VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 13,
2022 /CNW/ - good natured Products Inc. (the
"Company" or "good natured®") (TSXV: GDNP) (OTCQX:
GDNPF), a North American leader in plant-based products, is pleased
to announce the appointment of Keith
Spencer to the good natured® board of directors,
effective December 13, 2022.
Recognized for his extensive involvement and commitment to
entrepreneurs and the community, Mr. Spencer is a sought-after
expert on technology, venture capital funding, and high-growth
commercialization, including outsourcing, e-commerce and
intellectual property law.
As past Co-Leader of the Start-Up & Emerging Company
Services group at Fasken, a major multinational law firm, Keith's
expertise and industry leadership have earned him recognition and
honors such as Best Lawyers in Canada for Technology Law (2012-2023), Best
Lawyers in Canada for Information
Technology Law (2009-2023), and Vancouver Technology Law Lawyer of
the Year (2015). Keith is also the recipient of the BC Technology
Industry Association's Bill Thompson Lifetime Achievement Award for
his exemplary efforts and passion for entrepreneurs.
Mr. Spencer has served on numerous emerging technology boards
and represented many of British
Columbia's most successful technology companies and/or their
investors through multiple rounds of funding, periods of
exceptional commercial growth, and has acted for management and
shareholders in many of British
Columbia's highest profile technology M&A
transactions.
Subsequent to this announcement and as noted in the Company's
information circular relating to its Annual General Meeting in
July 2022, Mr. Michael Thomson will retire from the Company's
board of directors on or about December 31,
2022.
"I would like to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation
to Mr. Thomson, who has served with utmost dedication on our board
since we first went public in 2015. We will certainly miss his vast
expertise, boundless energy and guidance as we evolved on the TSX
Venture Exchange," said Paul Antoniadis, Executive Chair & CEO
of good natured®. "We're equally thrilled to
welcome Keith with his extensive experience advising companies with
ambitious commercial growth objectives, like ourselves."
"I share Paul and his team's passion for finding new ways
to make everyday products and packaging from renewable materials
that are recyclable or biodegradable," stated Keith Spencer. "I've long believed in the
Company's vision to commercialize innovative biotechnology that can
reduce plastic pollution and was an early investor prior to the
Company going public. I'm looking forward to joining the board and
rolling up my sleeves to help good natured® take
its next big steps."
Paul Antoniadis added: "At our heart, good
natured® is a technology company that's combining
industry-leading plant-based material expertise with
consumer-oriented supply chains and sales channels to make
cleantech more accessible to the mainstream market. For those who
know Keith personally, you know his approachable – I'll say it,
"good natured" – style of doing business will keep us centred on
our objective of becoming North
America's leading earth-friendly product company and
maximizing our positive environmental impact."
The good natured® corporate profile can be
found at: investor.goodnaturedproducts.com
About good natured Products Inc.
good natured® is passionately
pursuing its goal of becoming North
America's leading earth-friendly product company by offering
the broadest assortment of plant-based products made from rapidly
renewable resources instead of fossil fuels. The Company is focused
on making it easy and affordable for business owners and consumers
to shift away from petroleum to better everyday
products® that use more renewable
materials, less fossil fuel, and no chemicals of concern.
good natured® offers over 400
products and services through wholesale, direct to business, and
retail channels. From plant-based home organization products to
certified compostable food containers, bio-based industrial
supplies and medical packaging, the Company is focused on making
plant-based products more readily accessible to people as a means
to create meaningful environmental and social impact.
Learn more about good
natured® at goodnaturedproducts.com
On behalf of the Company:
Paul Antoniadis – Executive Chair & CEO
Contact: 1-604-566-8466
Investor Contact:
Spencer Churchill
Investor Relations
1-877-286-0617 ext. 113
invest@goodnaturedproducts.com
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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking
Information
Information regarding the anticipated retirement date of Mr.
Thomson associated with the Company's information circular related
to its Annual General Meeting, and specifically that Mr. Thomson
would remain in place for thirty days following the appointment of
a replacement director to facilitate a transition, may constitute
forward-looking information within the meaning of securities laws.
By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our
actual results, performance or achievements, or other future
events, to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements.
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information to make decisions, investors and others should
carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties
and potential events. The Company has assumed that the material
factors referred to herein will not cause such forward-looking
statements and information to differ materially from actual results
or events. However, there can be no assurance that such assumptions
will reflect the actual outcome of such items or factors.
Other than as required under securities laws, we do not
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time.
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statement.
SOURCE Good Natured Products