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Originally Posted by noricha
5. Excapsa eventually closes around the time of UIEGA. Public company goes private in what is sure a buyout but no information exists. Blast Off comes into play at this time.
As you can see, I rely 100% on all publicly available investo presentations and annual reports of Excapsa and media reports so I get lost around #5 above in terms of dates and actions. I have strong oinions about what happened based on business experience and hints littered here and there but zero factual evidence or data from #5 onward.
A press release from Excapsa from this time (from share trading website ADVFN):
Sale of Operating Assets (Excapsa Software)
RNS Number:4111K
Excapsa Software Inc
12 October 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12 October 2006
Excapsa Software Inc.
('Excapsa' or the 'Company')
Sale of all operating assets
Excapsa Software Inc. (AIM: XCP) announces that in response to the pending legal developments in the United States the Board has concluded that the sale of the Company's operating assets consisting of its software, gaming network and related intellectual property is the best course of action to maximise shareholder value. As such, Excapsa announces that it has sold all of the shares of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Excapsa Services Inc. and Game Theory Holdings Limited, to Blast Off Limited, a privately owned company based in Malta and a current licensee of the Excapsa Gaming Network. The transaction is effective 12 October 2006 but remains subject to final ratification by the Company's shareholders and certain contingencies including the pending legal developments in the United States.
The sale represents the disposition of all operating assets of the Company.
Under the terms of the agreement, Excapsa will be paid US$130 million comprising of an initial consideration of US$10 million in cash and a promissory note, secured against the shares and assets sold, for US$120 million paid by scheduled payments over the course of the next five and a half years with monthly instalments of US$1 million per month for the first year and US$2 million per month thereafter.
Following ratification by the Company's shareholders, it is anticipated that all
cash currently held on the balance sheet, being approximately US$47 million, and the funds received from the sale of the subsidiaries, less closure costs and contingencies, will be distributed to the Company's shareholders as soon as practicable with periodic distributions following in due course.
Complete details of the transaction will be set forth in the information
circular for the shareholders' meeting which will be posted to shareholders
within the next two weeks. As a result of the transaction, the Company has sold materially all of its trading business and assets. The Excapsa group had net income for the six months ended 30 June 2006 of US$15.1 million. It is currently proposed that the Company will make an application to cancel its quotation on AIM which would also require the approval of shareholders. Following the cancellation, Excapsa would proceed to close its remaining business in an orderly manner.
For more information please contact:
Excapsa Software (removing phone number)
Jim Ryan, Chief Executive Officer Ext: 5100
Gail Gleed, Finance Director Ext: 5102
Melissa Gaddis, Director, Investor Relations Ext: 5116
Last edited by Kevmath; 07-14-2008 at 07:32 PM.
Reason: removed phone number