Plant&Co Announces Uplisting to OTCQB Market

TORONTO–Plant&Co. Brands Ltd. (CSE: VEGN) (FSE: VGP) (OTCQB: VGANF), a health and wellness company curating plant-based foods, announced that its common shares will commence trading on the OTC Markets Group’s OTCQB Venture Market in the United States under the symbol effective at the opening of trading on Thursday, June 17, 2021 and will continue to trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the ticker symbol “VEGN”. Existing U.S. shareholders of Plant&Co will now find common shares quoted on the OTCQB without any further action needed.

“The OTCQB Market provides Plant&Co access to a much larger audience of U.S. based institutional and retail shareholders,” said Shawn Moniz, CEO of Plant&Co. “Moving to the OTCQB complements our CSE listing by providing investors with direct access to our common shares in both countries. Canadian and U.S. based institutional and retail investors have direct access to take an active part in the exciting plant-based food sector. With our aggressive expansion plan for Canada and the United States, the new listing also helps to promote our delicious plant-based foods brands YamChops, the vegan butcher, and Holy Crap Cereals to a much larger addressable marketplace.”

The OTCQB is recognized as an established public financial market for international companies, including natural resource companies in the exploration industry, to trade in the U.S. The OTCQB Venture Market offers companies the opportunity to build their visibility, expand their liquidity and diversify their shareholder base on an established, public market. The OTCQB offers transparent trading in early stage, exploration companies and provides annual verification and certification of management to investors thereby improving their level of information and trading experience.

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