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Black Bull Resources Inc. (TSX-V:BBS.H)
(“
Black Bull” or the “
Company”)
is pleased to announce that the Company has signed a definitive
agreement dated September 19, 2017 (the "
Purchase
Agreement") with a group of investment and business
professionals to effect an arm's length "Change of Business" (as
defined in Policy 5.2 of the TSX Venture Exchange) transaction (the
"
Transaction") which, subject to regulatory and
final closing conditions, will see Black Bull transition from a
Resource Issuer to an Investment Issuer within the meaning of such
terms in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange (the
“
Exchange” or "
TSXV"). As the
Transaction is an arm's length transaction involving an issuer
listed on the NEX, it is anticipated that no shareholder approval
will be required.
The Transaction
Under the Transaction, the Company will acquire
certain shareholdings (the "Purchased Assets")
from Mr. Kevin Spall, Mr. Ian Wild and Mr. Andrew Osis (the
"Vendors") in exchange for the issuance of
28,000,000 Common Shares of the Company at a deemed price of $0.05
per share and the creation and issuance to the Vendors of 1,000,000
Preferred Series B Shares of the Company at a deemed price of $1.00
per Preferred Series B Share, such Preferred Series B Shares having
terms mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Vendors.
The Purchased Assets will be comprised of all of the Vendors'
equity interests in Bioshield Corp., Goodlife Networks Inc., Ignite
Collaboration Services Group, Inc., Power Symmetry Inc. and
Previcare Corp. (the "Portfolio Companies"). Upon
closing of the Transaction ("Closing"), Mr. Kevin
Spall and Mr. Andrew Osis will be appointed as Co-CEO’s of the
Company, and Mr. Ian Wild as Chairman. The Company will,
immediately after Closing, have ownership interests in the
Portfolio Companies as well as any existing assets in which the
Company currently holds an interest.
Upon Closing, finder's fees, to be satisfied by
the issuance of 500,000 Common Shares in each case, will be paid to
each of Thomas Hart and David D. Heighington. Additionally, for
services previously rendered to the Vendors, the Vendors and the
Company have agreed to issue to Eugene Chen Professional
Corporation 228,000 Common Shares at a price of $0.05 per
share.
After Closing, the business of the Company will
be hands-on merchant banking, and its corporate head office will be
located in Calgary at a location to be disclosed in a future press
release. The existing management and Board of Directors of the
Company will, upon Closing, resign from the Company and the
Magnetic North Team and certain other individuals noted below will
be appointed, and will constitute, the new management and Board of
Directors of the Company. The new management team and Board of
Directors (the "Magnetic North Team") will be a
team of highly experienced professionals in finance, operations and
strategy. The core principle of which is that "capital alone
doesn’t solve problems." After the Proposed Transaction, the
Company will provide capital, management and Board level
representation to its investee companies. The Magnetic North Team
believes that capital coupled with expertise and experience
provides a superior return on investment to investors.
The Transaction is subject to a number of
conditions, including but not limited to: requisite regulatory,
corporate, and third-party approvals, including Exchange approval;
all required board approvals by the Company, the receipt of a
fairness opinion to the satisfaction of the board of directors of
the Company; and completion of due diligence investigations to the
satisfaction of each of the Company and the Vendors.
Sponsorship of a “Change of Business”
transaction is required by the Exchange unless exempt therefrom in
accordance with the Exchange's policies or unless the Exchange
provides a waiver. The Company intends to apply for an exemption
from the sponsorship requirements pursuant to the policies of the
Exchange. If the exemption is not granted by the Exchange, then the
Company would be required to engage a sponsor or will seek a waiver
from the sponsorship requirement.
Trading in Black Bull’s Common Shares has been
halted effective Tuesday September 19th, 2017. It is unlikely that
the Common Shares will resume trading until the Transaction is
completed and approved by the Exchange. Upon completion of the
Transaction, the Company intends to be listed on the Exchange as a
Tier 2 Investment Issuer.
Private Placement
As a condition of closing of the Transaction,
the Company is required to complete a private placement financing
for not less than $1.5 million CAD ($1,500,000) of gross proceeds.
The terms and conditions of such financing will be released in a
separate press release in the near term.
Name Change
Upon completion of the Transaction, Black Bull
intends to change its name to "Magnetic North Acquisition Corp.",
or such other name as the Magnetic North Team may determine. It is
anticipated that the Exchange will assign a new trading symbol at
the time of the name change.
Board of Directors, Executive Officers and Senior
Management
The following are brief biographies of the
directors, executive officers and senior management to be put in
place at Closing:
Andrew Osis – Co-Chief
Executive Officer & Director. Mr. Osis resides in Calgary and
has a twenty year career working in investment banking and
commercial operations having managed teams with up to one hundred
people. Over the length of his career Mr. Osis has been involved in
more than $25 billion in transactions. Mr. Osis formerly held
positions as Vice President, Global Banking with RBC Dominion
Securities Inc., Canada's largest investment banking firm, as well
as positions with Peters & Company and Newcrest Capital where
he focused on mergers, acquisitions, and equity and debt
financings. Since leaving the investment banking business, Mr. Osis
has served on numerous Boards of Directors, and as CEO and CFO of
public and private organizations, covering technology, media and
entertainment, energy and oilfield services, manufacturing, life
sciences, and other sectors. Mr. Osis currently sits on the Board
of Directors of Delphi Energy (TSX:DEE).
Kevin Spall – Co-Chief
Executive Officer & Director. Mr. Spall resides in Toronto and
has eighteen years of financial services and alternative energy
experience in the areas of corporate finance, mergers and
acquisitions, and business development. From 2000 to 2010, Mr.
Spall worked at: Yorkton Securities (now Macquarie Capital Markets
Canada Ltd.), Versant Partners Inc. (now Cantor Fitzgerald Canada
Corp.), where he was the Head of Investment Banking, and Blackmont
Capital Inc., where he was the Head of Diversified Investment
Banking. Since 2010, Mr. Spall has focused on a number of
opportunities primarily in the alternative energy industry,
including the successful development of a 50MW solar farm in
Africa. Currently, Mr. Spall is CFO & Director of EEStor
Corp. (TSXV:ESU) and sits on the Board of Directors of a number of
private companies.
David Marinucci – Senior Vice
President. Mr. Marinucci resides in Calgary and is a Senior
Executive with over 30 years of diverse experience in strategy,
operations and business development. He has a proven track record
of success at both start-up and established companies, across
multiple industry sectors having served as a senior leader in the
wireless, telecom, energy and retail industries. Mr. Marinucci is
the Chief Operating Officer for Carbon Credit Solutions Inc.
responsible for leading the organization in the execution effort
aimed at the achievement of profitability. Mr. Marinucci's
primary focus includes strategy implementation and execution, data
driven operational optimization and sales and channel
effectiveness.
Jeff Davison – Senior
Consultant. Mr. Davison resides in Calgary and is a professional
marketing and communications strategist for more than 10 years.
From 2000 to 2009 he held various exploration and communications
roles at Canadian Natural, one of Canada's largest oil and gas
producers. From 2009 to 2012 he was Vice President of Marketing
& Communications for Poynt Corp., where he focused on building
brand and expanding the company's international audience. Mr.
Davison successfully unified the brand globally to grow the first
mover in the technology sector from 25,000 users to over twenty
four million users in 10 countries. Since 2012, Mr. Davison has
been consulting in an Investor Relations and Communications role
for several public and private energy and technology companies.
Ian Wild – Chairman. Mr. Wild
resides in Calgary and is the former Executive VP, ATB Corporate
Financial Services. He brings over thirty five years in banking
commencing in the UK with National Westminster Bank in their
International Division working in trade finance, corporate finance
and global risk management. After immigrating to Canada in 1982, he
worked for Continental Bank of Canada (now HSBC) and then Royal
Bank of Canada in the Special Loans Group, Oil & Gas Banking,
Corporate Banking and Investment Banking as a Vice President in
RBCDS. He currently acts as a Strategic Advisor to AltaCorp
Capital, sits on the Board of Delphi Energy (TSX:DEE), is Chairman
of the Financial Advisory Committee for Calgary Economic
Development and is Chairman of the Canadian Global Affairs
Institute (a Geopolitical Think Tank).
Dennis Nerland – Director. Mr.
Nerland resides in Calgary and is currently Managing Partner of
Shea Nerland LLP. Mr. Nerland received his Bachelor of
Science Degree with honors in Economics and Mathematics from the
University of Calgary in 1975. He received a Master of Arts
Degree in Economics from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario in
1976 and finally, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Calgary
in 1979. He has completed the Rotman/ Haskayne Directors Education
Program and achieved the designation of Institute-Certified
Director (ICD.D) from the Institute of Corporate Directors in
2011. Mr. Nerland was appointed a Queen's Counsel (QC) of
Alberta in 2014. Presently he is a director and trustee of a
significant number of private financial businesses and trusts, as
well as currently, and has previously been, a director of numerous
public companies listed on the Exchange and the Toronto Stock
Exchange.
Stuart Hensman –
Director. Mr. Hensman resides in Toronto and is a full-time
Corporate Director and has a lifetime of financial services
experience including: Chairman and CEO of Scotia Capital (USA)
Inc., Managing Director of Scotia Capital Inc. based in London, and
Portfolio Management with Sun Life Assurance Co. Currently, Mr.
Hensman is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of CI Funds, and
sits on the Board of Directors of Canacol Energy Ltd. (TSX:CNE) and
Rifco Inc. (TSXV:RFC). Mr. Hensman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree
from the University of Winnipeg and a Masters of Science from
Loughborough University.
Trent Larson – Director, Mr.
Larson resides in Calgary and brings over twenty five years of
experience with a proven track record of developing and
implementing growth strategies to improve performance and
profitability in telecom, media, technology, manufacturing, solar,
healthcare, retail, energy and financial services companies.
He is a recognized digital pioneer, author of various research
papers and has been an advisor to the European Commission on
digital policy. Mr. Larson has served as CEO and Managing Director
with leading international organizations and benefits from an
extensive global network. Currently, Mr. Larson serves as an
advisor to a number of organizations and is an active member of the
technology startup investment community. He holds a Bachelor's
degree from DeVry University in California and an MBA from the
University of London.
For Further Information, Please Contact:
Martin MacKinnon
CFO
Black Bull Resources
Inc.
Tel: 902-499-7183
Andrew OsisTel: 403-470-4355
Completion of the Transaction is subject to a
number of conditions, including but not limited to, Exchange
acceptance and if applicable, disinterested 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 the Company should be
considered highly speculative.
The Exchange has in no way passed upon the
merits of the proposed Transaction and has neither approved nor
disapproved the contents of this news release.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD
LOOKING INFORMATION
This news release contains “forward-looking
information” within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation.
Forward-looking information generally refers to information about
an issuer’s business, capital, or operations that is prospective in
nature, and includes future-oriented financial information about
the issuer’s prospective financial performance or financial
position.
The forward-looking information in this news
release includes disclosure about the terms of the proposed
Transaction, its anticipated closing date, the proposed structure
of the Transaction, the terms of the concurrent financing and the
business and operations of the Company after the completion of the
Transaction.
The Company has made certain material
assumptions, including but not limited to: prevailing market
conditions; general business, economic, competitive, political and
social uncertainties; delay or failure to receive board,
shareholder or regulatory approvals; the terms of the proposed
financing; and the ability of the Company to execute and achieve
its business objectives after the closing of the Transaction, to
develop the forward-looking information in this news release. There
can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate,
as actual results and future events could differ materially from
those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should
not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
Actual results may vary from the forward-looking
information in this news release due to certain material risk
factors. These risk factors include, but are not limited to:
adverse market conditions; the inability of the Company or the
Vendors to complete the Transaction on the terms disclosed in this
news release, or at all; the inability of the Company to obtain
TSXV acceptance and the approval of its shareholders; the
unavailability of exemptions from prospectus requirements for the
issuance of shares under the financing; refusal of the proposed
directors or officers to act for any reason, including conflicts of
interest; reliance on key and qualified personnel; and regulatory
and other risks associated with the industries in which the
Company's portfolio companies operate, in general. The Company
cautions that the foregoing list of material risk factors and
assumptions is not exhaustive.
The Company assumes no obligation to update or
revise the forward-looking information in this news release, unless
it is required to do so under Canadian securities legislation.
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