Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, January 21, 2022, Live Current Media, Inc. (“Live Current” or the “Company”) (OTCQB: LIVC) announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Evasyst Inc. (dba Kast) (“Kast”) of San Diego together with the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Evasyst Acquisition Inc. (“LIVC Sub”), formed for the purpose of completing the merger.
The Company signed a letter of intent with Kast in September of 2021, which was subsequently extended on the 14th of December, 2021. The final details and structure of the transaction have now been memorialized in the Merger Agreement.
Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the companies will now have until April 30, 2022 to complete the transaction. Conditions required to close include:
1. Audited financials of Kast for the years 2020and 2021 being made available to Live Current; and
2. Live Current raising a minimum of $1.5 million dollars in working capital.
“This merger is a truly exciting moment in the evolution of Live Current into a global media entertainment company,” said Live Current CEO David Jeffs. “Kast’s streaming platform and technologies with Live Current’s interactive casual games will allow next generation experiences to be delivered to millions of consumers”. Kast CEO Mark Ollila added: “The combination of mobile gaming and video streaming through this merger presents our shareholders with a unique opportunity to participate in two massive and rapidly growing industries under the roof of one company.”
About Kast
Kast is an online watch party platform for friends to watch videos, play games, and be together. The platform empowers individuals to live-share synchronized video, engage within the community, and build relationships with like-minded people. The Kast team consists of passionate individuals who hail from diverse backgrounds across the globe, coming from exciting and fast-paced industries such as esports, video streaming, entertainment, and video games.
Kast CEO and Co-founder Mark Ollila has over twenty years of experience in the games and media technology industry previously with senior roles at Nokia andMicrosoft, including leading Nokia First Party Games Publishing. He also served on the advisory board of the Game Developers Conference (Mobile) and, was aboard member of the EMEA Chapter of the Mobile Ecosystem Forum. He was Chairman of the Board of Physics Middleware provider Meqon Research AB (acquired by Ageia and then NVIDIA) and currently is on the board of Blind Squirrel Entertainment.
About Live Current Media Inc.
Live Current (“LIVC”) isa digital technology company involved in the entertainment industry. Currently developing two projects, SPRT MTRX (App Store and PlayStore: SPRT MTRX) and TriviaMatrix (App Store and PlayStore: Trivia Matrix), LIVCis positioned to take advantage of the exciting and rapidly growing digital sports and gaming sectors.
On behalf of the board of directors of Live Current Media Inc.
David Jeffs, CEO & Director
For more information please contact:
david@livecurrent.com
604 999-5848
www.livecurrent.com
www.sprtmtrx.com
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