BETTER PLANT ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Vancouver, B.C. – May 31, 2021: Better Plant Sciences Inc. (CSE: PLNT) (OTCQB: VEGGF) (FSE: YG3) (“Better Plant” or the “Company”), a wellness company that makes and sells plant-based products, is pleased to announce the voting results from its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”), held on May 28, 2021, at the offices of the Company, Suite 200 – 1238 Homer Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 2Y5.

At the Meeting, all matters put forward before the shareholders for consideration and approval as set out in the Company’s Notice of Meeting and Management Information Circular, dated April 19, 2021, were approved by an overwhelming majority of votes cast at the Meeting.

 

NUMBER OF DIRECTORS

The Shareholders approved the setting of the number of directors at four.

 

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The Shareholders elected the following slate of directors:

Spiros Margaris

Rick Huang
Cole Drezdoff
Bruce Mullen

 

APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS

The Shareholders re-appointed the current auditors, Saturna Group Chartered Professional Accountants LLP, as auditors of the Company for the ensuing year, with their remuneration to be fixed by the Company’s Board of Directors.

Detailed voting results are contained in the “Report of Voting Results” for the Meeting, which is available under Better Plant’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

 

About Better Plant:

Better Plant harnesses plant intelligence and leverages modern science to offer sustainable, plant-based products that are better for health and better for the earth. It makes and sells over 90 proprietary products, all made with 100% natural ingredients, under the brands Jusu, Urban Juve and Wright & Well. It has a direct-to-consumer platform for refrigerated goods that offers easy online ordering and convenient home delivery in select cities in Alberta and BC. Better Plant operates Jusu Bar, a quick serve restaurant alternative in Victoria, BC, which serves up fresh, healthy, and nutritious options with a focus on Jusu cold-pressed juices. Jusubar.com offers home delivery of refrigerated plant-based beverages consisting of cold-pressed juices and packaged juice cleanses. Through its Shopify enabled eCommerce sites getjusu.com and urbanjuve.com, Better Plant sells plant-based personal care products, including skin care, hair care and body care. Jusu also has a line of plant-based all-natural home cleaning products that are sold to cleaning companies, retailers and sold directly to consumers.  Better Plant also offers operational, financial, and other services to companies with businesses that align with Better Plant’s mission to help create a better world. Better Plant incubated NeonMind Biosciences Inc., which sells medicinal mushroom infused coffees and is developing drugs with psychedelic ingredients to treat obesity and to suppress appetite.

 

For more information on Better Plant, visit betterplantsciences.com or follow @betterplantsciences on Instagram.

 

Penny White, President & CEO

penny@betterplantsciences.com

1-833-515-2677

 

Investor Relations:

Alexandra Dumanski

invest@betterplantsciences.com

1-833-515-2677

 

The Canadian Securities Exchange has not reviewed, approved or disapproved the contents of this news release.

 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes forward-looking information and statements (collectively, “forward looking statements”) under applicable Canadian securities legislation.  Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates, forecasts, beliefs and assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  Such risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to: risks related to the development, testing, licensing, brand development, availability of packaging, intellectual property protection, reduced global commerce and reduced access to raw materials and other supplies due to the spread of COVID-19, the potential for not acquiring any rights as a result of the patent  application and any products making use of the intellectual property may be ineffective or the company may be unsuccessful in commercializing them; and other approvals will be required before commercial exploitation of the intellectual property can happen.  Demand for the company’s products, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties, delay or failure to receive board or regulatory approvals where applicable, and the state of the capital markets.  Better Plant cautions readers not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements provided by Better Plant, as such forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future results or performance and actual results may differ materially. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and Better Plant expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter statements containing any forward-looking information, or the factors or assumptions underlying them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.