EG7 Completes the Acquisition of Daybreak Game Company
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PRESS RELEASE
Stockholm, 22 December 2020
Enad Global 7 AB (publ) (“EG7” or the “Company”) has today completed the acquisition of 100 percent of the shares in Daybreak Game Company LLC (“Daybreak”), which was announced through a press release on 1 December 2020 (the "Transaction"), for a consideration of USD 300 million, on a cash- and debt- free basis. The initial consideration of in total USD 260 million has today been paid partly with 10,079,981 shares in EG7, corresponding to a value of USD 100 million, which corresponds to approximately SEK 848 million[1] (the "Consideration Shares"), and partly through a cash payment amounting to USD 160 million, which corresponds to approximately SEK 1,357 million (the "Cash Consideration"). Following the Transaction, Daybreak’s former main owner Jason Epstein will hold approximately 10 percent and the other former shareholders of Daybreak will together hold approximately 3 percent of the total number of outstanding shares and votes in EG7.
COMPLETION OF THE ACQUISITION OF DAYBREAK GAME COMPANY
The upfront consideration which has been paid for 100 percent of the shares in Daybreak amounts to USD 260 million, equivalent of approximately SEK 2,205 million, on a cash- and debt- free basis (the "Upfront Consideration"). The Upfront Consideration is comprised of the Cash Consideration and the Consideration Shares.
The value of the Consideration Shares amounts to USD 100 million, corresponding to approximately SEK 848 million and 10,079,981 shares in EG7. The price per EG7 share is based on a based on a volume weighted average price of the EG7 share on Nasdaq First North Growth Market for the ten consecutive trading days preceding 1 December 2020 equal to SEK 84.14 per share. The Cash Consideration of approximately USD 160 million, equivalent of approximately SEK 1,357 million, has been paid in cash and is financed through available funds raised via the directed share issue announced on 1 December 2020.
In addition, EG7 will pay the deferred consideration to the sellers of Daybreak of USD 40 million following finalization of Daybreak’s FY 2020 financial statements. The deferred consideration will be paid in cash.
On 2 December 2020, the board of directors resolved to issue the Consideration Shares, subject to the approval from the extra general meeting on 17 December 2020. The extra general meeting approved the share issue and the board of directors has today resolved to allot the Consideration Shares as part of the completion of the Transaction. The issue of the Consideration Shares results in a dilution of approximately 13.2 percent of the number of shares and votes in the Company after the Transaction, through an increase in the number of outstanding shares by 10,079,981, from 66,550,378 to 76,630,359. The share capital will increase by SEK 403,199.40 from SEK 2,662,015.12 to SEK 3,065,214.36.
EG7's and Daybreak’s financial reporting will be consolidated from 22 December 2020.
For further information about the acquisition of Daybreak, please refer to the previous press release published on 1 December 2020.
ADVISORS
Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ) is acting as financial advisor to EG7 in relation to the Transaction. Baker McKenzie (Stockholm and US) is acting as legal advisor to EG7.
Aream & Co. is acting as exclusive financial advisor to Daybreak. LionTree Advisors is acting as financial advisor to Jason Epstein, Executive Chairman and majority shareholder of Daybreak. Perkins Coie is acting as legal advisor to Daybreak in relation to the Transaction.
The information in this press release has been made public through the agency of the responsible person set out below, for publication at the time stated by the company’s news distributor Cision at the publication of this press release.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Robin Flodin, CEO
Phone: +46 70 477 06 34
robin@enadglobal7.com
ABOUT EG7
EG7 is a group of companies within the gaming industry that develops, markets, publishes and distributes PC, console and mobile games to the global gaming market. The company employs 170+ game developers and develops its own original IP:s, as well as act as consultants to other publishers around the world through its game development divisions Toadman Studios, Big Blue Bubble and Antimatter Games. In addition, the group's marketing department Petrol has contributed to the release of 1,500+ titles, of which many are world famous brands such as Call of Duty, Destiny, Dark Souls and Rage. The group's publishing and distribution department Sold Out holds expertise in both physical and digital publishing and has previously worked with Team 17, Rebellion and Frontier Developments. The Group is headquartered in Stockholm with approximately 270 employees in 10 offices worldwide.
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[1] All conversions from USD to SEK in this press release are made with the exchange rate 8.4813 USD/SEK as quoted at Riksbanken.
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