StorageVault to Acquire 3 Storage Assets and an Information and Records Management Business for $32.5 Million
06 April 2019 - 2:51AM
STORAGEVAULT CANADA INC.
(“
StorageVault”) (
SVI-TSX-V) is
pleased to announce that it has entered into an asset purchase
agreement executed with Access Self Storage Inc. and RecordXpress
Inc. (collectively, “
Access”) to purchase two
stores in the Greater Toronto Area, a 4 acre storage lot in London,
Ontario and the assets and business of RecordXpress, an information
and records management business owned by Access (collectively, the
“
Acquisition”). The aggregate purchase price for
the Acquisition is $32,500,000, subject to customary adjustments.
The 4 acre asset in London is adjacent to one of
the Real Storage assets and will provide StorageVault with
strategic expansion opportunities in London.
Chief Executive Officer Steven Scott commented
that “upon the closing of the previously announced Real Storage
acquisition, we will acquire an information and records management
business in Alberta. The StorageVault Acquisition Committee and
Board felt that the information and records management business is
a complementary vertical in the storage space, much like portable
storage, and fills up excess space, and delivers strong "sticky"
cash flows. Upon the acquisition of RecordXpress, StorageVault will
achieve critical scale and provides the back bone for launching a
valet storage business. We are pleased to be able to offer our
existing business clients a complete made in Canada solution for
their information and records management.”
THE ACQUISITIONThe Acquisition
is subject to the acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange
(“TSXV”) and, as Access is a non-arm’s length
party to StorageVault, the Acquisition is considered to be a
“related party transaction” as defined in Multilateral Instrument
61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special
Transactions (“MI 61-101”) and TSXV Policy 5.9.
Assuming all conditions in the purchase agreement are met or
waived, it is anticipated that the closing of the Acquisition will
occur in the middle of April 2019.
Purchase Price and PaymentThe
purchase price for the Acquisition is $32,500,000, subject to
adjustments, and is payable by the issuance of $8,300,000 of common
shares of StorageVault at a price equal to the greater of $2.80 per
common share or the volume weighted average common share price
during the 10 day period ending two days prior to closing, with the
remainder of the purchase price being paid with mortgage financing
and funds on hand.
Conditions Precedent to the
AcquisitionThe independent Acquisition Committee of
StorageVault approved the Acquisition on April 5, 2019. Closing of
the Acquisition is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing
conditions, including TSXV acceptance of the Acquisition and
certain third party consents.
Exemption from MI 61-101 and TSXV Policy
5.9The Acquisition is considered a “related party
transaction” under MI 61-101 and TSXV Policy 5.9. StorageVault is
relying on exemptions from the formal valuation and minority
approval requirements of MI 61-101 and TSXV Policy 5.9, in respect
of the Acquisition, pursuant to Section 5.5(b) (Issuer Not Listed
on Specified Markets) and Section 5.7(a) (Fair Market Value Not
More Than 25% of Market Capitalization) of MI 61-101, respectively.
No new insiders will be created, nor will any change of control
occur, as a result of the Acquisition.
Other InformationThere can be
no assurance that the Acquisition will be completed as proposed or
at all. The TSXV has in no way passed upon the merits of the
Acquisition and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents
of this news release.
About StorageVault Canada
Inc.StorageVault owns and operates 161 storage locations
in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan,
Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia. StorageVault owns 107
of these locations plus over 4,600 portable storage units
representing over 6 million rentable square feet.
For further information, contact Mr. Steven
Scott or Mr. Iqbal Khan:
Tel: 1-877-622-0205
ir@storagevaultcanada.com
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 release.
Forward-Looking Information: This news release
contains “forward-looking information” within the meaning of
applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other
than statements of historical fact, included herein are
forward-looking information. In particular, this news release
contains forward-looking information in relation to: the proposed
Acquisition; the satisfaction of the conditions for completion of
the proposed Acquisition; the issuance of common shares to satisfy
a portion of the purchase price for the proposed Acquisition; the
potential closing date for the proposed Acquisition; the potential
strategic expansion opportunities in London resulting from the
Acquisition; the potential closing of the Real Storage acquisition;
the potential, and potential performance, of the information and
records management space; the potential scale of StorageVault’s
future information and records management business; and the
potential launch of a valet storage business by StorageVault. This
forward-looking information reflects StorageVault’s current beliefs
and is based on information currently available to StorageVault and
on assumptions StorageVault believes are reasonable. These
assumptions include, but are not limited to: the completion of
satisfactory due diligence by StorageVault in relation to the
proposed Acquisition; the satisfactory fulfilment of all of the
conditions precedent to the proposed Acquisition; the receipt of
all required approvals for the proposed Acquisition, including TSXV
acceptance and certain third party consents; the issuance of the
common shares as disclosed above as part of the purchase price for
the proposed Acquisition; market acceptance of the proposed
Acquisition; market acceptance of the information and records
management business, and the valet storage businesses; accuracy of
the value of the appraisals received for the proposed Acquisition;
acceptable financing to complete the proposed Acquisition; the
level of activity in the storage business and the economy
generally; consumer interest in StorageVault’s services and
products; competition and StorageVault’s competitive advantages;
and the availability of attractive and financially competitive
asset acquisitions in the future. Forward looking information is
subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance
or achievements of StorageVault to be materially different from
those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information.
Such risks and other factors may include, but are not limited to:
general business, economic, competitive, political and social
uncertainties; general capital market conditions and market prices
for securities; delay or failure to receive board or regulatory
approvals; the actual results of future operations; competition;
changes in legislation, including environmental legislation,
affecting StorageVault; the timing and availability of external
financing on acceptable terms; conclusions of economic evaluations
and appraisals; and lack of qualified, skilled labour or loss of
key individuals. A description of additional risk factors that may
cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking
information can be found in StorageVault’s disclosure documents on
the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. Although StorageVault has
attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in
forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause
results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Readers
are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive.
Readers are further cautioned not to place undue reliance on
forward-looking information as there can be no assurance that the
plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are placed will
occur. Forward-looking information contained in this news release
is expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. The
forward-looking information contained in this news release
represents the expectations of StorageVault as of the date of this
news release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such
date. However, StorageVault expressly disclaims any intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise,
except as expressly required by applicable securities law.
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