Legal Proceedings Report • Mar 17, 2021
Legal Proceedings Report
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Vewd litigation update
Further to our announcement of February 24, 2021, MFC and Otello together with
the Vewd Group's secured lender have reached agreement that as an interim
alternative to the appointment of a receiver, a special committee (the "Special
Committee") of the board of Last Lion Holdings Limited shall be appointed. The
Special Committee shall be tasked with selling the company or raising finance.
The agreement as to the Special Committee's terms of appointment will in due
course be recorded as part of a Court order.
If the Special Committee is successful in achieving either a sale or a
refinancing at a sufficient level, Otello will receive:
(1) For its shares in Last Lion, either (i) $48 million plus accrued
interest from January 8, 2021 at US Prime interest rate plus 1% or (ii) its pro
rata share of any sale proceeds, whichever is greater; and
(2) The face value of $5 million plus accrued interest thereon in
respect of the secured promissory note issued to Otello by Last Lion Management
LLC, together with all sums due in respect of cost orders made during the court
proceedings together with accrued interest on those cost orders.
Petter Lade, CFO
Phone: +47 91143878
E-mail: [email protected]
About Otello:
Otello holds shares in several different businesses, including (i) AdColony
which helps publishers monetize their content through advertising and
advertisers reach the audiences that build value for their businesses,
capitalizing on a global consumer audience reach that exceeds 2 billion; (ii)
Bemobi, a Mobile Media and Entertainment company which integrate people and
mobile content through technology and offers a leading subscription-based
discovery service for mobile apps in Latin America and beyond; (iii) Skyfire
which offers cloud-based network solutions for mobile operators and (iv) Vewd
which offers OTT services in the Connected TV space.
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