EV Technology Group Ltd. (NEO: EVTG) (the
“
Company”), formerly Blue Sky Energy Inc.
(“
BSI”), today announces the successful closing of
its previously announced reverse takeover of EV Technology Group
Inc. (“
EVT”) by BSI (the “
Reverse
Takeover”). The Company has also received conditional
approval for the listing of the Resulting Issuer Shares (as defined
below) on the Neo Exchange Inc. (“
NEO”) under the
ticker symbol “EVTG”, with trading expected to commence at market
open on April 12, 2022, subject to fulfillment of all listing
requirements.
“Another phase of the company starts with our
public listing, which will allow public market investors to invest
in electrifying iconic brands and driving experiences. It has been
great to work closely with the leadership team at the NEO and I
look forward to sharing more updates on our business to
shareholders in due course,” commented Wouter Witvoet, CEO and
Chairman of the Company.
The Reverse Takeover
The Reverse Takeover was effected by way of a
three-cornered amalgamation among BSI, EVT and 1000082448 Ontario
Inc. (“Subco”) pursuant to an amalgamation
agreement dated January 19, 2022 (the “Amalgamation
Agreement”). Immediately prior to and in connection with
the Reverse Takeover, BSI effected a consolidation (the
“Consolidation”) of the common shares of BSI (the
“BSI Shares”) on the basis of one
post-Consolidation BSI Share (a “Resulting Issuer
Share”) for every four pre-Consolidation BSI Shares, and
changed its name to “EV Technology Group Ltd.” Shareholder approval
for certain of these matters, where required, was obtained at a
meeting of the shareholders of BSI held on February 17, 2022 (the
“Meeting”).
In connection with the Reverse Takeover and
pursuant to the Amalgamation Agreement, among other things, (a) EVT
amalgamated with Subco pursuant to Section 174 of the Business
Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Amalgamation”) to
form an amalgamated entity called EV Experiences Inc.
(“Amalco”); (b) immediately upon the Amalgamation,
each common share in the capital of EVT (the “EVT
Shares”) outstanding immediately prior to the
Amalgamation, including each EVT Share issued as a result of
conversion of the Subscription Receipts (as defined below), was
exchanged for fully-paid and non-assessable Resulting Issuer Shares
on the basis of one EVT Share for every 4.7 Resulting Issuer Shares
(the “Exchange Ratio”), following which all EVT
Shares were cancelled; (c) the outstanding common shares of Subco
were cancelled and replaced by common shares in the capital of
Amalco on a one-for-one basis; (d) in consideration of the
Resulting Issuer Shares issued to the previous holders of EVT
Shares, Amalco issued to the Company one common share in the
capital of Amalco for each Resulting Issuer Share issued; and (e)
Amalco continued as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. No
fractional Resulting Issuer Shares were issued or delivered
pursuant to the Reverse Takeover. Any fractional interest in a
Resulting Issuer Share was rounded down to the next lowest number
of whole Resulting Issuer Shares and no consideration was paid in
lieu thereof.
Prior to the completion of the Reverse Takeover,
as a condition to closing pursuant to the Amalgamation Agreement,
BSI entered into shares for debt settlement agreements (the
“Shares for Debt
Settlement Agreements”) with certain creditors of
BSI to which BSI was indebted in the total aggregate amount of
$2,633,293.88 (the “Debt”). Pursuant to the Shares
for Debt Settlement Agreements, BSI issued a total of 10,005,359
common shares (on a pre-Consolidation Basis) (the “Shares
for Debt”) in the capital of BSI to such creditors in full
in final satisfaction of the Debt.
Prior to completion of the Reverse Takeover, as
a condition to closing pursuant to the Amalgamation Agreement, BSI
entered into a share purchase agreement dated as of April 4, 2022
with a third party purchaser (the “Purchaser”)
pursuant to which BSI agreed to sell, and the Purchaser agreed to
purchase, 18 shares in the capital of Sonoro Energy Iraq B.V.,
being all of the issued and outstanding shares held by BSI, in
exchange for the sum of $1.00.
Immediately prior to the completion of the
Reverse Takeover and upon the satisfaction of certain escrow
release conditions, the 5,811,500 subscription receipts (the
“Subscription Receipts”) issued by EVT on March
15, 2022 and March 25, 2022 pursuant to the previously announced
non-brokered private placement were automatically exchanged, for no
additional consideration, into an aggregate of approximately
1,236,489 EVT Shares. In connection with the Reverse Takeover, such
EVT Shares were exchanged for 5,811,500 Resulting Issuer Shares on
the basis of the Exchange Ratio.
Following closing of the Reverse Takeover, the
Company has 106,298,050 Resulting Issuer Shares issued and
outstanding, of which 10,222,580 Resulting Issuer Shares result
from the Consolidation of the pre-Reverse Takeover Common Shares
held by the shareholders of BSI (inclusive, for greater certainty,
of the holders of the Shares for Debt), and 96,075,470 Resulting
Issuer Shares were issued to former shareholders and
securityholders of EVT (inclusive, for greater certainty, of
holders of the Subscription Receipts).
Following closing of the Reverse Takeover, the
Company will carry on the business of EVT, under the new name,
being EV Technology Group Ltd.
Following the Reverse Takeover, the leadership
team of the Company is as follows:
Wouter Witvoet, Chief Executive Officer,
Director and Chairman of the BoardRyan Ptolemy, Chief Financial
OfficerOlivier Francois Roussy Newton, President and DirectorDavid
Maher, Chief Operating OfficerKenny Choi, Corporate SecretaryJon
Foster, DirectorKent Thexton, Director Manpreet Singh, Director
Further details of the Reverse Takeover and the
concurrent financing are contained in news releases of BSI dated
March 15, 2022, January 19, 2022 and December 31, 2021. Readers are
also referred to the filing statement of the Company dated April 4,
2022 (the “Filing Statement”) which was prepared
in accordance with the requirements of the NEO and filed under the
Company’s issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
NEO Listing
On April 1, 2022, the common shares of BSI were
delisted from the NEX board of the TSX Venture Exchange. The
Corporation has received conditional approval from the NEO to list
the Resulting Issuer Shares on the NEO under the ticker symbol
“EVTG”. Final approval by NEO is subject to fulfilling all of the
Exchange’s listing requirements and issuance of a corporate
exchange bulletin by the NEO. It is anticipated that trading of the
Resulting Issuer Shares under the new ticker symbol will commence
on the NEO on or about April 12, 2022.
Grant of Options and DSUs
The Company also announces that today it has
granted a total of 9,750,000 options to acquire Resulting Issuer
Shares pursuant to the Company’s stock option plan
(“Options”), and 4,500,000 deferred share units to
acquire Resulting Issuer Shares pursuant to the Company’s deferred
share unit plan (“DSUs”). Further details with
respect to such grants are contained in the Filing Statement.
Investor Relations Agreements
Generation IACP Inc. has been engaged to provide
the Company with investor relations services, including certain
issuer trading services, as prescribed by an issuer trading
services agreement entered into between EVT and Generation IACP
Inc. dated February 17, 2022. Generational IACP Inc. is an arm’s
length party based in Toronto.
Native Ads, Inc. has been engaged to provide the
Company with investor relations services, including digital media,
marketing and data analytics services pursuant to a master services
agreement entered into between EVT and Native Ads, Inc. dated
January 24, 2022. Native Ads, Inc. is an arm’s length party based
in New York.
Hybrid Financial Ltd. has been engaged to
provide the Company with investor relations services, including
marketing services pursuant to a marketing agreement entered into
between EVT and Hybrid Financial Ltd. dated March 17, 2022. Hybrid
Financial Ltd. is an arm’s length party based in Toronto.
Escrow Agreement
The Company entered into an escrow agreement
with certain of its shareholders and TSX Trust Company (the
“Escrow Agent”), as escrow agent, on April 7, 2022
(the “Escrow Agreement”). Pursuant to the Escrow
Agreement, an aggregate of 61,800,887 Resulting Issuer Shares (the
“Escrowed Shares”) held by
certain shareholders of the Company are held in escrow by the
Escrow Agent, and will be released in twelve equal monthly
installments, commencing on the date of the issuance of the
corporate exchange bulletin by the NEO referred to above, and
ending on the date that is eleven months following the closing of
the Reverse Takeover.
Early Warning
Wouter Witvoet, a holder of Resulting Issuer
Shares individually makes the following announcement in accordance
with National Instrument 62-103 - The Early Warning System and
Related Take-Over Bid and Insider Reporting Issues (“NI
62-103”).
In connection with the Reverse Takeover, Mr.
Witvoet acquired ownership, control or direction over Resulting
Issuer Shares requiring disclosure pursuant to the early warning
requirements of NI 62-103. Immediately prior to completion of the
Reverse Takeover, Mr. Witvoet did not have ownership of, or
exercised control or direction over, any voting or equity
securities of the Company.
Pursuant to the Reverse Takeover, Mr. Witvoet
acquired ownership, directly and indirectly, of 11,370,000
Resulting Issuer Shares representing approximately 10.70% of the
outstanding Resulting Issuer Shares on a non-diluted basis and
2,500,000 Options and 2,000,000 DSUs. Assuming the exercise in full
of the Options and the full vesting of DSUs, Mr. Witvoet will hold
15,870,000 Resulting Issuer Shares representing 14.32% of the then
issued and outstanding Resulting Issuer Shares on a partially
diluted basis.
The Company understands that Mr. Witvoet
acquired the aforementioned securities for investment purposes and
may, from time to time and depending on market and other conditions
and subject to the requirements of applicable securities laws,
acquire additional Resulting Issuer Shares through market
transactions, private agreements, treasury issuances, dividend
reinvestment programs, exercise of options, convertible securities
or otherwise (if and when granted), or may, subject to the
requirements of applicable securities laws, sell all or some
portion of the Resulting Issuer Shares he owns or controls (upon
release of the securities from escrow, or otherwise in accordance
with the terms of the escrow restrictions), or may continue to hold
the Resulting Issuer Shares.
This portion of this news release is issued
pursuant to NI 62-103, which also requires an early warning report
to be filed with the applicable securities regulators containing
additional information with respect to the foregoing matters. A
copy of the early warning report will be filed by Mr. Witvoet in
accordance with applicable securities laws and will be available on
the Company’s issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Mr. Witvoet
can be contacted at wouter@evtgroup.com or at 198 Davenport Road,
Toronto, Ontario M5R 1J2, Attn: Corporate Secretary, to obtain a
copy of Mr. Witvoet’s early warning report. The Company’s head
office is located at 198 Davenport Road, Toronto, Ontario M5R
1J2.
About EVT
EVT has as its mission to electrify iconic
driving experiences. EVT focuses on acquiring iconic brands and
invests in making the transition to electric.
For further information contact:
EV Technology Group Ltd. Wouter Witvoet, CEO and
Chairman of the BoardPhone: +41782008566Email:
wouter@evtgroup.com
Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains forward-looking
statements including, but not limited to, statements about the
Company’s strategies, expectations, planned operations or future
actions; the listing of the Resulting Issuer Shares on the NEO; and
statements with respect to the future intentions of Mr. Witvoet.
Often, but not always, these Forward-looking Statements can be
identified by the use of words such as “estimated”, “potential”,
“open”, “future”, “assumed”, “projected”, “used”, “detailed”, “has
been”, “gain”, “planned”, “reflecting”, “will”, “containing”,
“remaining”, “to be”, or statements that events, “could” or
“should” occur or be achieved and similar expressions, including
negative variations.
Forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the
actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be
materially different from any results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by the Forward-looking Statements, including
those factors discussed under “Risk Factors” in the Filing
Statement. Although the Company has attempted to identify important
factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to
differ materially from those described in Forward-looking
Statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events
or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or
intended.
Forward-looking statements involve significant
risk, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors could cause
actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially
from the results discussed or implied in the forward-looking
statements. These factors should be considered carefully and
readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking
statements. Although the forward-looking statements contained in
this news release are based upon what management believes to be
reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure readers that
actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking
statements. The forward-looking statements contained herein are
made as of the date hereof and the Company disclaims any obligation
to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or results or otherwise, except
where required by law. There can be no assurance that these
forward-looking 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.
This press release does not constitute an offer
to sell or a 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 U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S.
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption
from such registration is available. Not for distribution to U.S.
newswire services or for dissemination in the United States. Any
failure to comply with this restriction may constitute a violation
of U.S. securities laws.
Neither the NEO nor its Market Regulator (as
that term is defined in the policies of the NEO) has in any way
passed upon the merits of the Reverse Takeover and neither of the
foregoing entities accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release or has in any way approved or disapproved
of the contents of this press release.
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