Yuntone Capital Corp. to Acquire GrowX Global Corp.
Yuntone Capital Corp. to Acquire
GrowX Global Corp.
August 20, 201 9 - Vancouver, British Columbia . YUNTONE CAPITAL CORP . (“Yuntone”) (TSX -V:
YTC.H) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a n arm’s length business combination agreement
dated August 11, 201 9 (the “ Definitive Agreement”) with GrowX Global Corp ., a British Columbia
Company incorporated on February 6, 2018 (“GrowX”) and 1160015 B.C. Ltd. (“Subco”), a wholly owned
subsidiary of Yuntone, whereby Yuntone will acquire all of the issued an d outstanding shares of GrowX
(the “ Transaction”). Yuntone is currently listed on the NEX board of the TSX Vent ure Exchange (the
“TSXV”). The Transaction will constitute Yuntone’s Qualifying Transaction under the polices of the TSXV.
Upon completion of the Transaction, it is expected that Yuntone will be a Tier 2 Life Sciences Issuer. There
are no finder’s fees payable in connection with the Transaction.
About GrowX Global Corp.
GrowX is engaged in the production of industrial hemp and, under a joint venture with the licensed producer
Agro-Greens Natural Products (“Agro-Greens”), GrowX is in the process of building an additional site on its
one hundred percent (100%) owned Mission Property (the “ Mission Facility”) pursuant to the Cannabis
Act.
In 2019, GrowX obtained an industrial hemp license, issued under the Industrial Hemp Regulations of the
Cannabis Act, which permits GrowX to grow industrial hemp on 20 acres at its Mission Property. In 2019,
GrowX has planted a total 18 acres of industrial hemp at its Mission Property and anticipates cultivation of
the hemp in September 2019.
GrowX anticipates that construction of the Mission Facility will be completed in 2019, and the joint venture
entity, which is 99% owned by GrowX, will obtain a license to c ultivate in late 2019. The Mission Facility
will initially consist of 6,700 sq. ft. and GrowX plans to build out phase 1 up to an additional 25,000 sq. ft.
in 2020 and an additional 100,000 sq. ft. in 2021.
The insiders of GrowX are as follows:
Name Position Number of GrowX Shares
Jasvinder Basi Director and CEO 9,250,000(1)
(1) 4,000,000 held directly and 5,250,000 held indirectly through 1142527 B.C. Ltd.
The following sets forth a summary of the unaudited financial information of GrowX for the fin ancial year
ended March 31, 2018. Yuntone will include a summary of the financial information of GrowX for the
financial year ended March 31, 2019 in its Filing Statement, which will be filed on www.sedar.com.
As at March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
Total Assets $3,246,427
Total Liabilities $1,346,415
Net Income (Loss) $(1,015,268)
Terms and Conditions of Proposed Qualifying Transaction
On August 11, 2019 , Yuntone entered into the Definitive Agreement with GrowX and Su bco whereby
Yuntone has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of GrowX. In consideration of
which, Yuntone will issue to the shareholders of GrowX one (1) post -Consolidation common share of
Yuntone for each share of GrowX so held. Yu ntone anticipates that it will issue to the shareholders of
GrowX a total of 59,583,121 post-Consolidation common shares of Yuntone. The Transaction will proceed
by a three -cornered amalgamation by the parties, whereby GrowX and Subco will amalgamate to f orm
“GrowX Cannabis Inc.” (“Amalco”) resulting in Amalco being a wholly owned subsidiary of Yuntone.
Yuntone has advanced a total of $25,000 to GrowX on signing of the Definitive Agreement and, s ubject to
TSX- Venture Exchange approval, Yuntone shall provide GrowX with a loan of $225,000 (the “Loan”). The
Loan will bear interest at a rate of 5% per annum, secured on the assets of GrowX and be due and payable
one from the date of advancement.
In conjunction with closing of the Transaction, Yuntone plans to complete a share consolidation on the basis
of one post-consolidation common share for every two pre-consolidation shares, resulting in the issued and
outstanding shares decreasing from 16,357,069 to 8,178,534 common shares (the “ Consolidation”).
Further, Yuntone will also c hange its name to "GrowX Global Corp." and the common shares of the
company will be listed on the TSX-V under a new trading symbol.
None of the Non-Arm’s Length Parties to Yuntone have any direct or indirect interest in GrowX nor are they
insiders of GrowX. There is no relationship between or among the Non -Arm’s Length Parties of Yuntone
and the Non-Arm’s Length Parties of GrowX. Shareholder approval of the Transaction is not required.
Yuntone will be applying to the TSX – Venture Exchange for a waiver of sponsorship in connection with this
Transaction.
Interim Financing
Prior to closing the Transaction, Yuntone will complete a non -brokered private placement financing of
4,666,666 pre-Consolidation shares of Yuntone at a price of $0.075 per pre -Consolidation share for total
proceeds of $350,000. The proceeds of the financing will be used for the costs of the transaction and to
offset the loans advanced to GrowX.
Transaction Financing
In conjunction with closing of the Transaction, GrowX plans to undertake a non-brokered private placement
convertible note financing (the “Note”) in the principal amount of $5,000,000. The Note will bear interest at
a rate of 9% per annum, payable semi -annually, and will mature and be payable 3 6 months from the date
of issuance. The principal amount of the not e will be convertible into common shares of GrowX at a price
of $0.35 per share. The proceeds of the financing will be used to complete the build out of the Mission
Facility and working capital purposes. The terms of this financing will be disclosed in a subsequent news
release.
Conditions to Closing the Transaction
The obligations of Yuntone and GrowX to complete the Transaction are subject to the satisfaction of
customary conditions pr ecedent including, but not limited to: (i) TSXV approval; (ii) the receipt of all
necessary shareholder and board of director approvals; ( iii) the absence of any materia l breach of the
representations, warranties and covenants made by each party to the oth er; (iv) completion of the facility;
and (v) other conditions which are customary for a transaction such as the Transaction.
Proposed Directors and Officers of the Resulting Issuer
Under the terms of the Agreement, the board of directors of the Resulting Issuer will be comprised of five
(5) persons. The executive officers and four (4) of the anticipated board members are set forth below.
Jas Basi, Proposed CEO and Director of the Resulting Issuer
Mr. Basi had a distinguished 26-year career within the R CMP. During the latter part of his career, Jas
became a Unit Commander and was responsible for over 350. Thereafter, Mr. Basi entered the private
sector to focus on management, operational oversight, security design and ethical leadership. In
particular, Mr. Basis was retained b y the engineering firm Solaris, as a Manager of Operations and
Business Development. At Solaris, Jas analyzed and developed budgets, set new standards for HR
and established relationships with clients and the Government. Following hi s success at Solaris, Jas
was recruited by ABS Electric, where he utilized his experience and contacts to increase company
revenue seven fold.
Jamie Lewin, Proposed CFO of the Resulting Issuer
Mr. Lewin is a CPA and has over 20 years’ experience in accou nting, financial analysis and planning,
financial management and business administration. Mr. Lewin has served as Chief Financial Officer
on a number of TSX Venture companies including Janda Group, Vanc Pharmaceuticals, Abenteuer
Resources, and was Contro ller at Phoenix Copper. Mr. Lewin holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics)
from Western University, an LLB from Laval University and an MBA from City University.
John Paul Janze, Proposed Director of the Resulting Issuer
Mr. Janze is a seasoned technology leader with more than 20 years experience in executive and senior
management roles in the telecom and technology industries. He is respected for his leadership, tenacious
and creative problem solving, patient and thoughtful insights and for identifying talent and building high
performance teams. Specializing in corporate turnarounds, go-to-market strategy and creating operational
scale, Jon Paul is counted on to deliver results and a positive bottom line. Jon Paul is currently CEO of
Urban Communications Inc., a network service provider with a 200 km carrier grade fibre optic network in
Metro Vancouver, and an advisor to high growth, early stage technology companies. Past positions
include VP Product at Urban Communications Inc. where he played a key role in the company turnaround
and go private transaction, Head of Product Marketing for Fusemail where he was responsible for global
marketing and brand consolidation from multiple international acquisitions, Director of Product
Management at Sutus, Director Product Development Group at Adzilla New Media and Director of
Marketing at Sporg Internet Corp. where he played a critical role growing the SaaS startup from 0 to over
2,000 customers. Jon Paul has an MBA in Digital Technology Management from Royal Roads Univ ersity.
Amandeep Singh, Proposed Director of the Resulting Issuer
Mr. Singh obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from Victoria, British Columbia in 1998 and was called to
the Bar of British Columbia in 1999. Mr Singh is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia,
Canadian Bar Association, a Governor of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, member and director of the
Professor Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation of Canada, an executive member of the Yog Sadhana
Mission, India and was a director of the People’s Legal Education Society. Mr. Singh has experience with
negotiating, drafting, writing, reviewing and executing a wide variety of agreements, both domestically
and internationally, including joint ventures, strategic partnerships, mergers and acquisitions.
About Yuntone Capital Corp.
Yuntone Capital Corp. is a company incorporated under the laws of the Business Corporations Act (British
Columbia). Yuntone Capital Corp. was incorporated on March 6, 2008 pursuant to the Business
Corporations Act of British Co lumbia and is classified as a Capital Pool Company as defined in the TSX
Venture Exchange Policy 2.4. The principal business of the Company is the identification and evaluation
of assets or a business and once identified or evaluated, to negotiate an acqu isition or participation in a
business subject to receipt of shareholder approval, if required, and acceptance by regulatory authorities.
For further information please contact:
Yuntone Capital Corp.
Gunther Roehlig, CEO
604-617-5421
Information set fo rth in this news release contains forward -looking statements. These statements reflect
management’s current estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations; they are not guarantees of future
performance. Yuntone cautions that all forward looking statements are inherently uncertain and that actual
performance may be affected by a number of material factors, many of which are beyond Yuntone’s control.
Such factors include, among other things: risks and uncertainties relating to Yuntone’s ability to complete
the proposed Transaction; and other risks and uncertainties , including those to be described in the Filing
Statement to be filed by Yuntone on www.sedar.com. Accordingly, actual and future events, conditions
and results may differ materially f rom the esti mates, beliefs, intentions and expectations expressed or
implied in the forward looking information. Except as required under applicable securities legislation,
Yuntone undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information.
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, disinterested Shareholder approval .
Where applicable, the transaction cannot c lose 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
Yuntone should be considered highly speculative.
The TSX Venture Exchange Inc. has in no way passed upon the merits of the proposed transaction and
has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
A halt in trading shall remain in place until after the Transaction is comp leted or such time that acceptable
documentation is filed with the TSX Venture Exchange.
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.