Playmaker Capital Inc. Announces Completion of Qualifying Transaction

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TORONTO, Might 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Playmaker Capital Inc. (previously capital pool firm Apolo III Acquisition Corp.) (the “Company”) (TSXV: PMKR) is happy to announce that, additional to its complete information launch dated April 19, 2021, it has accomplished the acquisition (the “Qualifying Transaction”) of all the issued and excellent securities of Playmaker Capital Inc. (“Outdated Playmaker”) constituting its “Qualifying Transaction” (inside the that means of Coverage 2.4 – Capital Pool Corporations of the TSX Enterprise Change (the “Change”)). Previous to the completion of the Qualifying Transaction, the Company effected a consolidation (the “Consolidation”) of its excellent frequent shares (the “Frequent Shares”) on the idea of 1 post-Consolidation Frequent Share for each 4.54 pre-Consolidation Frequent Shares and altered its title from “Apolo III Acquisition Corp.” to “Playmaker Capital Inc.” (the “Identify Change”).

The Qualifying Transaction was accomplished by means of a three-cornered amalgamation pursuant to which, amongst different issues: (a) Outdated Playmaker amalgamated (the “First Amalgamation”) with 2830125 Ontario Inc. (“Apolo Subco”), an entity integrated for the needs of the First Amalgamation, pursuant to the provisions of the Enterprise Firms Act (Ontario) (“OBCA”); (b) all the frequent shares of Outdated Playmaker (every, an “Outdated Playmaker Share”) excellent instantly previous to the First Amalgamation had been cancelled and, in consideration therefor, the holders thereof obtained post-Consolidation Frequent Shares of the Company (every, a “Ensuing Issuer Share”) on the idea of 1 (1) Outdated Playmaker Share for one (1) Ensuing Issuer Share (the “Change Ratio”); and (c) the entity ensuing from the First Amalgamation subsequently amalgamated (the “Second Amalgamation”) with the Company beneath the OBCA. In reference to the completion of the Qualifying Transaction, the Ensuing Issuer Shares will likely be listed on the Change beneath the ticker image “PMKR”. It’s anticipated that buying and selling of the Ensuing Issuer Shares beneath the brand new ticker image will begin on or about June 3, 2021.

Instantly following completion of the Qualifying Transaction, Michael Galego, Vincent Gasparro and Ryan Roebuck resigned from their positions as officer and administrators of the Company, as relevant, and the next people had been appointed because the officers and administrators of the Company:

• Jordan Gnat, Chief Govt Officer and Director
• John Albright, Director
• Jake Cassaday, Director
• Wayne Purboo, Director
• Sebastian Siseles, Director
• Mark Trachuk, Director
• Maryann Turcke, Director
• Michael Cooke, Chief Monetary Officer
• Federico Grinberg, Govt Vice President

Instantly earlier than the completion of the Qualifying Transaction and upon the satisfaction or waiver of sure escrow launch situations, every of the 48,000,000 subscription receipts (the “Subscription Receipts”) issued by Outdated Playmaker on March 31, 2021, pursuant to a concurrent brokered and non-brokered non-public placement (the “Subscription Receipt Financing”) accomplished by Outdated Playmaker led by Canaccord Genuity Corp., as lead agent, along with Echelon Wealth Companions Inc., Eight Capital, PI Monetary Corp. and Scotia Capital Inc. (collectively, the “Underwriters”), had been mechanically transformed, with out cost of extra consideration or any additional motion by the holders thereof, into one Outdated Playmaker Share in accordance with their phrases. In reference to the Subscription Receipt Financing, the Underwriters obtained fee comprised of $1,100,600 money and an combination of 1,575,600 dealer warrants (the “Dealer Warrants”) of the Firm, every Dealer Warrant entitling the holder thereof to accumulate one Ensuing Issuer Share at a value of $0.50 per Ensuing Issuer Share for a interval of 18 months.

On the efficient time of the First Amalgamation, amongst different issues, excellent Outdated Playmaker Shares (together with these Outdated Playmaker Shares issued upon the automated conversion of the Subscription Receipts) had been exchanged for Ensuing Issuer Shares on the idea of the Change Ratio.

No fractional Ensuing Issuer Shares had been issued pursuant to the Consolidation. If, on account of the Consolidation, a holder of pre-Consolidation Frequent Shares was in any other case entitled to a fraction of a Ensuing Issuer Share, the variety of Ensuing Issuer Shares issuable to such holder was rounded all the way down to the closest entire quantity. Following the Second Amalgamation, there are 176,576,461 Ensuing Issuer Shares excellent, of which 174,684,461 Ensuing Issuer Shares, representing roughly 98.9% of the at present issued and excellent Ensuing Issuer Shares, are held by the previous Outdated Playmaker shareholders. An combination of 95,378,412 Ensuing Issuer Shares will likely be topic to worth escrow or Seed Share Resale Restrictions pursuant to Change Coverage 5.4 – Escrow, Vendor Consideration and Resale Restrictions.

For additional info concerning the Qualifying Transaction and the Company, please see the brief type prospectus of Apolo III Acquisition Corp. dated Might 21, 2021, which is offered on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

The Company can also be happy to announce that every one issues submitted to shareholders for approval as set out intimately within the Company’s administration info round (“Round”) dated April 26, 2021 had been accepted on the annual normal and particular assembly of the shareholders of the Company held on Might 26, 2021 (the “Assembly”)

On the Assembly the next gadgets had been accepted by the shareholders of the Company:

1. re-appointing MNP LLP as auditors of the Company;
2. electing the incumbent members of the board of administrators, being Michael Galego, Vincent Gasparro and Ryan Roebuck to carry workplace till closing of the Qualifying Transaction;
3. electing Jordan Gnat, John Albright, Jake Cassaday, Maryann Turcke, Mark Trachuk, Sebastian Siseles and Wayne Purboo as new administrators of the Company, conditional upon and efficient on the closing of the Qualifying Transaction, to carry workplace till the shut of the following annual normal assembly of the shareholders or till their successors are elected or appointed;
4. re-approving the Company’s current inventory possibility plan and approving the Company’s new inventory possibility plan efficient upon closing of the Qualifying Transaction;
5. amending the Company’s articles of incorporation to mirror the Consolidation; and
6. adopting an advance discover by-law of the Company;

Along with the above, disinterested shareholders of the Company voted in favour of the next resolutions proposed within the Round, thereby implementing sure modifications wanted to transition to the Change Coverage 2.4 – Capital Pool Corporations, efficient as at January 1, 2021 (“Change Coverage 2.4”):

1. authorizing the Company to make sure amendments to the Company’s escrow settlement; and
2. eradicating the results related to the Company not finishing a Qualifying Transaction inside 24 months of its itemizing date.

Additional info concerning the resolutions handed on the Assembly might be discovered within the Round, which is offered on the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

The Company can also be happy to announce that it has retained Hybrid Monetary Ltd. (“Hybrid”) to supply advertising and marketing companies to the Company with a view to heighten its market and model consciousness and to broaden the Company’s attain inside the funding group. With workplaces and Toronto and Montreal, Hybrid is a gross sales and distribution firm that makes use of a data-driven method to actively join issuers to the funding group throughout North America.

Hybrid has agreed to adjust to all relevant securities legal guidelines and the insurance policies of the Change in offering its companies to the Company and has been engaged for an preliminary interval of six months, starting June 1, 2021 (the “Preliminary Time period”), renewed mechanically for successive six month intervals thereafter, until terminated by the Company. The Company can pay Hybrid a month-to-month payment of $15,000, plus relevant taxes, in the course of the Preliminary Time period. The appointment of Hybrid is topic to Change approval.
For additional info, please contact:

Jordan Gnat
Chief Govt Officer
jgnat@playmaker.fans

Neither the Change nor its Regulation Companies Supplier (as that time period is outlined within the insurance policies of the Change) accepts accountability for the adequacy or accuracy of this launch.

This information launch doesn’t represent a suggestion to promote or a solicitation of a suggestion to purchase any of the securities in the USA. The securities haven’t been and won’t be registered beneath the USA Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or any state securities legal guidelines and might not be provided or offered inside the USA or to U.S. individuals until registered beneath the U.S. Securities Act and relevant state securities legal guidelines or an exemption from such registration is offered.

Cautionary Assertion Concerning Ahead Wanting Data

This information launch incorporates statements which represent “forward-looking info” inside the that means of relevant securities legal guidelines, together with statements concerning the plans, intentions, beliefs and present expectations of the Company.

Usually, however not all the time, forward-looking info might be recognized by means of phrases comparable to “plans”, “expects”, “is anticipated”, “price range”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates”, or “believes” or variations (together with unfavourable variations) of such phrases and phrases, or statements shaped sooner or later tense or indicating that sure actions, occasions or outcomes “could”, “might”, “would”, “would possibly” or “will” (or different variations of the forgoing) be taken, happen, be achieved, or come to go. Ahead-looking info consists of info concerning the graduation of buying and selling of the Ensuing Issuer Shares, the appointment of Hybrid, the enterprise plans and expectations of the Company and expectations for different financial, enterprise, and/or aggressive elements. Ahead-looking info relies on at present accessible aggressive, monetary and financial information and working plans, methods or beliefs as of the date of this information launch, however contain recognized and unknown dangers, uncertainties, assumptions and different elements which will trigger the precise outcomes, efficiency or achievements of the Company to be materially completely different from any future outcomes, efficiency or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking info. Such elements could also be primarily based on info at present accessible to the Company together with info obtained from third-party business analysts and different third-party sources, and are primarily based on administration’s present expectations or beliefs. Any and all forward-looking info contained on this information launch is expressly certified by this cautionary assertion.

Traders are cautioned that forward-looking info is just not primarily based on historic info however as an alternative mirror administration’s expectations, estimates or projections regarding future outcomes or occasions primarily based on the opinions, assumptions and estimates of administration thought of affordable on the date the statements are made. Ahead-looking info displays administration’s present beliefs and relies on info at present accessible to them and on assumptions they consider to be not unreasonable in gentle of all the circumstances. In some cases, materials elements or assumptions are mentioned on this information launch in reference to statements containing forward-looking info. Such materials elements and assumptions embrace, however will not be restricted to receipt of ultimate itemizing approval from the Change, along with the elements referenced on this information launch and the lengthy type prospectus of the Company dated Might 21, 2021 (the “Prospectus”), together with, however not restricted to, these set forth within the Prospectus beneath the caption “Threat Elements”. Though the Company has tried to determine essential elements that might trigger precise actions, occasions or outcomes to vary materially from these described in forward-looking info, there could also be different elements that trigger actions, occasions or outcomes to vary from these anticipated, estimated or supposed. Ahead-looking info contained herein is made as of the date of this information launch and, apart from as required by legislation, the Company disclaims any obligation to replace any forward-looking info, whether or not on account of new info, future occasions or outcomes or in any other case. There might be no assurance that forward-looking info will show to be correct, as precise outcomes and future occasions might differ materially from these anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers mustn’t place undue reliance on forward-looking info.

Ought to a number of of those dangers or uncertainties materialize, or ought to assumptions underlying the forward-looking info show incorrect, precise outcomes could differ materially from these described herein as supposed, deliberate, anticipated, believed, estimated or anticipated. Though the Company has tried to determine essential dangers, uncertainties and elements which might trigger precise outcomes to vary materially, there could also be others that trigger outcomes to not be as anticipated, estimated or supposed. The Company doesn’t intend, and doesn’t assume any obligation, to replace this forward-looking info besides as in any other case required by relevant legislation.