Shareholders approve Acquisition of SalvaRx Limited

TORONTO, Jan. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - (PBT.U: CSE, PTGEF: OTC Markets) – Portage Biotech Inc. ("Portage" or the "Company") is very pleased to announce that, at an annual general special meeting held today, shareholders overwhelmingly approved the acquisition of SalvaRx Limited (the "Transaction") along with other matters including the election of directors. Details of the Transaction are contained in the Company's information circular dated November 26^th, 2018 and its news release dated December 19, 2018 providing supplemental information regarding the Independent Director Review of the Transaction, copies of which may be found on www.sedar.com and the Company's website: https://www.portagebiotech.com/.

The Transaction also received minority shareholder approval in accordance with Multilateral Instrument 61-101 Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions.

Other matters approved at the meeting include: (a) the re-election of Declan Doogan, Kam Shah, Gregory Bailey, James Mellon, Steven Mintz and Ian Walters as directors; (b) the appointment of auditors; (c) the 2018 Consultant Stock Compensation Plan; (d) the 2018 Stock Option Plan; and (e) advance approval for a stock consolidation to be effected at such time as the directors in their discretion deem appropriate.

In accordance with the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement dated August 13, 2018, Portage will be issuing an aggregate of 805,070,066 common shares (the "Consideration Shares") on January 9, 2018 as follows:

Upon receipt of its Consideration Shares, SalvaRx Group plc ("Group") (AIM: SALV) intends to distribute the bulk of them to its shareholders as part of a corporate re-organization. Further information may be found at Group's website: https://www.salvarx.io/.

To obtain final CSE approval, the Company will be preparing and filing a Form 2A with CSE which will provide prospectus level disclosure on the Company after giving effect to the Transaction.

Greg Bailey MD, Chairman of Portage, said:

"As we have seen with the recent acquisition of Celgene for $74 billion based predominantly on its oncology pipeline this remains a very exciting area. We feel that the Portage/SalvaRx transaction positions both companies for the next phase of development. Both companies will continue their business models of building tangible businesses. I want to thank our shareholders for their patience as we waited for routine approvals."

Neither CSE nor its Market Regulator (as the term is defined in the policies of CSE) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

This news release may contain forward looking statements concerning future operations of Portage Biotech Inc. (the "Company"). All forward looking statements concerning the Company's future plans and operations, including management's assessment of the Company's expectations or beliefs may be subject to certain assumptions, risks and uncertainties beyond the Company's control. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual performance and financial results may differ materially from any estimates and projections.

SOURCE Portage Biotech Inc.

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