Xigem Technologies Corporation Announces Closing of Reverse Takeover Transaction and Conditional CSE Listing Approval
March 5, 2021
TORONTO, March 5, 2021 – Xigem Technologies Corporation (formerly named 10557536 Canada Corp.) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced three-cornered amalgamation with Xigem Technologies Corporation (“Xigem”) and 2792189 Ontario Inc. (“Subco”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Transaction”).
The Transaction
As part of and prior to the closing of the Transaction, the Company split all of its issued and outstanding common shares (“Common Shares”) on the basis of a 1:1.6453 ratio (the “Stock Split”), and changed its name from 10557536 Canada Corp. to “Xigem Technologies Corporation” (the “Name Change”). A letter of transmittal will be sent to shareholders with instructions on how to exchange their pre-Stock Split Common Shares for post-Stock Split Common Shares (“Resulting Issuer Shares”) of the Company.
Following the Stock Split and Name Change, Xigem amalgamated with Subco (the “Amalgamation”) and, under the terms of the Amalgamation, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Xigem (each, a “Xigem Share”) on the basis of one-half of one (1/2) Resulting Issuer Share for each one (1) Xigem Share issued and outstanding. The resulting issuer from the Transaction (the “Resulting Issuer”) will operate the current business of Xigem, being a provider of a technology for the remote economy.
Upon completion of the Transaction, the Company has 74,846,613 Resulting Issuer Shares outstanding, approximately 11.5% of which are held by the prior shareholders of the Company, including those issued pursuant to the Debt Settlement (as defined below), and approximately 88.5% of which are held by the former shareholders of the Xigem.
The Transaction is more fully described in the Company’s Prospectus dated February 25, 2021 and its Management Information Circular dated January 12, 2021. All associated documents are available on the Company’s SEDAR profile at sedar.com. Details of the Transaction will also be contained in the Company’s listing statement, which will be filed on the Company’s profile on www.sedar.com and the website of the Canadian Securities Exchange (the “CSE”) at www.thecse.com.
Directors and Officers
As part of the Transaction, the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) was reconstituted to consist of Brian Kalish, Dr. Scott Wilson, Conor Bill, and Stephen Coates, with Mr. Kalish also acting as Chief Executive Officer and Corporate Secretary. Igor Kostioutchenko has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Anton Tikhomirov has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer.
Debt Settlement
As a condition to the Transaction, the Company also settled an aggregate of $27,637.12 of debt owed pursuant to debt settlement agreements between the Company and companies controlled by a director of the Company, through the issuance of 1,250,000 Resulting Issuer Shares (the “Debt Settlement”).
The Debt Settlement constitutes a “related party transaction” within the meaning of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”). The board of directors of the Company has determined that neither the value of the Common Shares issued, nor the aggregate debt settled exceed 25% of the Company’s market capitalization on the date hereof. As a result, the Debt Settlement is exempt from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101.
The Resulting Issuer Shares issued in connection with the Debt Settlement are subject to a four-month plus one day hold period in accordance with applicable securities laws.
Conditional Approval to List on CSE
The Resulting Issuer’s securities are not currently listed on any stock exchange. The Resulting Issuer has applied to list the Resulting Issuer Shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange (“CSE”) and is pleased to announce that conditional approval to list on the CSE has been granted, subject to completion of customary listing requirements of the CSE, including receipt of all required documentation. The Resulting Issuer is working to meet the CSE listing conditions in a timely manner. The Company will provide an update once the CSE has issued a bulletin confirming the date on which trading on the CSE will commence. Once final approval is received, the Resulting Issuer Shares will commence trading on the CSE under the ticker symbol “XIGM.” There is no assurance that the Resulting Issuer will ultimately be able to satisfy the listing requirements of the CSE.
About the Company
Established in Toronto, Ontario, the Company is positioned to become a leading Software as a Service (“SaaS”) technology platform for the emerging remote economy, with software capable of improving the capacity, productivity, and overall remote operations for businesses, consumers and other organizations. “iAgent,” the Company’s patented technology will provide organizations, businesses and consumers with the tools necessary to thrive in a vast array of remote working, learning and treatment environments.
iAgent is a mobile, geo-targeted customer acquisition, conversion and retention application. iAgent will match sales and services with consumers, treatment seekers and students across a broad range of sectors, in real time. For businesses and institutions, iAgent can be tailored to remotely track and manage assets, transaction, fulfilment and service cycles while seamlessly integrating with most CRM and ERP systems to profitably optimize the consumer, treatment seeker and learning experience. For consumers, treatment seekers and students, iAgent remotely enables fulfilment and engagement with the everyday goods and services they demand.
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