UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 19, 2018
ICOX INNOVATIONS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | 000-55049 | 27-3098487 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer | ||
| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
4101
Redwood Ave., Building F, Los Angeles, CA 90066
(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 424.570.9446
Not
applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 19, 2018, we entered into the amendment no. 1, dated as of March 15, 2018, to the business services agreement, effective as of December 29, 2017, with WENN Digital Inc. ( “WENN” ), pursuant to which we changed the scope of services to provide WENN with the services in connection with WENN’s development of an image rights management and protection platform (the “Platform” ) using blockchain technology, including (i) the business development and technical services, (ii) the business launch services and (iii) the post-business launch support services.
The total fees for the services provided in connection with the development and launch of the Platform (the business development and technical services and business launch services) are deemed earned on the date of execution of the business services agreement, but we have waived WENN’s requirement to pay US$250,000 fixed fee in connection with the business development and technical services and WENN has previously paid our company US$500,000 fixed fee in connection with the business launch services.
The fees for the post-business launch support services (the “Monthly Services” ) are US$35,000 per month and they will be due at the beginning of each month in which the Monthly Services are performed.
In addition, the work fees in the amount of US$4,175,000 are deemed earned on March 15, 2018 and will be subject to a Renegotiation Obligation (as defined below). The additional fee of rights to receive an aggregate of 20,000,000 Platform tokens or coins (the “Tokens” ) pursuant to a Simple Agreement for Future Tokens are also deemed earned on the date of execution of the business services agreement and will be subject to a Renegotiation Obligation. If WENN does not raise more than US$40 million in connection with its offer and sale for cash of (i) one or more Simple Agreements for Future Tokens ( “SAFTs” ), which SAFTs will entitle the holders thereof to receive Tokens under certain circumstances, and/or, (ii) Tokens, in the event that WENN determines to offer and sell Tokens in lieu of or in addition to SAFTs in connection with its fundraising efforts (collectively, the “WENN Offering” ), prior to May 31, 2018, we will be required to return the work fees and additional fees to WENN and WENN and our company will be required to negotiate in good faith the amount of each of such fee (such requirement to negotiate is referred to herein as the “Renegotiation Obligation” ).
We agreed that WENN will not be responsible for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by our company in connection with our performance of the services. In addition, we agreed to pay, and otherwise be financially responsible for (including through the reimbursement of disbursements made by WENN and its affiliates), (i) all legal costs and expenses incurred by WENN, our company and any of their affiliates in connection with the WENN Offering; (ii) all business and travel expenses incurred by WENN, our company and any of their affiliates in connection the WENN Offering; and (iii) all fees and expenses incurred by WENN in connection with its conversion of cryptocurrencies into US dollars in connection with the WENN Offering, including bank, exchange and other similar fees and expenses. WENN will have the right to deduct any such amounts from the fees otherwise payable by it to our company and apply such deducted amounts to the payments to our company.
The business services agreement will continue for a period of one year unless earlier terminated by either our company or WENN. With respect to the Monthly Services, we agreed to provide the Monthly Services for one year commencing on the date of the Platform Launch (as defined below), after which the business services agreement and the provision of the Monthly Services will automatically renew for a one year period and can be terminated by either our company or WENN with 30 days’ written notice. “Platform Launch” means the publicized product launch of the Platform to the general public, including the ability of the general public to use Tokens as the primary means of exchange for transactions on the Platform.
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Either we or WENN may terminate the business services agreement upon the provision of 30 days’ written notice to the other party. If we provide such notice, WENN may immediately terminate the business services agreement and we will be entitled to no further compensation except for any fees earned prior to the date of the termination. If WENN provides such notice, we may immediately terminate the business services agreement and will be entitled to no further compensation, except for the following lump sum payments: (i) any fees earned to the effective date of termination; and (ii) a lump sum payment of US$105,000.
Our chairman and director, Cameron Chell, is a director, officer and an indirect shareholder of Business Instincts Group Inc. which owns 10% of the common stock of WENN and he is also a director, officer and indirect shareholder of Blockchain Merchant Group, Inc. which owns 2.5% of the common stock of WENN and we own 7.5% of the common stock of WENN. Mr. Chell is also a director of WENN.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
On March 19, 2018, we completed a private placement of an aggregate of 3,217,300 subscription receipts at a price of US$0.60 per subscription receipt for aggregate gross proceeds of US$1,930,380. In the event of the occurrence of the escrow release condition (as defined below), each subscription receipt will automatically convert into one share of our common stock, for no additional consideration. The subscription amounts will be held by an escrow agent until the escrow release condition. The escrow release condition is the receipt by our company of conditional approval for the listing of the shares of our common stock on a Canadian stock exchange. In the event that the escrow release condition is satisfied prior to 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on May 31, 2018, we will deliver a notice to the escrow agent confirming the escrow release condition has been satisfied. Upon receipt of the notice, the escrow agent will, as soon as practicable thereafter, release the subscription amounts to our company and each subscription receipt will automatically convert into one share of our common stock without payment of any additional consideration. If the escrow release condition is not satisfied by 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on May 31, 2018 or if we deliver a written default notice to the escrow agent that the escrow release condition will not be satisfied by that time, the subscription receipts will expire and be of no further force and effect, effective as of the earlier of (i) 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on May 31, 2018 and (ii) the date of the receipt of the default notice, and the subscribers will be entitled to receive from the escrow agent a refund of the subscription amounts held in escrow, without interest and less applicable expenses. In connection with the closing of the private placement, we agreed to issue 160,865 shares of our common stock at a deemed price of US$0.60 per share as the finder’s fee, which will be issued only if the subscription receipts are converted into shares of our common stock.
In connection with this private placement, we agreed with each subscriber who purchased these subscription receipts to prepare and file a registration statement with respect to 50% of the shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the subscription receipts with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 90 days following the closing of the private placement and agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to have the registration statement declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission as soon as possible after filing.
The subscription receipts were issued to 102 non-U.S. persons (as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933 , as amended) in an offshore transaction relying on Regulation S and/or Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 , as amended. We intend to issue the shares of our common stock as the finder’s fee to one non-U.S. person in an offshore transaction relying on Regulation S and/or Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 , as amended.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. | |
| (d) | Exhibits. | |
| 10.1 | Amendment No. 1 to Business Services Agreement dated as of March 15, 2018 with WENN Digital Inc. | |
| 10.2 | Form of Subscription Agreement (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2018) |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ICOX INNOVATIONS INC.
| /s/ Bruce Elliott | |
| Bruce Elliott | |
| President | |
| March 20, 2018 |
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Amendment No. 1 to Business Services Agreement
This Amendment No. 1, dated as of March 15, 2018 (“ Amendment ”), to the Business Services Agreement, effective as of December 29, 2017 (“ Agreement ”), is entered into between ICOx Innovations, Inc., formerly AppCoin Innovations Inc., a corporation having its office located at 4101 Redwood Avenue, Building F, Los Angeles, CA 90066 (“ ACI ”), and WENN Digital Inc., a corporation having its office located at 3110 Main Street, The Annex, Santa Monica, CA 90405 (the “ Client ”). Terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement.
| 1. | The First Recital, A , is deleted and replaced in its entirety, as follows: | |
| A. The Client desires to develop and operationalize an image rights management and protection platform (the “ Platform ”) using blockchain technology; | ||
| 2. | Section 1, Services, Term and Compensation , is deleted and restated in its entirety as follows: | |
| The term of this Agreement (the “Term”), the services to be provided by ACI under this Agreement (the “Services”) and the amounts to be paid to ACI as full and complete consideration for ACI providing the Services under this Agreement (the “Fees”), are set out in the attached Schedule A, which forms part of this Agreement. | ||
| This Agreement shall come into force and effect as of the date set out first above, and shall continue in effect until the end of the Term identified in Schedule A, unless one of ACI or the Client terminates this Agreement in accordance with its provisions. Except as otherwise provided herein, or in Schedule A hereto, the Term may be renewed, varied or extended only by a written instrument executed by both the Client and ACI. Schedule A may be amended to include additional services from time to time by mutual agreement of the parties. All such amendments shall be effected by a written addendum to Schedule A, executed by each party. | ||
| 3. | Section 4, Third Party Expenses , is deleted and restated in its entirety as follows : | |
| Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Client shall not be responsible for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by ACI in connection with its performance of the Services hereunder. In addition, ACI shall pay, and otherwise be financially responsible for (including through the reimbursement of disbursements made by the Client and its affiliates for), (i) all legal costs and expenses incurred by the Client, ACI and any of their affiliates in connection with the Offering (as defined in Schedule A); (ii) all business and travel expenses incurred by the Client, ACI and any of their affiliates in connection the Offering; and (iii) all fees and expenses incurred by the Client in connection with its conversion of cryptocurrencies into US dollars in connection with the Offering, including bank, exchange and other similar fees and expenses. The Client shall have the right to deduct any amounts relating to the items enumerated in clauses (i) through (iii) in the immediately preceding sentence from the Fees otherwise payable by it to ACI hereunder and apply such deducted amounts to the payments thereof. |
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| 4. | Section 5, Billings , is deleted and restated in its entirety as follows: | |
| Accounts will be rendered by ACI on a monthly basis. Accounts are due when rendered and payable within thirty (30) days from the date of the account. | ||
| 5. | Section 18(b), Termination on Notice , is deleted and restated in its entirety as follows: | |
| If ACI provides such notice, the Client shall, in its sole discretion, have the right to immediately terminate the Agreement and ACI will be entitled to no further compensation except for any Fees earned prior to the date of the termination of this Agreement. | ||
| 6. | Section 18 (c)(ii) and (iv), Termination on Notice are deleted in their entirety. | |
| 7. | Section 23, Survival , is amended and restated in its entirety as follows: | |
| Any provision of this Agreement which expressly states that it is to continue in effect after termination or expiration of this Agreement, or which by its nature would survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement, shall do so, including, without limitation Section 18(c) hereof. | ||
| 8. | The third and fourth paragraphs of Section 20, Notices are deleted and restated in their entirety as follows: |
If to ACI:
ICOX Innovations, Inc.
4101 Redwood Avenue,
Building F,
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Attention: Michael Blum
Email: michael@icoxinnovations.com
If to the Client:
WENN Digital, Inc.
4115 Redwood Avenue
Hollywood, CA 90066
Attention: Jan Denecke
Email: jan@wenndigital.com
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| 9. | Additional Representations, Warranties and Agreements . ACI understands that the Client’s agreement, which is set forth in Schedule A, to issue rights to receive an aggregate of 20,000,000 Platform tokens or coins (the “ Tokens ”) to ACI pursuant to a Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (the “ ACI SAFT ”) and the Tokens may be deemed to be securities under the U.S. federal and state securities laws. ACI further understands that the offer and sale of the Tokens is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Securities Act ”) and applicable U.S. state securities laws by virtue of the exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act afforded by Section 4(a)(2) thereunder and exemptions under applicable U.S. state securities laws, and ACI agrees that the ACI SAFT and the Tokens may not be sold, offered for sale, exchanged, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of by it in any manner that would require the Client to register them under the Securities Act or under any U.S. state securities laws. ACI represents and warrants to the Client that (i) it has received and read the March 2018 offering memorandum (“ OM ”) issued by the Client which describes, among other things, instruments substantially identical to the ACI SAFT, the Platform and the implications of ACI’s ability to resell the Tokens to the extent that they are deemed to be securities under the Securities Act; (ii) it has a substantive, pre-existing relationship with the Client and was not contacted by the Client or its representatives for the purpose of investing in the ACI SAFT and/or Tokens through any advertisement, article, notice or any other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees were invited by general advertising; (iii) it was not identified or contacted through the marketing of the offerings described in the OM; (iv) it did not independently contact the Client as a result of the OM or related marketing efforts; (v) the ACI SAFT and/or the Tokens were not offered to it by any form of general solicitation or general advertising; and (vi) it can bear the economic risk of the investment and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks in the ACI SAFT and/or Tokens. |
| 10. | Schedule A is deleted in its entirety and replaced by the Amended and Restated Schedule A attached hereto. | |
| 11. | Full Force and Effect . Except as otherwise amended hereby, the terms and provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and any conflict between the terms of the Agreement and this Amendment shall be construed in favor of this Amendment. | |
| 12. | Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same agreement, notwithstanding that all parties are not signatory to the original or the same counterpart. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.
| ICOx Innovations, Inc. | |||
| By: | /s/ Michael A. Blum | ||
| Name: | Michael A. Blum | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
| WENN Digital Inc. | |||
| By: | /s/ Jan Denecke | 03/19/2018 | |
| Name: | Jan Denecke | ||
| Title: | CEO | ||
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
SCHEDULE A
BUSINESS SERVICES, MONTHLY RATE, SCOPE OF WORK, AND TERM
All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Schedule A shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Business Services Agreement (“ Agreement ”) to which this Schedule A is attached.
ACI will provide the following services to the Client.
All figures in United States Dollars , applicable taxes are in addition.
| ● Scope of Work Activities | Fixed Fee | Monthly Fee | ||||
| ACI has been engaged by the Client to provide it with these Services, and only these Services, in connection with the Client’s development of an image rights management and protection platform using blockchain technology. Set forth below are the exclusive Services that may be provided by ACI to the Client in order to aid the Client in the creation of a viable blockchain business model. | ||||||
| 1. Business Development and Technical Services |
● Business Modeling and Scoping and Development.
● Advisory services surrounding token models, and token incentivation.
● Advisory services surrounding cryptoeconomics, creating networks, and utility of tokens.
● Assistance & sourcing of technical guidance surrounding creation of working model from conceptual framework.
● Assistance & sourcing of guidance surrounding creation of company application for token usage, storage and transferring. |
$250,000 – ACI has waived this Fee. |
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| 2. Business Launch |
ACI has been engaged to create and deliver and manage on an ongoing basis:
● Public relations & business development plans and strategies maximizing physical and digital outreach, including Slack, Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) (Services will not include any distribution or marketing related services, or assistance regarding the offer or sale of any Tokens);
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$500,000 – This Fee has been paid in full by the Client. | — | |||
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Term
This Agreement will continue for a period of one (1) year unless earlier terminated by either ACI or the Client in accordance with Section 18 of the Agreement.
With respect to the Monthly Services, ACI will provide the Monthly Services for one (1) year commencing on the date of the Platform Launch (as defined below), after which this Agreement and the provision of the Monthly Services will automatically renew for one (1) year periods and can be terminated by either ACI or the Client with 30 days’ written notice.
Payment Schedule and Renegotiation Obligation
The total fees for the services provided in connection with the development and launch of the Platform (Items 1 and 2 above) shall be deemed earned for purposes of Section 18 of the Agreement on the date of execution of the Agreement. ACI has waived the Client’s requirement to pay the $250,000 Fixed Fee referenced in Item 1 above and the Client has previously paid to ACI the $500,000 Fixed Fee referenced in Item 2 above.
The fees for the Monthly Services of $35,000 per month will be due at the beginning of each month in which the Monthly Services are performed.
The Work Fees shall be deemed earned for purposes of Section 18 of the Agreement on March 15, 2018 and be subject to the Renegotiation Obligation.
The Additional Fee shall be deemed earned for purposes of Section 18 of the Agreement on the date of execution of the Agreement and be subject to the Renegotiation Obligation. For purposes hereof, “Platform Launch” means the publicized product launch of the Platform to the general public, including the ability of the general public to use Tokens as the primary means of exchange for transactions on the Platform. If the Client does not raise more than $40 million in connection with its offer and sale for cash of (i) one or more Simple Agreements for Future Tokens (the “ Additional SAFTs ”), which Additional SAFTs will entitle the holders thereof to receive Tokens under certain circumstances, and/or, (ii) Tokens, in the event that the Client determines to offer and sell Tokens in lieu of or in addition to Additional SAFTs in connection with its fundraising efforts (collectively, the “ Offering ”), prior to May 31, 2018, ACI shall be required to return the Works Fees and Additional Fees to the Client and the Client and ACI shall be required to negotiate in good faith the amount of each of such fee (such requirement to negotiate is referred to herein as the “ Renegotiation Obligation ”).
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Broker-Dealer
It is understood that the Client intends to engage in an exempt offer and sale of Additional SAFTs and/or Tokens (the “Additional SAFT Sale”) in compliance with U.S. federal and state securities laws, and related rules thereunder, and that such Additional SAFTs and/or Tokens may be deemed to be securities under applicable law. The parties acknowledge and agree that ACI is not engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities for the account of others and is not a registered broker-dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), any Canadian securities commissions or any other Canadian or US federal, state or provincial agency, or self-regulatory organization. The parties further acknowledge and agree that nothing herein is intended to create any obligation on the part of ACI to perform any services that might require ACI to register as a broker-dealer with the SEC, any Canadian securities commissions, securities regulatory authorities of any other country, or any other Canadian or US federal, state or provincial agency, or self-regulatory organization.
The Client further acknowledges that it has retained the services of a registered broker-dealer and member firm of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. to conduct the offer and sale of Additional SAFTs and/or Tokens in the Additional SAFT Sale. The Client acknowledges and warrants that it has engaged such broker-dealer in its sole discretion. The Client shall have the authority to control all discussions and negotiations regarding any proposed or actual offering or sale of any Additional SAFTs and/or Tokens. Nothing in this Agreement shall obligate the Client to actually offer or sell any of the Additional SAFTs and/or Tokens or consummate any transaction. The Client may terminate any negotiations or discussions at any time and reserves the right not to proceed with any offering or sale of the Additional SAFTs and/or Tokens.
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Acknowledged and Agreed:
ICOx Innovations, Inc.
| By: | /s/ Michael Blum | |
| Name: | Michael Blum | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
| Date | March 15, 2018 |
WENN Digital Inc.
| By: | /s/ Jan Denecke | |
| Name: | Jan Denecke | |
| Title: | CEO | |
| Date | March 19, 2018 |
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ICOX INNOVATIONS INC.
OTC: ICOX
NEWS RELEASE
ICOX INNOVATIONS ANNOUNCES AMENDMENT TO BUSINESS SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WENN DIGITAL INC. AND CLOSING OF PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Los Angeles, CA, March 20, 2018 – ICOX Innovations Inc. (OTC: ICOX) (the “Company”) announces that on March 19, 2018, the Company entered into the amendment no. 1, dated as of March 15, 2018, to the business services agreement, effective as of December 29, 2017, with WENN Digital Inc. (“WENN”), pursuant to which the Company changed the scope of services to provide WENN with the services in connection with WENN’s development of an image rights management and protection platform (the “Platform”) using blockchain technology, including (i) the business development and technical services, (ii) the business launch services and (iii) the post-business launch support services.
The total fees for the services provided in connection with the development and launch of the Platform (the business development and technical services and business launch services) are deemed earned on the date of execution of the business services agreement, but the Company has waived WENN’s requirement to pay US$250,000 fixed fee in connection with the business development and technical services and WENN has previously paid the Company US$500,000 fixed fee in connection with the business launch services.
The fees for the post-business launch support services (the “Monthly Services”) are US$35,000 per month and they will be due at the beginning of each month in which the Monthly Services are performed.
In addition, the work fees in the amount of US$4,175,000 are deemed earned on March 15, 2018 and will be subject to a Renegotiation Obligation (as defined below). The additional fee of rights to receive an aggregate of 20,000,000 Platform tokens or coins (the “Tokens”) pursuant to a Simple Agreement for Future Tokens are also deemed earned on the date of execution of the business services agreement and will be subject to a Renegotiation Obligation. If WENN does not raise more than US$40 million in connection with its offer and sale for cash of (i) one or more Simple Agreements for Future Tokens (“SAFTs”), which SAFTs will entitle the holders thereof to receive Tokens under certain circumstances, and/or, (ii) Tokens, in the event that WENN determines to offer and sell Tokens in lieu of or in addition to SAFTs in connection with its fundraising efforts (collectively, the “WENN Offering”), prior to May 31, 2018, the Company will be required to return the work fees and additional fees to WENN and WENN and the Company will be required to negotiate in good faith the amount of each of such fee (such requirement to negotiate is referred to herein as the “Renegotiation Obligation”).
The Company agreed that WENN will not be responsible for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Company in connection with its performance of the services. In addition, the Company agreed to pay, and otherwise be financially responsible for (including through the reimbursement of disbursements made by WENN and its affiliates), (i) all legal costs and expenses incurred by WENN, the Company and any of their affiliates in connection with the WENN Offering; (ii) all business and travel expenses incurred by WENN, the Company and any of their affiliates in connection the WENN Offering; and (iii) all fees and expenses incurred by WENN in connection with its conversion of cryptocurrencies into US dollars in connection with the WENN Offering, including bank, exchange and other similar fees and expenses. WENN will have the right to deduct any such amounts from the fees otherwise payable by it to the Company and apply such deducted amounts to the payments to the Company.
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The business services agreement will continue for a period of one year unless earlier terminated by either the Company or WENN. With respect to the Monthly Services, the Company agreed to provide the Monthly Services for one year commencing on the date of the Platform Launch (as defined below), after which the business services agreement and the provision of the Monthly Services will automatically renew for a one year period and can be terminated by either the Company or WENN with 30 days’ written notice. “Platform Launch” means the publicized product launch of the Platform to the general public, including the ability of the general public to use Tokens as the primary means of exchange for transactions on the Platform.
Either the Company or WENN may terminate the business services agreement upon the provision of 30 days’ written notice to the other party. If the Company provides such notice, WENN may immediately terminate the business services agreement and the Company will be entitled to no further compensation except for any fees earned prior to the date of the termination. If WENN provides such notice, the Company may immediately terminate the business services agreement and will be entitled to no further compensation, except for the following lump sum payments: (i) any fees earned to the effective date of termination; and (ii) a lump sum payment of US$105,000.
The Company’s chairman and director, Cameron Chell, is a director, officer and an indirect shareholder of Business Instincts Group Inc. which owns 10% of the common stock of WENN and he is also a director, officer and indirect shareholder of Blockchain Merchant Group, Inc. which owns 2.5% of the common stock of WENN and the Company owns 7.5% of the common stock of WENN. Mr. Chell is also a director of WENN.
The Company also announces that it has completed a private placement of an aggregate of 3,217,300 subscription receipts (each, a “Subscription Receipt”) at a price of US$0.60 per Subscription Receipt for aggregate gross proceeds of US$1,930,380. In the event of the occurrence of the escrow release condition (as defined below), each Subscription Receipt will automatically convert into one share of common stock of the Company (each, a “Share”), for no additional consideration. The subscription amounts will be held by an escrow agent until the escrow release condition. The escrow release condition is the receipt by the Company of conditional approval for the listing of the Company’s Shares on a Canadian stock exchange. In the event that the escrow release condition is satisfied prior to 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on May 31, 2018, the Company will deliver a notice to the escrow agent confirming the escrow release condition has been satisfied. Upon receipt of the notice, the escrow agent will, as soon as practicable thereafter, release the subscription amounts to the Company and each subscription receipt will automatically convert into one Share without payment of any additional consideration. If the escrow release condition is not satisfied by 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on May 31, 2018 or if the Company delivers a written default notice to the escrow agent that the escrow release condition will not be satisfied by that time, the Subscription Receipts will expire and be of no further force and effect, effective as of the earlier of (i) 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on May 31, 2018 and (ii) the date of the receipt of the default notice, and the subscribers will be entitled to receive from the escrow agent a refund of the subscription amounts held in escrow, without interest and less applicable expenses. In connection with the closing of the private placement, the Company agreed to issue 160,865 shares of its common stock at a deemed price of US$0.60 per share as the finder’s fee, which will be issued only if the subscription receipts are converted into shares of its common stock.
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In connection with this private placement, the Company agreed with each subscriber who purchased these Subscription Receipts to prepare and file a registration statement with respect to 50% of the Shares issuable upon conversion of the Subscription Receipts with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission within 90 days following the closing of the private placement and agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to have the registration statement declared effective by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as soon as possible after filing.
None of the securities issued in the private placement have been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and none of them may be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state where such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company.
ICOX INNOVATIONS INC.
“Bruce
Elliott”
Bruce Elliott
President
For further information, please contact:
Michael
Blum
424.570.9446