GrowMax Resources Postpones Shareholders Meeting and Requires BullRun Capital to Provide Compliant Disclosure on Nominations,...
25 September 2018 - 1:29PM
GrowMax Resources Corp. (the “
Company” or
“
GrowMax”) (TSX-V: GRO) announces the postponement
of its annual and special meeting of shareholders (the
“
Meeting”) originally scheduled for Tuesday,
September 25, 2018 to October 4, 2018.
In consultation with its advisors, GrowMax’s
Board of Directors (the “Board”) has identified
serious concerns about the accuracy and completeness of BullRun’s
September 18, 2018 press release (the “Release”),
issued just days before the proxy deposit deadline, regarding the
intention to declare a dividend of $0.075 per share if BullRun’s
board nominees are elected at the Meeting. Specifically, the
Company is concerned that the Release does not sufficiently explain
BullRun’s intention to seek shareholder approval before proceeding
with the dividend and fails to adequately address corporate law
tests that must be satisfied before a dividend can be declared and
paid. Furthermore, it is apparent that BullRun has not disclosed
the risks that the dividend proposal would create for GrowMax under
the share purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) for
the proposed PrimaSea acquisition. For example, under the
Agreement, GrowMax has covenanted that it will neither make a
commitment nor pay an amount in excess of $50,000 which is not
contemplated in the budget furnished to the vendors of PrimaSea
without the approval of the vendors. The dividend would arguably
constitute such a payment, and could potentially expose the Company
to litigation.
Additionally, GrowMax has concerns in light of
the proposed dividend that several statements in BullRun’s August
20, 2018 Advance Notice material (the “Notice”)
confirming the independence of BullRun’s board nominees appear to
be inaccurate. One of such statements in Schedule “C” of the Notice
states that none of the Nominating Shareholders has any
“arrangement or agreement, the purpose or effect [of] which would
be to alter such Nominating Shareholder’s… economic exposure to the
Corporation.” However, the economic exposure of each Nominating
Shareholder will be offset by the dividend to be paid to the
Nominees if elected. A clear example is Mr. Malhi, who the Board
calculates would receive approximately $2.1 million of the
Company’s cash reserves. The Notice’s inaccurate and apparently
false statements deprive the Company and its shareholders of
accurate and timely disclosure of matters relevant to vote at the
Meeting contrary to the intention of the Board in adopting the
Advance Notice By-Law.
The Company has invited BullRun and the Nominees
to address these concerns by answering questions about the
background facts. Consequently, the Board has decided that the
meeting will be postponed for approximately one week, which will
provide a period during which BullRun and each of the nominees can
respond to the Company’s queries. The Company will update
shareholders as appropriate in due course as to the outcome of this
process.
“We are committed to ensuring that shareholders
have all the information needed to make fully-informed decisions
with regard to their votes at the Meeting,” said GrowMax President
and CEO Stephen Keith.
Proxies that have already been submitted will continue to be
valid for purposes of the rescheduled Meeting. If you have already
voted on your BLUE proxy no action is needed. Shareholders who have
not yet voted or voted on the dissident’s yellow proxy are
encouraged to do so on management’s BLUE proxy. The later dated
BLUE Proxy will count as it supersedes any previously submitted
proxy.
The new deadline to vote is 10:00 a.m. (Calgary time), being
12:00 p.m. (Toronto time), Tuesday, October 2, 2018.
If you have questions or need help voting contact
Kingsdale Advisors at 1-866-581-1479 or
contactus@kingsdaleadvisors.com. There is a team standing by to
help.
For more information, please contact:
Stephen Keith, P. Eng. President and CEO Tel.: +1 (647) 299 0046
Email: info@growmaxcorp.com www.growmaxcorp.com
Media Contact: Ian Robertson
Executive Vice
President, Communication Strategy Kingsdale Advisors
Direct: +1 (416) 867-2333
Cell: +1 (647) 621-2646 Email:
irobertson@kingsdaleadvisors.com
Forward Looking Information
Certain statements contained in this news
release may constitute “forward-looking information” as such term
is used in applicable Canadian and US securities laws. Any
information or statements contained herein that express or involve
discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, plans,
projections, objectives, assumptions or future events should be
viewed as forward-looking information. Such information relate to
analyses and other information that are based upon forecasts of
future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and
assumptions of management. Such forward-looking information involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may
cause the actual results, performance or achievements of GrowMax to
be materially different than those results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
information.
Forward‐looking information is based on
management’s beliefs, expectations, estimates and opinions on the
date statements are made and GrowMax undertakes no obligation to
update forward-looking information and whether the beliefs,
expectations, estimates and opinions upon which such
forward-looking information is based has changed, except as
required by applicable law.
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 THE RELEASE.
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