TSXV: MKT OTC: MKTDF FRA: DEP
CALGARY,
AB, Sept. 2, 2022 /CNW/ - DeepMarkit Corp.,
("DeepMarkit" or the
"Company") (TSXV: MKT) (OTC: MKTDF) (FRA: DEP), a company
focused on transitioning the global carbon
offset market to the more accessible digital
economy by minting carbon offsets onto the
blockchain, announces that it will hold its upcoming annual
general and special meeting (the "Meeting") of shareholders
of the Company (the "Shareholders") at the offices of DS
Lawyers Canada LLP, Suite 800, 333 - 7th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2Z1, at 10:00 am on October 4,
2022.
At the Meeting, Shareholders will be asked to, among other
things:
- Receive and consider the audited, consolidated financial
statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021;
- Elect Ranjeet Sundher,
Steve Vanry, J. Garry Clark, Paul
McKenzie and James Henning as
directors of the Company for the ensuing year;
- Appoint the auditors of the Company for the ensuing year and
authorize the audit committee of the board of directors of the
Company to fix the auditors' remuneration;
- Approve the stock option plan of the Company;
- Approve the equity incentive compensation plan of the Company
(see the Company's news release dated August
19, 2022);
- Approve Radiance Assets Berhad becoming a new "Control Person"
(as such term is defined in the TSX Venture Exchange (the
"Exchange") Corporate Finance Manual) of the Company;
- Approve an ordinary resolution by the disinterested
shareholders ratifying the grant of an aggregate of 15,800,000
restricted share units previously approved by the board of
directors of the Company and issued on August 19, 2022 (see the Company's news release
dated August 19, 2022);
- Approve an ordinary resolution of disinterested shareholders
amending certain previously granted options to insiders of the
Corporation, subject to the policies of the Exchange; and
- Pass a special resolution authorizing the change of name of the
Company to "First Carbon Inc." or such other name as the board of
directors of the Company, in their sole discretion and subject to
applicable regulatory approval, determines to be appropriate.
The notice of meeting and management proxy and information
circular with respect to the Meeting are expected to be mailed to
all shareholders on September 13,
2022 and will also be available under the Company's issuer
profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Change in Financial
Year-End
The Company also announces that it has today filed a Notice of
Change in Year-End with the securities regulators in Alberta and British
Columbia. As a result, the Company has changed its financial
year-end to June 30 and it will file
audited financial statements for the six-month transition year
ended June 30, 2022 on or before
October 28, 2022. Please see the
Notice of Change in Year-End filed on SEDAR for more
information.
Re-Pricing of Existing
Options
The Company proposes to amend the terms of 14,980,000 stock
option ("Options") to acquire 14,980,000 common shares of
Corporation (the "Common Shares"). The proposed amendment is
to reduce the exercise price of the Options from $0.2125 to the greater of (i) $0.15 and (ii) the Market Price of the Common
Shares, as defined in the policies of the Exchange, on the date of
the Meeting, being October 4,
2022.
Pursuant to the policies of the Exchange, the Company is
required to obtain disinterested approval to amend 3,400,000 of the
Options held by insiders of the Company. The resolution to approve
the amendment of these Options will be put before the shareholders
of the Company for consideration at the meeting.
The Options were granted in March, 2022. Since that time the
trading price of the Common Shares has been consistently below the
exercise price of the Options. As a result, the Options have held
little or no value or incentive for the holders of the Options,
defeating the purpose of their issuance.
The Company initially issued 16,000,000 Options in March, 2022.
Pursuant to an agreement entered into between the Company and a
consultant of the Company, 1,020,000 Options were cancelled
effective August 19, 2022.
ABOUT DEEPMARKIT
DeepMarkit Corp. is a company focused on democratizing access to
the voluntary carbon offset market by minting offsets into NFTs.
Its common shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the
"MKT" stock symbol, on the OTC market in the United States under the "MKTDF" symbol and
on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the "DEP" symbol. DeepMarkit
Corp. is a software infrastructure company operating in the
tokenization vertical of the blockchain. Its primary asset,
MintCarbon.io, is a web-based platform that facilitates the minting
of carbon offsets into NFTs (based on the ERC-1155 standard) or
other secure tokens (based on the ERC-20 standard).
On behalf of:
DEEPMARKIT CORP.
"Ranjeet Sundher"
Ranjeet Sundher, CEO
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 this news
release.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
Statements in this news release may contain forward-looking
information. Any statements that are contained in this news release
that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be
forward-looking statements, including statements relating to
obtaining shareholder approval on the matters to be brought before
the Meeting, including disinterested shareholder approval and
Exchange approval, as applicable, and the respective timing
thereof. The reader is cautioned that assumptions used in the
preparation of any forward- looking information may prove to be
incorrect. Events or circumstances may cause actual results to
differ materially from those predicted, as a result of numerous
known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of
which are beyond the control of DeepMarkit. Additional information
regarding risks and uncertainties of the Company's business are
contained under the heading "Business Risks and Uncertainties" in
the Company's MD&A in respect of the period ended March 31, 2022 and the Company's other public
filings which are available under the Company's profile on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com. Various factors can cause the actual results to
differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. The
reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on any
forward-looking information.
The forward-looking
statements contained in this news
release are made as of the date of this
news release and DeepMarkit does not undertake any obligation to
update publicly or to revise any of the included
forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise, except as required by securities law.
SOURCE DeepMarkit Corp.