Dominion Lending Centres Inc. Receives Shareholder Approval for Acquisition of Preferred Shares and Related Transactions
December 03 2024 - 6:14PM
Dominion Lending Centres Inc. (TSX: DLCG) ("DLCG" or the
"Corporation") is pleased to announce the following results from
its special meeting (the "Meeting") of holders (the "Shareholders")
of Class A common shares ("Common Shares") held earlier today:
- In respect of an
ordinary resolution (the "Acquisition Resolution"), as more
particularly set out in the management information circular dated
October 25, 2024 (the "Information Circular"), approving the
proposed acquisition (the "Proposed Acquisition") of all of the
issued and outstanding non voting Series 1 Class B preferred shares
of the Corporation (the "Series 1 Preferred Shares") from KayMaur
Holdings Ltd. ("KayMaur") (or, in substitution of KayMaur, one or
more companies controlled by Gary Mauris or Chris Kayat) and from
certain other holders of Series 1 Preferred Shares in exchange for,
in aggregate, 30,500,000 Common Shares and a cash payment of
$15,000,000, pursuant to a purchase agreement dated October 2,
2024, subject to and conditional on approval of the Stated Capital
Resolution (as defined below):
- 99.99% of the
votes cast at the Meeting were in favour of the Acquisition
Resolution;
- 99.99% of the
votes cast at the Meeting were in favour of the Acquisition
Resolution, after excluding votes attached to Common Shares that
are beneficially owned or over which control or direction is
exercised by Gary Mauris, Chris Kayat and/or their associates and
affiliates (each as defined in the TSX Company Manual), including
KayMaur; and
- 99.99% of the
votes cast at the Meeting were in favour of the Acquisition
Resolution, after excluding votes required to be excluded for
majority of the minority approval for the purposes of Multilateral
Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in
Special Transactions;
- 99.99% of the votes cast at the
Meeting were in favour of a special resolution, as more
particularly set out in the Information Circular, authorizing and
approving the addition to the stated capital account of the
Corporation maintained in respect of the Series 1 Preferred Shares
an aggregate amount of $15,000,000, without any payment being made,
to take effect prior to the implementation of the Proposed
Acquisition, subject to and conditional on approval of the
Acquisition Resolution; and
- 99.99% of the votes cast at the
Meeting were in favour of a special resolution, as more
particularly set out in the Information Circular, authorizing an
amendment to the Corporation's articles of amalgamation to cancel
the Class B preferred shares of the Corporation as a class and the
Series 1 Preferred Shares as a series of shares in the capital of
the Corporation authorized for issuance, subject to and conditional
on approval of the Acquisition Resolution and implementation of the
Proposed Acquisition.
As a result, all resolutions were passed by the
requisite majorities. Shareholders holding an aggregate of
39,179,225 Common Shares (being 81.24% of the total issued and
outstanding Common Shares) were represented either in person or by
proxy at the Meeting.
In the event that all necessary approvals are
received, the Corporation anticipates completing the transactions
on or about December 17, 2024.
About Dominion Lending Centres
Inc.
Dominion Lending Centres Inc. is Canada's
leading network of mortgage professionals. DLCG operates through
Dominion Lending Centres Inc. and its three main subsidiaries, MCC
Mortgage Centre Canada Inc., MA Mortgage Architects Inc. and Newton
Connectivity Systems Inc., and has operations across Canada. DLCG's
extensive network includes over 8,500 agents and over 500
locations. Headquartered in British Columbia, DLCG was founded in
2006 by Gary Mauris and Chris Kayat.
DLCG can be found on X (Twitter), Facebook and
Instagram and LinkedIn @DLCGmortgage and on the web at
www.dlcg.ca.
Contact information for the Corporation is as
follows:
Eddy CocciolloPresident647-403-7320eddy@dlc.ca |
James BellEVP, Corporate and Chief Legal
Officer403-560-0821jbell@dlcg.ca |
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Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking
statements" and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of
Canadian securities laws, including statements relating to the
Proposed Acquisition, including DLCG's expectations regarding the
expected timing of closing of the Proposed Acquisition. All
information that is not clearly historical in nature may constitute
forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking
statements may be identified by the use of terms such as
"forecast", "projected", "assumption" and other similar expressions
or future or conditional terms such as "anticipate", "believe",
"could", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "may", "plan", "predict",
"project", "will", "would", and "should".
Forward-looking statements contained in this
news release are based on certain factors and assumptions made by
management of DLCG based on their current expectations, estimates,
projections, assumptions and beliefs regarding their business and
DLCG does not provide any assurance that actual results will meet
management's expectations. While management considers these
assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently
available to them, they may prove to be incorrect. Such
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future events or
performance and by their nature involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, including those risks described in
the Information Circular and DLCG's annual information form dated
March 19, 2024 (both of which are filed under DLCG's SEDAR+ profile
on www.sedarplus.ca), that may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements. Although DLCG has attempted to
identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events
or results to differ materially from those described in
forward-looking statements, other factors may cause actions, events
or results to be different than anticipated, estimated or intended.
There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be
accurate as actual results and future events could vary or differ
materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking
statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking information. DLCG does not undertake to update any
forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information
or future events or otherwise, except as may be required by
applicable securities laws.
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