J55 Capital Corp. (“
J55”) (TSX-V: FIVE.P)
and Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. (“
Enthusiast”)
(TSXV: EGLX)(OTCQB: EGHIF) are pleased to announce that further to
the press release issued on May 31, 2019, J55 has received
conditional approval from the TSX Venture Exchange
(“
Exchange”) for its proposed Qualifying
Transaction (as defined in the policies of the Exchange) with
Aquilini GameCo Inc. (“
GameCo”) (the
“
Qualifying Transaction”), pursuant to which J55
has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding securities
of GameCo.
J55 and Enthusiast have also received
conditional approval from the Exchange for their proposed merger by
plan of arrangement pursuant to which J55 will acquire all
outstanding common shares of Enthusiast (the
“Arrangement”, and together with the Qualifying
Transaction, the “Transactions”). Further,
Enthusiast has obtained an interim order from the Ontario Superior
Court of Justice (Commercial List) (the “Interim
Order”) in connection with the Arrangement. The Interim
Order authorizes Enthusiast to call, hold and conduct an annual and
special meeting (the “Enthusiast Meeting”) of the
holders of the common shares of Enthusiast (the “Enthusiast
Shareholders”), pursuant to which the Enthusiast
Shareholders will consider and, if determined advisable, approve
the Arrangement. Enthusiast Shareholders will receive 4.22
post-First Consolidation (as defined below) common shares of J55
(“J55 Shares”) in exchange for each Enthusiast
Share pursuant to the Arrangement. Following the consummation of
the Transactions and the Second Consolidation (as defined below),
Enthusiast Shareholders will hold 0.5275 J55 Shares for each
Enthusiast common share previously held. No fractional shares will
be issued pursuant to the Second Consolidation; in such case, a
downward adjustment shall be made to the nearest whole J55 Share
without consideration in respect thereof.
J55 Annual and Special
Meeting
J55 will hold an annual and special meeting (the
“J55 Meeting”) of the holders of the J55 Shares
(the “J55 Shareholders”, and
together with the Enthusiast Shareholders, the
“Shareholders”) on August 26, 2019 at the offices
of Clark Wilson LLP, Suite 900 – 855 West Georgia Street,
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3H1 at 10:00 a.m. (Vancouver time).
The record date for determining J55 Shareholders entitled to
receive notice of and vote at the J55 Meeting was fixed as at the
close of business on July 17, 2019.
At the J55 Meeting, the J55 Shareholders will
consider, and if determined advisable, approve among other things,
the Qualifying Transaction and the Arrangement. Pursuant to
Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security
Holders in Special Transactions and Exchange Policy 5.9, because
the Qualifying Transaction is a Related Party Transaction (as
defined in the policies of the Exchange), the Qualifying
Transaction must be approved by at least a majority of all votes
cast by the disinterested J55 Shareholders at the J55 Meeting.
Further, pursuant to Exchange Policy 2.4, the Qualifying
Transaction must be approved by a majority of all votes cast by J55
Shareholders after excluding the votes of Non-Arm’s Length Parties
(as defined in Exchange Policy 2.4) to J55 or the Qualifying
Transaction, and persons acting jointly or in concert with such
Non-Arm’s Length Parties. The Arrangement must be approved by at
least a majority of all votes cast by the J55 Shareholders on the
resolution in respect of the Arrangement at the J55 Meeting.
Enthusiast Annual and Special
Meeting
In accordance with the Interim Order, Enthusiast
will hold an annual and special meeting of the Enthusiast
Shareholders (the “Enthusiast Meeting”, together
with the J55 Meeting, the “Meetings”) on August
26, 2019 at the offices of Stikeman Elliott LLP, 5300 Commerce
Court West, 199 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario M5L 1B9 at 10:00 a.m.
(Toronto time). The record date for determining Enthusiast
Shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at the
Enthusiast Meeting was fixed as at the close of business on July
19, 2019. The Arrangement must be approved by at least 66⅔% of all
votes cast by the Enthusiast Shareholders on the resolution in
respect of the Arrangement at the Enthusiast Meeting.
Information Circular and Meeting
Materials
In connection with the Meetings, J55 and
Enthusiast mailed a joint management information circular dated
July 23, 2019 (the “Circular”), notices of meeting
and forms of proxy and related meeting materials (collectively, the
“Meeting Materials”) to their Shareholders on July
26, 2019 and August 5, 2019, respectively. Shareholders are urged
to carefully review all Meeting Materials as they contain important
information concerning the Transactions and the rights and
entitlements of the Shareholders in relation thereto. The Meeting
Materials are available on SEDAR under J55’s and Enthusiast
Gaming’s respective profiles at www.sedar.com.
The terms of each of the Transactions are
summarized in the press release issued on May 31, 2019 and the full
details of each of the Transactions are contained in the Circular.
The anticipated hearing date for the application for the final
order of the court (the “Final Order”) has been
scheduled to take place on August 29, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. (Toronto
time) in Toronto, Ontario. Subject to obtaining the Final Order,
the required approvals from the Shareholders at the Meetings, the
final approval from the Exchange, and satisfying the conditions to
implementing the Qualifying Transaction as set out in the
amalgamation agreement entered into between J55, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of J55 and GameCo on May 30, 2019, as amended (the
“Amalgamation Agreement”), and the Arrangement as
set out in the arrangement agreement entered into between J55,
GameCo and Enthusiast on May 30, 2019 (the “Arrangement
Agreement”), the Transactions are anticipated to be
completed in early September 2019.
Summary Financial
Information
GameCo Financial Statements
GameCo’s audited financial statements for the
period from August 29, 2018 to December 31, 2018, and unaudited
interim financial statements for the three months ended March 31,
2019 (collectively, the “GameCo Financial
Statements”), which were prepared in accordance with IFRS,
have been appended to the Circular.
A summary of financial information from the
GameCo Financial Statements, disclosed in accordance with Exchange
policies, is included in the table below:
|
As at March 31, 2019 (unaudited) |
As at December 31, 2018 (audited) |
Total Assets |
$ |
29,854,729 |
|
$ |
5,865,179 |
|
Total Liabilities |
$ |
1,522,388 |
|
$ |
421,538 |
|
Total Shareholder’s Equity |
$ |
28,332,341 |
|
$ |
5,443,641 |
|
Revenue |
$ |
0 |
|
$ |
0 |
|
Cost of Sales |
N/A |
N/A |
Expenses |
$ |
371,978 |
|
$ |
384,105 |
|
Net Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the
Period |
$ |
(371,978 |
) |
$ |
(384,105 |
) |
Net Income (Loss) per Share |
$ |
(0.002 |
) |
$ |
0.00 |
|
Luminosity Gaming Financial Statements
As previously announced in the press release
issued May 31, 2019, immediately prior to the closing of the
Qualifying Transaction, GameCo will complete its acquisition of
Luminosity Gaming Inc. (“Luminosity Canada”) and
Luminosity Gaming (USA), LLC (“Luminosity USA”,
which together with Luminosity Canada is herein referred to as
“Luminosity Gaming”). Luminosity Gaming’s combined
audited financial statements for the three years ended December 31,
2018, 2017 and 2016, and unaudited interim financial statements for
the three months ended March 31, 2019 (collectively, the
“Luminosity Financial Statements”), which were
prepared in accordance with IFRS, have been appended to the
Circular.
A summary of financial information from the
Luminosity Financial Statements, disclosed in accordance with
Exchange policies, is included in the table below:
|
As at March 31, 2019 (unaudited) |
As at December 31, 2018 (audited) |
As at December 31, 2017 (audited) |
As at December 31, 2016 (audited) |
Total Assets |
$ |
420,299 |
|
$ |
1,044,305 |
$ |
1,179,002 |
|
$ |
956,714 |
Total Liabilities |
$ |
977,959 |
|
$ |
962,869 |
$ |
796,740 |
|
$ |
370,291 |
Total Shareholder’s Equity |
$ |
420,299 |
|
$ |
1,004,305 |
$ |
1,179,002 |
|
$ |
956,714 |
Revenue |
$ |
426,868 |
|
$ |
3,847,127 |
$ |
2,647,491 |
|
$ |
3,336,340 |
Cost of Sales |
$ |
759,632 |
|
$ |
3,081,916 |
$ |
2,247,785 |
|
$ |
2,039,101 |
Expenses |
$ |
218,729 |
|
$ |
723,461 |
$ |
409,662 |
|
$ |
193,459 |
Net Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the
Period |
$ |
(440,042 |
) |
$ |
184,188 |
$ |
(23,161 |
) |
$ |
846,206 |
Net Income (Loss) per Share |
$ |
(4,400 |
) |
$ |
1,849 |
$ |
(232 |
) |
$ |
8,462 |
(1)
Calculation includes loss/gain from foreign exchange and provision
for/recovery of income taxes.
Pro Forma Financial Statements of the QT
Resulting Issuer and Resulting Issuer
J55 has prepared unaudited pro forma financial
statements as at March 31, 2019 and for the year ended December 31,
2018 (the “Pro Forma Financial Statements”) that
incorporate the completion of each of the Transactions. A summary
of the Pro Forma Financial Statements of J55 following the
completion of the Qualifying Transaction (the “QT Resulting
Issuer”) and the completion of the Arrangement (the
“Resulting Issuer”), disclosed in accordance with
Exchange policies, is included in the table below, and a copy of
the Prof Forma Financial Statements have been appended to the
Circular:
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 |
|
J55 |
GameCo |
Luminosity |
QT Pro Forma Adjustments |
QT Resulting Issuer |
Enthusiast Gaming |
Resulting Issuer Pro Forma Adjustments |
Resulting Issuer Pro Forma |
Total Assets |
$ |
1,238,585 |
|
$ |
29,854,729 |
|
$ |
420,299 |
|
$ |
35,634,284 |
|
$ |
67,147,897 |
|
$ |
13,976,402 |
|
$ |
111,334,464 |
|
$ |
192,458,763 |
|
Total Liabilities |
$ |
81,503 |
|
$ |
1,522,388 |
|
$ |
977,959 |
|
$ |
10,100,000 |
|
$ |
12,681,850 |
|
$ |
10,507,172 |
|
$ |
(7,750,000 |
) |
$ |
15,439,022 |
|
Total Shareholder’s Equity (Deficit) |
$ |
1,157,082 |
|
$ |
28,332,341 |
|
$ |
(557,660 |
) |
$ |
25,534,284 |
|
$ |
54,466,047 |
|
$ |
3,469,230 |
|
$ |
119,084,464 |
|
$ |
177,019,741 |
|
Revenue |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
$ |
426,868 |
|
$ |
(113,334 |
) |
$ |
313,534 |
|
$ |
2,060,709 |
|
|
- |
|
$ |
2,374,243 |
|
Cost of Sales |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
$ |
759,632 |
|
|
- |
|
$ |
759,632 |
|
$ |
1,939,994 |
|
|
- |
|
$ |
2,699,626 |
|
Expenses |
$ |
62,202 |
|
$ |
371,978 |
|
$ |
218,729 |
|
$ |
113,334 |
|
$ |
766,243 |
|
$ |
2,280,564 |
|
|
- |
|
$ |
3,046,808 |
|
Net Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the
Period(1) |
$ |
(62,202 |
) |
$ |
(371,978 |
) |
$ |
(440,042 |
) |
$ |
(226,668 |
) |
$ |
(1,100,890 |
) |
$ |
(2,501,497 |
) |
|
- |
|
$ |
(3,583,674 |
) |
(1)
Calculation includes loss/gain from foreign exchange and provision
for/recovery of income taxes.
For the Year Ended December 31, 2018 |
|
J55 |
GameCo |
Luminosity |
QT Pro Forma Adjustments |
QT Resulting Issuer |
Enthusiast Gaming |
Resulting Issuer Pro Forma Adjustments |
Resulting Issuer Pro Forma |
Revenue |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
$ |
3,847,727 |
|
- |
|
$ |
3,847,127 |
|
$ |
10,970,855 |
|
|
- |
|
$ |
14,817,982 |
|
Cost of Sales |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
$ |
3,081,916 |
|
- |
|
$ |
3,081,916 |
|
$ |
9,428,575 |
|
|
- |
|
$ |
12,510,491 |
|
Expenses |
$ |
62,202 |
|
$ |
321,978 |
|
$ |
723,461 |
$ |
7,028,964 |
|
$ |
8,136,605 |
|
$ |
19,952,828 |
|
|
2,800,000 |
|
$ |
30,889,433 |
|
Net Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the
Period(1) |
$ |
(62,202 |
) |
$ |
(371,978 |
) |
$ |
184,888 |
$ |
(7,028,964 |
) |
$ |
(7,228,256 |
) |
$ |
(19,159,497 |
) |
$ |
(2,800,000 |
) |
$ |
(29,348,067 |
) |
(1)
Calculation includes loss/gain from foreign exchange and provision
for/recovery of income taxes.
Consolidations and Name
Change
As previously announced in the press release
dated May 31, 2019, in connection with the closing of the
Qualifying Transaction, J55 intends to consolidate (the
“First Consolidation”) the issued and outstanding
J55 Shares on the basis of 1.25 pre-First Consolidation J55 Shares
for one post-First Consolidation J55 Share prior to the completion
of the Qualifying Transaction. The First Consolidation will be
completed using the push out method and letters of transmittal will
not be sent to J55 Shareholders.
Following, and in connection with, the closing
of the Arrangement, J55 intends to complete a second consolidation
(the “Second Consolidation” and together with the
First Consolidation, the “Consolidations”) of the
issued and outstanding J55 Shares on the basis of 8 post-First
Consolidation J55 Shares for one post-Second Consolidation J55
Share. The purpose of the Second Consolidation is to decrease the
number of issued and outstanding J55 Shares. The J55 Shares issued
in considerations for the common shares of GameCo pursuant to the
Qualifying Transaction and the J55 Shares issued in consideration
for the Enthusiast Shares pursuant to the Arrangement will be
subject to the Second Consolidation. Immediately following the
closing of the Transactions but prior to the Second Consolidation,
it is expected that there will be 568,438,454 J55 Shares issued and
outstanding. Following the Second Consolidation, it is expected
that there will be approximately 71,054,803 J55 Shares issued and
outstanding.
In connection with the Transactions, J55 also
plans to change its name (the “Name Change”) from
“J55 Capital Corp.” to “Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc.”, and to
change its trading symbol to “EGLX” or such other symbol as
approved by the Exchange. Enthusiast will change its name to
“Enthusiast Gaming Properties Inc.” and the Enthusiast Shares will
be delisted from the TSXV and the OTCQB, and Enthusiast will apply
to cease to be a reporting issuer.
In accordance with J55’s Articles, the
Consolidations and the Name Change do not require the approval of
the J55 Shareholders and may be completed subject to board
approval. The First Consolidation, Second Consolidation, Name
Change and change in trading symbol are subject to the approval of
the Exchange.
Directors and Officers
As announced in the May 31, 2019 press release,
the board of directors of the Resulting Issuer is expected to
consist of seven members, including three nominees of J55, being
Francesco Aquilini, Adrian Montgomery and Stephen Maida, and two
nominees of Enthusiast, being Menashe Kestenbaum and Alan Friedman.
J55 and Enthusiast now wish to announce the remaining nominee of
Enthusiast will be Ben Colabrese, and the independent nominee will
be Michael Beckerman. Additional information regarding all proposed
directors and officers of the Resulting Issuer is contained in the
Circular.
Consulting Agreements
GameCo has entered into, and plans to enter
into, certain consulting agreements prior to the closing of the
Transactions. Under these consulting agreements, as compensation
for consulting services to be rendered, it is expected that the
consultants will be issued a certain number of J55 Shares on the
Closing at a price of $0.45 per share, subject to the approval of
the Exchange and the J55 Shareholders. J55 Shares issued pursuant
to such consulting agreements will be subject to certain voluntary
escrow or escrow required by the Exchange and will be released from
escrow upon certain milestones being met and services being
rendered. Further information concerning such consulting agreements
is included in the Circular.
Trading Halt
As of the date of this release, trading of the
J55 Shares is halted. J55 anticipates that trading will remain
halted until all documentation in respect of the Transactions has
been received and approved, as necessary, by the Exchange.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF J55
“John
Veltheer”
John VeltheerChief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF ENTHUSIAST
“Menashe
Kestenbaum”
John VeltheerChief Executive Officer and Director
Completion of the Transactions is subject to a
number of conditions, including but not limited to, Exchange
acceptance and if applicable pursuant to Exchange Requirements,
majority of the minority shareholder approval. Where applicable,
the Transactions cannot close until the required shareholder
approval is obtained. There can be no assurance that the
Transactions will be completed as proposed or at all. Investors are
cautioned that, except as disclosed in the management information
circular or filing statement to be prepared in connection with the
Transactions, any information released or received with respect to
the Transactions may not be accurate or complete and should not be
relied upon. Trading in the securities of a capital pool company
should be considered highly speculative. The TSX Venture Exchange
Inc. has in no way passed upon the merits of the proposed
transaction and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents
of this press release.
Disclaimer for Forward-Looking
Information
Certain statements in this release are
forward-looking statements, which reflect the expectations of
management regarding the completion of the Qualifying Transaction,
the Arrangement, and related transactions. Forward looking
statements consist of statements that are not purely historical,
including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or
intentions regarding the future. Such statements are subject
to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results,
performance or developments to differ materially from those
contained in the statements, including risks related to factors
beyond the control of J55 or Enthusiast. The risks include
the following: conditions not being satisfied for the Arrangement
or Qualifying Transaction closing; and other risks that are
customary to transactions of this nature. No assurance can be
given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking
statements will occur or, if they do occur, what benefits J55 or
Enthusiast will obtain from them.
This press release does not constitute an offer
to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in
the United States. The securities have not been and will not
be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or any state securities laws
and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to a
U.S. Person unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and
applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such
registration is available.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
For further information regarding J55, please
contact: John VeltheerChief Financial Officer, Secretary and
Director Telephone: 604-562-6915Email: john@veltheer.com
For further information regarding Enthusiast, please
contact:
Julia BeckerHead of Investor Relations & MarketingTelephone:
604-785-0850Email: jbecker@enthusiastgaming.com
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