Waterloo, Ontario, June 2, 2020: SponsorsOne Inc. (CSE:SPO), (Frankfurt: 5SO), (OTC:SPONF), the Company that makes small brands BIG through large, engaged, authentic communities of influencers that buy and support the brands they love, announces that SPO has commenced litigation against various parties regarding a previously announced acquisition. By a news release dated November 4, 2019 the Company announced the closing of the acquisition of Verve Beverage Company (“VBC”) in the form of a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of VBC in return for 47,000,000 million shares of SPO. Upon closing SPO issued 9,400,000 SPO shares to the VBC vendors and the balance of 37,600,000 SPO shares were to be placed into escrow for future release. Conditions precedent in the favour of SPO under the share purchase agreement were not met by the VBC vendors within the prescribed timeframe in the share purchase agreement and as a result the remaining 37,600,000 SPO shares were never issued or placed in escrow. SPO has filed a statement of claim in the Province of Alberta, against the various VBC vendors seeking the return of the issued 9,400,000 SPO shares issued to the various VBC vendors and for additional damages.
SPO is continuing to rely on the Temporary Exemption from Certain Corporate Finance Requirements for its:
- Filing and delivery of Annual Financial Statements and Management Discussion and Analysis which management is endeavoring to complete by June 14, 2020
- Filing of Q1 interim financial statements and Management Discussion and Analysis which management is endeavoring to complete by June 14, 2020
- Delivery of an annual request form to shareholders which management is endeavoring to complete by June 14, 2020
- Filing of executive compensation disclosure which management is endeavoring to complete by July 4, 2020”
In addition, has settled $566,403.74 in accounts payable to arm’s length parties by the issuance of 11,328,759 common shares at a price of $0.05 per share.
About SponsorsOne Inc.:
SponsorsOne is the leader in the next evolution of digital marketing through influencer marketing, storytelling, and digital-commerce with the SponsorCoin platform and its highly scalable – smart contract-based digital-currency. Combined, this allows brands to build and manage exclusive and highly engaged communities of influencers (from pro to micro-influencers) within the social realm. The SponsorCoin platform provides for data-driven marketing campaigns that will change the way brands connect with their customers. SponsorCoin is a tool for brands to inspire real movements around their products and services in which their most valuable customers become their best salespeople, producing far higher ROI than current social media advertising methods. SponsorsOne, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, SponsorsOne Media Inc., provides full creative and Brand building/management services to all our Brands as well as manages the influencer communities for each Brand. If the Brand wants to get big – fast, our wholly-owned subsidiary S1 Brands Inc., will build a wholesale/retail distribution channel for the Brand acting as a master distributor. S1 Brands provides sales and marketing on behalf of the Brand to its vast network of national wholesalers and retailers and provides purchase order financing to assist the Brand in fulfilling every order. Ownership of the Brand combined with distribution, digital marketing innovation, and capital is the winning formula to build the next billion-dollar brand. To learn more, please visit www.sponsorsone.com
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Gary Bartholomew, Executive Chairman
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The Canadian Securities Exchange (“CSE”) has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this Press Release.
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- the need for additional financing requirements and access to capital, reliance on key personnel
- the potential for conflicts of interest among certain officers or directors with certain other projects
- the volatility of the volume and price of the Common Shares, the failure of the business strategy, the integrity of the Company’s patents and proprietary intellectual property and competition.
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