Mr. Page Tucker reports
PROSTAR HOLDINGS INC. ANNOUNCES
CLOSING OF MERGER TRANSACTION
Pursuant to the merger agreement
dated May 22, 2019, as amended from time to time between ProStar Holdings Inc. (formerly Doxa Energy
Ltd.), ProStar Geocorp Inc. and Doxa Merger Corp., the company
completed its previously announced merger transaction with ProStar, as
described in the company's press releases dated Dec. 17, 2020, Nov. 20, 2020, Oct.
22, 2020, May 23, 2019, and Nov. 7, 2018 (collectively, the prior news releases), and the
company's information circular dated Nov. 16, 2020.
The company will continue to carry on the business of ProStar and the common shares of the
company are expected to begin trading as a Tier 2 technology issuer on the TSX
Venture Exchange under the symbol MAPS on Jan. 11, 2021.
Completion of the concurrent financing
In connection with the transaction, the company completed a non-brokered private placement
of 14 million subscription receipts at a price of
40 cents per subscription receipt for aggregate gross proceeds of $5.6-million, as further described in
the company's news release dated Oct. 26, 2020.
Immediately prior to closing the transaction, each subscription receipt issued pursuant to the private placement was converted into one unit of the company comprising one share and one-half of one
non-transferable common share warrant to purchase one additional
share at a price of 60 cents per share for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance, provided that
if the closing price of the shares on the TSX-V, or any other stock exchange on which the shares are
listed, is at a price equal to or greater than $1.20 for a period of 10 consecutive trading days,
beginning on the date that is four months and one day following the closing date of the transaction, then
the company may accelerate the expiry date of the warrants by giving written notice to the warrant
holders that the warrants will expire on the date that is not less than 30 days from the date of the
notice.
In connection with the private placement, the company paid an aggregate of $351,575 in finders'
fees and issued an aggregate of 878,937 non-transferable finders' warrants, each exercisable at a
price of 40 cents per share for a period of 24 months from issuance.
Completion of the transaction
Under the terms of the merger agreement, and as further described in the circular, the transaction
was completed by way of a merger under the laws of Delaware, whereby:
- Doxa SubCo merged with and into ProStar, with ProStar surviving as a wholly owned
subsidiary of the company;
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Each outstanding share of ProStar converted into four shares of
the company; and
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Each outstanding common share purchase warrant in the capital of ProStar converted into common share purchase warrant to acquire, on the same terms
and conditions as were applicable to such ProStar warrant, four shares for each such
ProStar warrant held.
Effective upon completion of the transaction, Page Tucker was appointed as a director and chief
executive officer, Jonathan Richards was appointed as a director and chief financial officer,
Vasanthan Dasan was appointed as a director and chief operating officer, and Herb McKim was
appointed as a director of the company. Accordingly, the board of directors of the company is now
composed of Mr. Tucker (CEO), Mr. Richards (CFO), Paul McKenzie, Mr. Dasan (COO)
and Mr. McKim.
The company would like to thank John D. Harvison, Mark Bronson, Daniel Frederiksen, Gerald
Graham, Jonathon Weiss and Shauna Hartman for their service to the company.
Grant of stock options
The company also announces that a total of seven million incentive stock options have been granted to
directors, officers, employees and consultants of the company pursuant to the company's stock
option plan. The options have an effective grant date of Dec. 29, 2020, vest over a two-year period,
and are exercisable for a period of five years at a price of 40 cents per share.
Escrow restrictions
As described in the circular, certain of the shares issued in connection with the transaction are
subject to escrow requirements or seed share resale restrictions in accordance with TSX-V Policy 5.4 -- escrow, vendor considerations and resale restrictions.
In addition, the following shares issued in connection with the transaction are subject to contractual
restrictions:
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30,255,368 shares issued to former shareholders of ProStar pursuant to the merger agreement are subject to a contractual hold period of 24 months from the date of the final
exchange bulletin (as defined in the policies of the TSX-V); and
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3,390,601 shares issued pursuant to the debt settlement transaction (as defined below) are
subject to a contractual hold period of 12 months from the date of the final exchange bulletin.
Other corporate actions
In connection with the completion of the transaction, the company also completed the following
corporate actions:
- The company completed the consolidation of its common shares on a one-new-for-17-old basis
prior to closing the transaction;
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The company changed its name to ProStar Holdings Inc.;
- The company completed the disposition of the company's oil and gas assets;
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The company completed debt settlements with the company's related party creditors in
connection with certain outstanding loans of the company; and
- The company obtained shareholder approval of, amongst other things, the transaction, the
consolidation, the disposition and the debt settlement transaction.
For further details on the transaction, readers are referred to the prior news releases and the
circular, all of which are available under the company's profile on SEDAR.
Change of auditor
Upon completion of the transaction, Davidson & Company was appointed as the company's auditor.
Smythe LLP, the company's former auditor, resigned as auditor of the company upon completion of
the transaction.
Trading halt
The shares continue to be halted from trading, and the trading of shares is expected to remain halted
until Jan. 11, 2021, or as otherwise determined by the TSX-V.
About the company
The company's subsidiary, ProStar, is incorporated under the laws of Delaware and is a
software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that provides patented precision mapping solutions.
ProStar's flagship solution is PointMan, a natively cloud and mobile solution designed to capture,
record and display the precise location of subsurface assets, including buried utilities and pipelines.
We seek Safe Harbor.
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