CALGARY,
AB, May 27, 2022 /CNW/ - Comprehensive
Healthcare Systems Inc., an industry leader in healthcare benefits
administration software and services, has the approval to begin
trading its common shares on the OTC Markets Groups OTCQB Venture
Market in the United States under
the symbol CMHSF. The company's common shares will start trading on
the OTCQB on May 27, 2022, and will
continue to trade on its primary listing on the TSX Venture
Exchange under the symbol TSXV-CHS.
Comprehensive Healthcare shares are also DTC services eligible
for electronic clearing and settlement through the Depository Trust
Company in the United States.
DTC is a subsidiary of the Depository Trust & Clearing
Corp., a U.S. company that manages publicly traded companies'
electronic clearing and settlement. Securities that are eligible to
be electronically cleared and settled through DTC are considered
"DTC eligible." DTC eligibility is expected to simplify the process
of trading and enhance the liquidity of the company's common shares
in the United States.
With DTC eligibility, existing investors benefit from
potentially greater liquidity and execution speeds. This also opens
the door to new investors that may have been previously restricted
from the company's common shares and simplifies trading its common
shares in the United States.
Christopher Cosgrove, Chief
Executive Officer of Comprehensive Healthcare Systems, commented:
"We are pleased to hit this new corporate milestone, as part of a
broader corporate strategy, for the company's shares to be traded
in both Canada and the United States, and to now be formally
approved to be trading on the OTCQB. This will allow the company to
attract a much broader base of American and international
investors. Trading on the OTCQB will expand the company's existing
presence, to new and its existing shareholder base in the United States, with proven electronic
transparent trading platforms."
The OTCQB is recognized as a trusted, established financial
market distinguished by the integrity of its operations for US and
international companies that wish to trade in the United States. The OTCQB Venture Market
offers companies the opportunity to build their visibility, expand
much-needed liquidity and diversify their shareholder base on an
established and regulated public market. To qualify for trading on
this market, companies must meet a higher financial standard,
follow best practice corporate governance and leadership, and
demonstrate adherence with Canadian and U.S. Securities laws
combined with having a professional third-party sponsor
introduction.
About Comprehensive Healthcare
Systems Inc.
Comprehensive Healthcare Systems Inc. is a corporation
incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta and is the parent company of
Comprehensive Healthcare Systems Inc. (Delaware). The Company is a vertically
integrated software as a services (SaaS) company focused on
digitizing healthcare with Telehealth and Healthcare Benefits
Administration solutions, providing reliable and high-volume
transaction capable systems. The Company's state of the art HPS
Novus Healthcare Welfare and Benefits Administration (HWBA) SaaS
platform is used by clients for all aspects of healthcare benefits
administration (including insurance companies, hospitals, doctors,
and labor unions, through a various corporation in which the
majority shareholder has controlling ownership), providing
healthcare administrative software, licensing and maintenance
services.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation
Service Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the
TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
SOURCE Comprehensive Healthcare Systems Inc.