GA Capital Corp. (TSX VENTURE: GAC.P) ("GAC") is pleased to
announce that, further to its press release dated October 26, 2009
it has entered into a definitive share exchange agreement dated
December 14, 2009 (the "Share Exchange Agreement") between GAC and
LookNow Ltd. ("LookNow"), Leighton Powell ("Powell"), 3803139
Canada Inc. ("PowellCo") and Nick Dawes ("Dawes") (Powell, PowellCo
and Dawes collectively, the "Majority Securityholders") which
contemplates the acquisition of all outstanding shares of LookNow
through a share exchange (the "Transaction"). Upon completion of
the business combination, LookNow would become a wholly owned
subsidiary of GAC and the Transaction is expected to constitute
GAC's Qualifying Transaction as defined in Policy 2.4 of the TSX
Venture Exchange (the "Exchange" or "TSX Venture") Corporate
Finance Manual.
About LookNow
LookNow is a company amalgamated under the federal laws of
Canada and has an office in Ottawa, Ontario. LookNow has a
wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary incorporated under the laws
of Delaware with an office in New York, New York. LookNow operates
in the technology sector and is engaged in the development of a web
application branded as "University Junction.com". University
Junction.com is a free online academic productivity tool to help
undergraduate students achieve better grades by learning more
efficiently. It allows students to learn concepts outside of class
by collaborating with classmates and students taking similar
courses at any of the 118 universities that are presently available
through the website.
LookNow has been in business for nine years, the first six of
which were focused on developing a search technology that was more
accurate than existing systems. The resulting search technology
provides very accurate results when using queries of more than
three words. Two patent applications have been filed and are
pending for this technology. The past three years have been spent
conducting market research and developing a service to assist
undergraduate university students in their learning process.
As reported in its audited consolidated financial statements for
the year ended July 31, 2009, LookNow had total assets of $768,967,
total liabilities of $1,744,820 and shareholders' deficiency of
$975,853. For the fiscal year ended July 31 2009, LookNow had no
revenue and recorded a net loss of $1,954,987.
LookNow currently has 35,361,142 common shares issued and
outstanding and a further 14,970,235 common shares reserved for
issuance for options and other convertible securities.
Transaction Summary
The Transaction will be effected by way of GAC acquiring all of
the common shares of LookNow through share exchanges which will
result in LookNow becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of GAC. The
Share Exchange Agreement contemplates the acquisition of shares of
LookNow from the Majority Securityholders representing
approximately 86% of the currently outstanding LookNow shares and
offers to acquire the remaining shares from the minority
shareholders on the same financial terms. The deemed value of the
common shares of LookNow has been determined to be $0.2484 per
share (the "LookNow Deemed Price") and is based on a fully diluted
issued and outstanding share capital of 50,331,377 common shares of
LookNow with an aggregate value of $12,500,000. Under the Share
Exchange Agreement, GAC would issue 1.6272 GAC shares for each one
(1) LookNow share (the "Exchange Ratio") subject to adjustment in
certain events, with each GAC share having a deemed value of
$0.1526. The Transaction is conditional upon the following matters
occurring prior to, or in connection with, the completion of the
Transaction:
(a) the acquisition by GAC of all the issued and outstanding shares of
LookNow;
(b) the completion by LookNow of an arm's length brokered offering or
private placement of LookNow shares for gross proceeds of not less
than $1.5 million on terms acceptable to LookNow and GAC (the
"Private Placement");
(c) the resignation of all but one of the current directors of GAC and
the appointment of Leighton Powell, Jay Brightman, Robert Houle and
Alan Powell as directors of GAC;
(d) the resignation of all of the current officers of GAC and the
appointment of Leighton Powell as Chief Executive Officer and Allan
Ringler as Chief Financial Officer of GAC;
(e) the creation of an advisory committee to GAC for a period of one year
after the closing on which one of Allan Ringler or George Duguay,
current directors and officers of GAC, shall be entitled to be a
member; and
(f) subject to Exchange approval, the concurrent issuance of stock
options of GAC to each of the eligible individuals currently holding
stock options of LookNow on such terms and conditions, including
exercise price, as are agreed to byLookNow, consistent with the stock
option plan of GAC and as approved by the Exchange.
LookNow intends to engage a registered dealer to assist with the
Private Placement however, an engagement agreement has not yet been
entered into and the terms for the Private Placement have not yet
been established. The proceeds from the Private Placement are
intended to be used for the development of LookNow's marketing
strategy to universities in North America. To the extent that the
Private Placement price is less than the LookNow Deemed Price, the
Exchange Ratio is to be adjusted downward proportionately.
Assuming completion of the Transaction and without giving effect
to the Private Placement or any adjustment of the Exchange Ratio
that may be required in connection therewith, the current LookNow
shareholders would hold approximately 65,939,783 or 88.58% of the
74,439,783 GAC common shares that would be issued and outstanding
and the current GAC shareholders would hold approximately 8,500,000
or 11.42% of the issued and outstanding GAC common shares.
The Transaction is to be completed on or before January 31,
2010. A $25,000 deposit has been provided by GAC to LookNow, which
would be repayable if the Transaction is not completed.
The Transaction is an arm's length transaction as no related
party of GAC has any interest in LookNow. Accordingly, the
Transaction will not, as currently contemplated, be subject to
approval by the shareholders of GAC.
GAC and LookNow confirm that there are no finder's fees or other
similar fees payable to any person or party with respect to the
Transaction.
GAC intends to apply to the Exchange for a waiver of the
sponsorship requirements for the Transaction based upon the Private
Placement and/or other exemptions available in Exchange
policies.
Insiders of the Resulting Issuer
Upon completion of the Transaction, the Board of Directors of
the resulting issuer will consist of Leighton Powell, Jay
Brightman, Robert Houle, Alan Powell and J. Allan Ringler, a
current director of GAC.
Management of the resulting issuer will consist of Leighton
Powell as Chief Executive Officer and Allan Ringler as Chief
Financial Officer.
Leighton Powell, Director. Mr. Leighton Powell is currently the
Chief Executive Officer, President, Director and Secretary of
LookNow Ltd. and LookNow Inc. Prior to this position he was CEO and
Director of Loran International Technologies Inc. a data networking
company he founded in May 1992. Loran International Technologies
had several inventions, for which it filed and received eleven
patents and, in August 2000, Loran was sold to Peregrine Systems of
San Diego for $108 million US. For the seven years prior to that he
provided management consulting services to Montreal Trust and to
Alcan in the area of information systems through his management
consulting company. In his early career, he was a systems engineer
and programmer with IBM World Trade and designed and coded several
systems. He has been an entrepreneur for the past 30 years. He
holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of
Waterloo and a Masters in Business Administration from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
Jay Brightman, Director. Mr. Jay Brightman provides investment,
merchant banking, corporate finance and financial advisory services
to public and private corporations. Mr. Brightman has been engaged
in all aspects of corporate finance and has spearheaded a number of
acquisitions. Prior to his current role as President of B.C.V.
Inc., Mr. Brightman was associated with a leading Canadian venture
capital firm where he was responsible for overseeing the
operational activities of a variety of companies involved in
technology, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and entertainment.
Robert G. Houle, Director. Robert Houle is Vice-President of
CAPCORP Financial Corporation where he has worked since 1992
advising organizations on all aspects of employee benefits.
Previously, he worked at London Life Insurance Company and
Great-West Life Assurance Company for a combined 10-year period.
Mr. Houle is also an owner and Director of Employer Benefits
Advisors Inc. (EBAI). From 1998 to 2001, Robert Houle served as a
Director of the Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting where he
chaired the national Employee Benefits Issue Group. Since 1983, he
has been a member of Advocis, the Association for financial
advisors of Canada and has been a member of the Financial Planning
Standards Council of Canada. Robert Houle holds an Honours Bachelor
of Arts degree from Laurentian University and a Master of Public
Administration degree from Queen's University.
Alan L. W. Powell, Director. Alan Powell is currently the Chief
Marketing Officer and a director of LookNow Ltd. He holds a
Bachelor of Engineering from McGill University and a Masters in
Business Administration from the Lally School of Management and
Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has worked at
Loran International Technologies, the National Research Council of
Canada and Finning (Canada) Ltd. Over the past couple of years, he
has worked with LookNow's target demographic in various capacities
and has expertise in both the online and offline marketing fields
as well as product development.
J. Allan Ringler, Director. Mr. J. Allan Ringler is currently
the Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of GAC and is
the Chief Financial Officer and a director of Royal Standard
Minerals Inc. He has been the President of Allan Ringler Services
Inc. since January 1989, and was a partner of Duguay and Ringler
Corporate Services, a provider of corporate and financial
administrative services to public companies, until February 2006.
From July 2006 to July 31, 2007, Mr. Ringler was a sales
representative with Remax Orillia Realty (1996) Ltd. He co-founded
Equity Transfer & Trust, a provider of transfer agent and
corporate trust services and served as President from 2002 to 2006.
He has been a director of Grey Horse Corp., the parent company of
Equity Transfer & Trust, since 2004. Mr. Ringler holds both a
Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario and
a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Windsor. He is
a Certified Management Accountant and a member of the Institute of
Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Canada.
Mr. Nicholas Dawes will not be an officer or director of the
continuing company however he will hold more than 10% of the issued
and outstanding shares of GAC upon completion of the Transaction
resulting in him being an insider of GAC.
Mr. Nicholas Dawes, Insider. Mr. Nicholas Dawes received his
doctorate in elementary particle physics from Oxford University in
1974. He joined the National Physical Laboratory in London, UK,
working on communication network research. In 1977, he moved to
Canada to work at Bell Northern Research, to work on communications
networks, pioneer email systems and related technologies. From 1987
to 1996, he was a professor at Carleton University in the
department of Systems and Computer Engineering. In 1996, he moved
to Loran International Technologies as Chief Scientist, building
and leading the software team that invented a series of new
technologies which automated network management. Eleven patents
were granted based on this work. In 2000, he partnered with
Leighton Powell in LookNow, carrying out research and development
of novel search technology, defined in patent filings. He retired
in late 2007 due to poor health.
Upon completion of the Transaction, PowellCo., a company
incorporated under the federal laws of Canada and wholly-owned by
Leighton Powell, will hold more than 10% of the issued and
outstanding shares of GAC.
Completion of the Transaction 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 Transaction
cannot close until the required shareholder approval is obtained.
There can be no assurance that the Transaction 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 Transaction, any information released or
received with respect to the Transaction 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 Transaction and has neither approved nor disapproved
the contents of this press release.
This press release may contain forward-looking information with
respect to the Transaction and matters concerning the business,
operations, strategy, and financial performance of GAC and LookNow.
The completion of the Transaction and the future business,
operations and performance of GAC discussed herein could differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Such
forward-looking information is qualified in its entirety by the
inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations,
including that the Transaction contemplated herein is completed.
Forward-looking information is based on a number of assumptions
which may prove to be incorrect, including, but not limited to the
ability of GAC and LookNow to complete the Transaction and related
transactions described therein or to satisfy the requirements of
the Exchange with respect to the Transaction. The cautionary
statements qualify all forward-looking information attributable to
GAC and LookNow and persons acting on their behalves. Unless
otherwise stated, all forward looking information speaks only as of
the date of this press release and GAC and LookNow have no
obligations to update such information except as required by
law.
The securities of GAC being offered have not been, nor will be,
registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and may not be offered or sold within the United States or
to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons absent U.S.
registration or an applicable exemption from U.S. registration
requirements. This release does not constitute an offer for sale of
securities in the United States.
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.
Contacts: GA Capital Corp. J. Allan Ringler President &
Chief Executive Officer (239) 948-7148 alringler@bell.net
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