This press release is being disseminated as required by National
Instrument 62‐103 ‐ The Early Warning System and Related Take Over
Bids and Insider Reporting Issuers in connection with the filing of
an early warning report (the “Early Warning Report”) by Noman A.
Worthington, III in respect of his ownership position in Sangoma
Technologies Corporation (TSX: STC; Nasdaq: SANG) (the
“Corporation”).
On March 31, 2021, the Corporation acquired of
all of the shares of StarBlue Inc. (“StarBlue”) pursuant to the
terms of a stock purchase agreement dated as of January 28, 2021
between, inter alia, the Corporation, StarBlue and Star2Star
Holdings, LLC (“S2S Holdings”) (the “Acquisition Agreement”).
As partial consideration for its acquisition of
StarBlue (the “Transaction”), the Corporation agreed to issue a
total of 110,000,000 pre-Consolidation (as defined below) Shares
(the “Consideration Shares”), of which 22,000,0000
pre-Consolidation Shares (less 869,202 pre-Consolidation Shares
representing a holdback for indemnification purposes) were issued
upon the completion of the Transaction (the “Initial Consideration
Shares”) with the balance (the “Deferred Consideration Shares”) to
be issued in quarterly installments commencing on April 5,
2022.
Prior to the completion of the Transaction S2S
Holdings (which is controlled by Mr.Worthington) was StarBlue’s
largest shareholder and, in its capacity as such, received
15,142,778 pre-Consolidation Initial Consideration Shares. S2S
Holdings was also entitled to receive 88,687,156 pre-Consolidation
Deferred Consideration Shares in accordance with the distribution
schedule set out in the Acquisition Agreement.
On November 2, 2021, the Corporation
consolidated its Common Shares on the basis of one new Share for
every seven outstanding Shares (the “Consolidation”).
In May 2022, S2S Holdings distributed all of its
Initial Consideration Shares to its owners, including Old Town
Gelato, LLC (“OTG”). Mr. Worthington owns and controls OTG.
As of the date hereof, the Corporation has
issued a total of 1,714,286 post-Consolidation Deferred
Consideration Shares to S2S Holdings, representing the April 2022
and July 2022 installments. Each installment of the Deferred
Consideration Shares, less a portion that is retained for sale in
order to fund certain tax liabilities associated with the
distribution of the Deferred Consideration Shares, is immediately
distributed to the owners of S2S Holdings, including OTG.
As a result of the foregoing distributions of
Initial Consideration Shares and Deferred Consideration Shares, OTG
currently owns a total of 2,035,346 Shares, representing
approximately 9.1% of the 22,296,476 Shares outstanding (being
21,439,332 Shares outstanding as of May 12, 2022 as disclosed in
the Corporation’s Management Discussion and Analysis for the three
and nine month periods ended March 31, 2022, dated May 12, 2022
(the “MD&A”) plus 857,144 post-Consolidation Deferred
Consideration Shares issued since the date of the MD&A).
In addition, Mr. Worthington expects that, on or
about October 31, 2022, OTG will receive its share of (i) the
October 2022 installment of Deferred Consideration Shares (expected
to be 449,405 Shares, less any Shares withheld to fund tax
liabilities) and (ii) the Initial Consideration Shares that were
originally held back for indemnification purposes under the
Acquisition Agreement (the “Holdback Shares”) and are now being
released (expected to be 65,103 Shares). Because OTG expects to
receive these Shares within 60 days of the date hereof, it is now
deemed to beneficially these Shares.
Therefore, after giving effect to the October
2022 distribution of Deferred Consolidation Shares and the Holdback
Shares, Mr. Worthington will beneficially own or control a total of
2,549,854 Shares, representing approximately 10.9% of the
23,218,723 Shares outstanding (being the 21,439,332 Shares
outstanding as of May 12, 2022 as disclosed in the MD&A plus
(i) 857,144 post-Consolidation Deferred Consideration Shares issued
since the date of the MD&A, (ii) 857,144 Shares issuable
pursuant to the October 2022 distribution of Deferred Consolidation
Shares and (iii) 65,103 Holdback Shares expected to be issued
concurrently with the October 2022 distribution of the Deferred
Consolidation Shares).
The Consideration Shares were and will be
acquired by Mr. Worthington and OTG in connection with the
Transaction and are held for investment purposes. S2S Holdings is
entitled to receive the remaining distributions of Deferred
Consideration Shares in accordance with the terms of the
Acquisition Agreement, and Mr. Worthington expects that these
additional Deferred Consideration Shares will be distributed to the
owners of S2S Holdings, including OTG, in a manner consistent with
previous distributions. Mr. Worthington or OTG may or may not,
depending on market and other conditions, also increase or decrease
their beneficial ownership or control of the Shares.
A copy of the Early Warning Report to be filed
by Mr. Worthington in connection with the transactions described
above will be available on the Corporation’s SEDAR profile at
www.sedar.com.
The head office of the Corporation is located at
Suite 100, 100 Renfrew Drive, Markham, Ontario L3R 9R6 and Mr.
Worthington’s address is c/o Sangoma Technologies Corporation,
Suite 100, 100 Renfrew Drive, Markham, Ontario L3R 9R6.
To obtain a copy of the Early Warning Report
filed under National Instrument 62-103, please contact Samantha
Reburn, General Counsel of the Corporation, at 1-905-474-1990 ext.
4134.
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