune protection technology.

Forward-Looking Information

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