Acceleware Announces Second Non-Brokered Private Placement of 10% Unsecured Convertible Debentures
24 March 2022 - 6:55AM
Acceleware Ltd. (“Acceleware”) (TSXV: AXE), a Canadian clean-tech
innovator of radio frequency (RF) heating technologies today
announced that, due to strong investor demand, it is launching a
second non-brokered private placement of 10% unsecured convertible
debentures due 2026 (the “Second Debentures”), for approximate
gross proceeds of $1,000,000 (the “Second Private Placement”). For
details about the first private placement, please see the press
release of Acceleware dated March 1, 2022.
Details of the Second Private
Placement
Each Second Debenture matures four years after
the issue date and is convertible into units of Acceleware at a
conversion price of $0.80. If Acceleware subsequently sells common
shares (or securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for
common shares) at a lower purchase (or conversion) price, the
conversion price of the Second Debentures will be adjusted downward
to the subsequent purchase (or conversion) price, subject to a
minimum conversion price of $0.72 and other applicable policies of
the TSX Venture Exchange, and provided the Second Debenture holder
converts the Second Debenture within 15 days of the announcement of
the subsequent offering. In addition, no earlier than four months
and one day after the issue date of the Second Debentures, but
before the Second Debentures become due, Acceleware has the right,
at its sole discretion, to require the conversion of the Second
Debentures into common shares if, at any time, the 30-day volume
weighted-average trading price of the common shares on the TSX
Venture Exchange equals or exceeds $1.04, subject to TSX
Venture Exchange review and approval when exercised.
Each unit consists of one common share and
one-half of one common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant
entitles the holder to acquire one common share, at an exercise
price equal to 200% of the conversion price of the Second
Debentures, for a 24-month period following the distribution of the
Second Debentures.
Acceleware expects to close the Second Private
Placement no later than April 15, 2022 and intends to use the net
proceeds of the Second Private Placement to fund the further
development and testing of Acceleware’s RF heating technology (RF
XL and the Clean Tech Inverter) and for general corporate purposes.
Purchasers of the Second Debentures will be subject to a four-month
hold period in accordance with securities legislation.
Acceleware is proceeding with the Second Private
Placement after significant interest from current shareholders,
suppliers, vendors, and consultants. Acceleware expects certain
insiders to participate in the Second Private Placement, which may
make the Second Private Placement a related party transaction
within the meaning of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 Protection of
Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions. Acceleware
intends to rely on the exemptions from the valuation and minority
shareholder approval requirements in that instrument.
About Acceleware
Acceleware (www.acceleware.com) is an innovator
of clean-tech oil and gas technologies comprised of two business
units: Radio Frequency (RF) Enhanced Oil Recovery and Seismic
Imaging Software.
Acceleware is developing RF XL, its patented and
patent-pending low-cost, low-carbon production technology for heavy
oil and oil sands that is materially different from any heavy oil
recovery technique used today. Acceleware's vision is that
electrification of heavy oil and oil sands production can be made
possible through RF XL, supporting a transition to much cleaner
energy production that can quickly bend the emissions curve
downward. Further, Acceleware’s RF XL technology could be a key
component of an end-to-end integrated carbon management system that
can eliminate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with heavy
oil and oil sands production, whether for fossil fuels, or for
future clean bitumen by-products such as petrochemicals, carbon
fibre, and blue or green hydrogen production. RF XL uses no water,
requires no solvent, has a small physical footprint, can be
redeployed from site to site, and can be applied to a multitude of
reservoir types. In shallow oil sands implementations, no tailings
ponds will be required. Acceleware is currently undertaking a
commercial pilot test of its RF XL technology in Marwayne, Alberta,
intended to validate RF XL’s technological capabilities, economic
viability, as well as its decarbonization potential for heavy oil
and oil sands production.
Acceleware has partnered with Saa Dene Group
(co-founded by Jim Boucher) to create
Acceleware | Kisâstwêw to raise the profile, adoption,
and value of Acceleware technologies. The shared vision of the
partnership is to improve the environmental and economic
performance of the energy sector by supporting ideals that are
important to Indigenous peoples, including respect for land, water,
and clean air.
Acceleware’s seismic imaging software solutions
are state-of-the-art for high fidelity imaging, providing the most
accurate and advanced imaging available for oil exploration in
complex geologies. Acceleware is a public company listed on
Canada’s TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol “AXE”.
Disclaimers
This press release contains “forward-looking
information” within the meaning of securities legislation.
Forward-looking information generally means information about an
issuer’s business, capital, or operations that is prospective in
nature, and includes disclosure about the issuer’s prospective
financial performance or financial position.
The forward-looking information in this press
release can be identified by the terms “expects”, “intends”, and
derivatives thereof, and includes information about the
participation of insiders in the Second Private Placement and the
proposed use of proceeds of the Second Private Placement.
Actual results may vary from the forward-looking
information in this press release due to certain material risk
factors. These risk factors are described in detail in Acceleware’s
continuous disclosure documents, which are filed on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com.
Acceleware assumes no obligation to update or
revise the forward-looking information in this press release unless
it is required to do so under securities legislation.
Neither the 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.
For further information:Geoff Clark, CEOTel: +1
(403) 249-9099geoff.clark@acceleware.com
Acceleware Ltd.435 10th Avenue SECalgary, AB,
T2G 0W3 CanadaTel: +1 (403) 249-9099www.acceleware.com
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