ALEAF - Aleafia Health Announces Election of Directors

TORONTO, June 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aleafia Health Inc. (the “Company”) (TSX: ALEF) (OTC: ALEAF) (FRA:ARAH) is pleased to announce the results of the vote on the election of directors at its annual and special meeting of shareholders held on June 17, 2019 (the “Meeting”). On a vote conducted by ballot, all seven nominees set out in the management information circular of the Company dated May 10, 2019 were elected as directors of the Company to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected or appointed.  The voting results based on the ballots cast are set out below.

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Meeting have been filed with the Canadian securities regulators on the Company’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.

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About Aleafia Health:

Aleafia Health is a leading, vertically integrated cannabis health and wellness company with four primary business units: Cannabis Cultivation & Products, Health & Wellness Clinics, Cannabis Education, and Consumer Experience with ecommerce, retail distribution and provincial supply agreements.

Aleafia Health owns three major cannabis product & cultivation facilities, two of which are licensed and operational including the first large-scale outdoor cultivation facility in Canada. The Company produces a diverse portfolio of commercially proven, high-margin derivative products including oils, capsules and sprays. Aleafia Health operates the largest national network of medical cannabis clinics and education centres staffed by MDs, nurse practitioners and educators.

Innovation is at the heart of Aleafia Health competitive advantage. The Company maintains a medical cannabis dataset with over 10 million data points to inform proprietary illness-specific product development and its highly differentiated education platform FoliEdge Academy. The Company is committed to creating sustainable shareholder value and has been named the 2019 top performing company of the year by the TSX Venture Exchange prior to graduation to the TSX.

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