MegumaGold Corp. completed the acquisition of the remaining 90.7% stake in Osprey Gold Development Ltd. (TSXV:OS).
Osprey will have the right to appoint two members to the Board of Directors of the resulting issuer, with the total number of members of such Board of Directors to be initially set at five, and shall contribute management personnel to the resulting issuer. The transaction is subject to conditions, including due diligence by each party, completion of definitive documentation, approval by Boards of Directors of each party, approval of two thirds of the votes cast by the holders of Osprey's common shares present in person or represented by all at a special meeting (including any minority approval required by Multilateral Instrument 61-101, obtaining all governmental, regulatory, TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV), Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE), Supreme Court of British Columbia and other third-party approvals. The transaction is not subject to MegumaGold shareholders approval. Osprey being reasonably satisfied that Meguma will complete a private placement for minimum aggregate gross proceeds of CAD 1 million. Dissent Rights shall have been exercised in respect of no more than 5% of the issued and outstanding Osprey Shares. The directors of Osprey have fixed July 20, 2020 as the Record Date. The Osprey Board recommends that Osprey Shareholders vote FOR the Arrangement Resolution. As on August 14, 2020, the Osprey Board unanimously recommends that Osprey Shareholders vote for the Arrangement Resolution. As of September 4, 2020, Osprey shareholders approved the transaction. On July 16, 2020, Osprey provided written notice to Meguma electing to extend the Outside Date to September 30, 2020. As per filing on August 10, 2020, the transaction is expected to close in early September 2020. As of September 4, 2020, the transaction is expected to close on or about September 14, 2020.
Richard W. Evans of RwE Growth Partners, Inc. acted as fairness opinion provider for Osprey Special Committee. Lyndsay Schooley of Farris LLP acted as legal advisor for Osprey. TSX Trust Company acted as registrar and transfer agent for the Osprey. Davidson & Company LLP acted as an accountant for Osprey. National Securities Administrators Ltd acted as transfer agent for Meguma. Brian O'Neill of O'Neill Law LLP acted as legal advisor for Meguma. Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton Labonte LLP acted as an accountant for Meguma.
MegumaGold Corp. (CNSX:NSAU) completed the acquisition of the remaining 90.7% stake in Osprey Gold Development Ltd. (TSXV:OS) on September 14, 2020. As a result of the closing, MegumaGold has ownership and control of 73,342,332 Shares of Osprey, representing 100% of the issued and outstanding Shares of Osprey. MegumaGold assumed Osprey's obligations under outstanding share purchase warrants, pursuant to which former Osprey warrantholders now hold warrants entitling them to acquire an aggregate of 11,158,378 common shares of MegumaGold, and issued replacement stock options pursuant to which former Osprey stock option holders now hold options to acquire an aggregate of 2,382,500 common shares of MegumaGold. It is expected that the Osprey Shares will be de-listed from the TSX Venture Exchange effective September 15, 2020 and that Osprey will apply to cease to be a reporting issuer under applicable Canadian securities laws.
In connection with the closing of the Arrangement, MegumaGold increased the size of its board of directors to four, and appointed former Osprey directors Cooper Quinn and Jeffrey Wilson to join incumbent directors, Theo van der Linde and Fred Tejada. Steven Stine has resigned from the board of directors. In connection with closing, Osprey waived the previously announced condition for MegumaGold to complete a concurrent private placement.