GAN Announces Approval of Merger by the Nevada Gaming Commission
October 09 2024 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Merger with SEGA SAMMY remains on track to
close in late 2024 or early 2025
GAN Limited (the “Company” or “GAN”) (NASDAQ:
GAN), a leading North American B2B technology provider of real
money internet gaming solutions and a leading international B2C
operator of Internet sports betting, today announced that it has
received approval from the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) for the
merger of GAN and a subsidiary of SEGA SAMMY CREATION INC. (“SSC”),
an affiliate of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC. (“SEGA SAMMY
HOLDINGS”).
The closing of the merger remains subject to other customary
closing conditions including additional gaming regulatory
approvals, and is expected to occur in late 2024 or early 2025.
If the merger is completed, each GAN ordinary share issued
immediately prior to the effective time of the merger will be
automatically cancelled and converted into the right to receive
$1.97 in cash with respect to each such ordinary share, without
interest and less applicable withholding taxes. Upon the completion
of the merger, GAN will cease to be a publicly-traded company and
its ordinary shares will be delisted from The Nasdaq Capital Market
and deregistered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
About GAN
GAN is a leading business-to-business supplier of internet
gaming software-as-a-service solutions predominantly to the U.S.
land-based casino industry. Coolbet, a division of GAN, is a
market-leading operator of proprietary online sports betting
technology with market leadership positions in select European and
Latin American markets. GAN has developed a proprietary internet
gaming enterprise software system, GameSTACK™, which it licenses to
land-based casino operators as a turnkey technology solution for
regulated real money internet gaming, encompassing internet gaming,
internet sports gaming, and virtual Simulated Gaming. Additional
information about GAN can be found online at www.GAN.com.
About SEGA SAMMY
HOLDINGS
SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS is the holding company of the SEGA SAMMY
Group, a group of companies comprising the Entertainment Contents
Business, which offers a diversity of fun through consumer and
arcade game content, toys, and animation; the Pachislot and
Pachinko Machines Business, which conducts everything from
development to sales of Pachinko/Pachislot machines; and the Gaming
Business, which operates integrated resorts and develops casino
gaming products and software.
SSC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS. SSC,
together with its wholly-owned subsidiary SEGA SAMMY CREATION USA
Inc., develop, manufacture and distribute land-based and
online/social casino gaming products and software.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This press release contains “forward looking statements”
regarding the closing of the merger and the expected timing thereof
and other future related events. Such statements are based upon
current estimates and expectations that are subject to risks,
uncertainties and assumptions. Should one or more of these risks or
uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove
incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated
or anticipated by such forward-looking statements. Factors that
could cause actual events to differ include, but are not limited to
the failure to satisfy the closing conditions to the merger,
including obtaining the approval of the merger and change in
control of GAN by certain gaming authorities and other risks
detailed in GAN’s filings with the SEC, including its proxy
statement filed with the SEC on January 9, 2024. Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. GAN undertakes
no obligation to release publicly the result of any revisions to
these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events
or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence
of unanticipated events, except as required by law.
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Investor Contacts:
GAN Robert Shore Vice President, IR and Capital
Markets (610) 812-3519 rshore@GAN.com
Alpha IR Group Ryan Coleman (312) 445-2870
GAN@alpha-ir.com
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