ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland, July 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kraken Robotics Inc. (TSX-V: PNG ) (OTCQB:KRKNF) is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has approved the issuance of 1,000,000 stock options to employees of Kraken Robotik GmbH (“KRG”), the Company’s fully-owned German subsidiary. These options have a three-year term, vesting in three equal installments starting on the date of grant and then on the one- and two-year anniversaries of the initial grant. The exercise price on the options is $0.26. This is the first issuance of Kraken options to KRG employees.

“We are pleased with KRG’s progress and revenue ramp since establishing it at the beginning of 2017,” said Karl Kenny, Kraken President and CEO. “We expect the SeaVision® product, developed in partnership between KRG and our Canadian engineers, to be a very successful product offering. SeaVision® is the world’s first ultra-high resolution RGB underwater laser imaging system that that delivers full color 3D point cloud images of subsea infrastructure with millimeter accuracy in real-time. The initial system is designed for deployment on underwater robotic platforms such as Remotely Operated Vehicles and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.”

ABOUT KRAKEN ROBOTICS INC.

Kraken Robotics Inc. (TSX-V: PNG ) (OTCQB:KRKNF) is a marine technology company that is dedicated to the production and sale of software-centric sensors and underwater robotic systems. The company is headquartered in St. John’s, Newfoundland with offices in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; Toronto, Ontario; Bremen, Germany; and Fairfax, Virginia. Kraken is ranked as a Top 100 marine technology company by Marine Technology Reporter. For more information, please visit www.krakenrobotics.com, www.krakenrobotik.de, www.krakenpower.de. Find us on social media on Twitter (@krakenrobotics), Facebook (@krakenroboticsinc) and LinkedIn.

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For further information, please contact: Greg Reid, Chief Financial Officer (416) 818-9822 greid@krakenrobotics.com  

Sean Peasgood, Investor Relations (647) 955-1274 sean@sophiccapital.com  

Glenda Leyte, Marketing Manager (709) 757-5757 extension 288 gleyte@krakenrobotics.com