Urbanfund Corp. Announces Loan to Shareholder
29 March 2024 - 1:33AM
Urbanfund Corp. (TSX-V: UFC) (“Urbanfund” or the “Company”),
announces that it entered into loan agreement dated March 27, 2024
(the “Loan Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company has agreed to
loan Westdale Construction Co. Limited (“Westdale”) the principal
amount of $6,000,000 (the “Loan”). The Loan is repayable within
30 days and will bear interest at 8.2% per annum.
Westdale is a control person of the Company. The
Company’s Chairman, Ronald Kimel, is a shareholder, director and
officer of Westdale and Mitchell Cohen, the Company’s Chief
Executive Officer, is an officer of Westdale. Accordingly, the
Loan constitutes a “related party transaction” pursuant to
Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security
Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”). The Loan is exempt
from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval
requirements of 61-101. The Company is exempt from the formal
valuation requirement contain in section 5.5(b) of MI 61-101 as the
Company does not have securities listed on a specified stock
exchange. The Loan is further exempt from the minority shareholder
approval requirement pursuant to section 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 as
the fair market value of Loan is less than 25% of the Company’s
market capitalization.
ABOUT URBANFUND
Urbanfund is a Toronto-based real estate
development and operating company listed on the TSX Venture
Exchange (“TSX-V”) under the symbol UFC. The Company is a reporting
issuer in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario.
The Company’s focus is to identify, evaluate and
invest in real estate or real estate related projects. The
Company’s assets are located in Toronto, Belleville, Kitchener,
London, and Brampton Ontario and in Montreal and Quebec City,
Quebec and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This press release contains certain
forward-looking statements, including statements about the proposed
repayment date of the Loan. Wherever possible, words such as “may”,
“will”, “should”, “could”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”,
“anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “predict” or “potential” or
the negative or other variations of these words, or similar words
or phrases, have been used to identify these forward-looking
statements. These statements reflect management's current beliefs
and are based on information currently available to management as
at the date hereof.
Forward-looking statements involve significant
risk, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors could cause
actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially
from the results discussed or implied in the forward-looking
statements. These factors should be considered carefully and
readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking
statements.
Although the forward-looking statements
contained in this press release are based upon what management
believes to be reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure
readers that actual results will be consistent with these
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are
made as of the date of this press release, and the Company assumes
no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or
circumstances, except as required by law. Many factors could cause
the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to
be materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements that may be expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements, including: general economic and market
segment conditions, interest rates, costs outside of the Company's
control such as real estate taxes and utilities, the ability of
tenants to satisfy their contractual rent obligations and any
unforeseen repair, maintenance or replacement of the Company's
assets.
More detailed assessment of the risks that could
cause actual results to materially differ from current expectations
is contained in the “Risks and Uncertainties” section of the
Company's most recent Management's Discussion and Analysis dated
November 28, 2023.
For further information, please contact:
Mitchell CohenChief Executive Officer and
President Urbanfund Corp.416-703-1877 ext. 2025
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.
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