BrainChip Completes Acquisition of Spikenet
ALISO VIEJO, CA — (Marketwired) — 09/06/16 — BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN) (“BrainChip” or “the Company”), announced today it has completed the acquisition of Spikenet Technology SAS (“Spikenet”), a revenue-producing, France-based Artificial Intelligence (Al) company and leader in computer vision technology, first announced by BrainChip on June 30, 2016.
The Company has issued 10,405,488 shares (“Consideration Shares”) and paid EUR529,598 cash to the vendors of Spikenet (“Vendors”) pursuant to a share sale agreement dated August 25, 2016 (“Share Sale Agreement”) as consideration for the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Spikenet. The Consideration Shares were issued without disclosure under Part 6D.2 of the Corporations Act to the Vendors and as such a prospectus to comply with section 708A(ll) of the Corporations Act to remove any trading restrictions that may have attached to the Consideration Shares will be lodged by the Company shortly.
Pursuant to the Share Sale Agreement, some of the Vendors have agreed that their Consideration Shares (representing 7,570,607 Consideration Shares) will be voluntarily escrowed from the date of issue until the earlier of:
- March 1, 2017; or
- the date on which both:
- the offerer under a takeover offer in respect of all of the Shares announces that it has achieved acceptances in respect of more than 50% of the Shares; and
- the takeover bid has become unconditional; and
- the date on which the Company announces that the Shareholders have, at a court convened meeting of Shareholders, voted in favor, by the necessary majority, of a proposed scheme of arrangement under which all of the Shares are to be either cancelled or transferred to a third party.
An Appendix 3B in relation to these securities will also be lodged by the Company shortly.
“The acquisition of Spikenet fast-tracks the BrainChip development timeline in our push to create a range of innovative and world class computer vision products that hold the potential to deliver significant revenue streams for the Company,” said BrainChip’s Chairman Mick Bolto. “We welcome the Spikenet team in France to BrainChip.”
About BrainChip Holdings Ltd
(ASX: BRN)
BrainChip Inc, located in Aliso Viejo, CA, has developed a revolutionary new Spiking Neuron Adaptive Processor (SNAP) technology that has the ability to autonomously and rapidly learn and associate information just like the human brain. SNAP technology learns in seconds. This exemplifies a new level of machine learning that is expected to surpass deep learning, which requires days or weeks to train. The SNAP technology is fast, completely digital, and consumes very low power. Additional information is available by visiting www.brainchipinc.com.
About Spikenet
Spikenet, based in Toulouse, France, is an “Artificial Vision Specialist”, using Spiking Neural Networks to create superior computer vision solutions. Spikenet provides tools and programs that are able to rapidly learn to recognize objects, people and anomalies. Spikenet’s current products have been sold in the security, transport, media, industrial vision, and gaming sectors. Please visit www.spikenet-technology.com to learn more.
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For further information:
Company Contact:
Nerida Schmidt
BrainChip Holdings Ltd
Company Secretary
nschmidt@brainchip.com.au
Corporate Advisors
Chris Francis
Executive Director
+61-2-9993-8167
Media Contact
Ben Grubb
Media and Capital Partners
ben.grubb@mcpartners.com.au
+61-414-197-508
Investor Relations Contacts
Australia:
Brendon Lau
Associate Director
Media and Capital Partners
Brendon.lau@mcpartners.com.au
+61-409-341-613
USA:
Greg Falesnik
Senior Vice President
MZ North America
greg.falesnik@mzgroup.us
949-385-6449
Source: BrainChip Holdings Ltd.
