Service NL
February 8, 2016

Public Advisory: Public Cautioned About Illegal Investment Activity

Service NL advises that an individual by the name of Michael Joseph Maher is soliciting Newfoundlanders and Labradorians to invest money through an advertisement titled �Investors Wanted� published February 1, 2016 in Coffee News. This individual has never been registered under the Securities Act to solicit or trade in securities in this jurisdiction.

If consumers have invested money through this individual they are advised to notify Service NL, Financial Services Regulation Division at 709-729-2596.

As this individual is unregistered, he is prohibited from acting, advertising, soliciting, conducting or negotiating directly or indirectly in furtherance of the trade of securities in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Service NL encourages members of the public to always thoroughly research investment opportunities before investing in them. Investors can check registrations by visiting the Canadian Securities Administration website at www.securities-administrators.ca and clicking on National Registration Search. If the company or individual is not registered, members of the public are encouraged to notify Service NL by email at servicenlinfo@gov.nl.ca, or by calling the Financial Services Regulation Division at 709-729-2596.

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Media contact:

Jason Card Director of Communications Service NL 709-729-4860, 699-0470 jasoncard@gov.nl.ca

2016 02 08                              3:40 p.m.