ST. PETERSBURG, FL / ACCESSWIRE / January 6, 2017
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On December 28, 2016, Sylios Corp announced that it would spin-off 80.01% of its wholly owned subsidiary, The Greater Cannabis Company, LLC through a pro rata stock distribution to holders of its common stock. Prior to the spin-off, the Company will file a Notice of Conversion with the State of Florida to effectively converting the subsidiary from a limited liability company to a Florida for profit corporation and change the Company's name to The Greater Cannabis Company, Inc. (the new "GCC" . In the newly filed Articles of Incorporation for the Subsidiary, it will designate 500 million shares for Common stock and 10 million shares for Preferred stock.
The Record date for the stock dividend is set at February 3, 2017 with the Ex-Dividend date at February 1, 2017. The stock dividend will be payable February 13, 2017 to shareholders. In order for shareholders to receive the stock dividend, they must own shares of Sylios Corp prior to the Ex-Dividend date. Sylios Corp's common stock will begin trading ex-dividend at the open on February 1, 2017.
Shareholders of Sylios Corp entitled to receive the dividend will receive 1 share of GCC common stock for every 500 shares of Sylios Corp common stock owned. In lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the stock dividend, the company will round fractional shares up to the next whole share.
The Company's transfer agent, Pacific Stock Transfer, will distribute shares of GCC on the payment date to certificated shareholders. Shareholders are not required to submit any information to the Company's transfer agent to receive the newly issued GCC shares of common stock. Pacific Stock Transfer will also act as the transfer agent for GCC.
Shareholders should direct any questions pertaining to the stock dividend to dividend@sylios.com. The Company has established an information page, http://www.sylios.com/stockdividend, with details on the transaction.