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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT 2018

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ASX - December 20, 2018

Animoca Brands Corporation Limited (ASX: AB1) (Animoca or the Company) advises Ms Alyn Tai has resigned as Company Secretary of Animoca, and Mr Julian Rockett has been appointed as Company Secretary, with effect from 19 December 2018. 

ASX - December 18, 2018

Highlights:

  • Animoca Brands partners with Atari to make blockchain versions of the popular mobile games RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch and Goon Squad 

  • Atari, established in 1972, is a pioneering brand in video games, game consoles, personal computers, and game publishing

  • RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch has over 19 million downloads and is part of the popular RollerCoaster Tycoon theme park simulation video game franchise

  • Atari will take an upfront consideration of US$250,000 for the licencing deal in scrip at A$0.11 per share, becoming a strategic shareholder in Animoca Brands

  • Animoca Brands will share the Games’ revenue with Atari after the first US$500,000 of gross revenue

  • MOU executed with Atari to develop a strategic partnership to explore ongoing opportunities in gaming, product development, blockchain, and other areas

ASX - December 17, 2018

In brief

  • Partnership with iClick expected to generate new initial revenue of A$11 million for Animoca Brands in 2019

  • Increase Animoca Brands market share in China, the world's largest mobile games market

  • Increase performance on media services

  • Market intelligence for Animoca Brands and partners

ASX - December 13, 2018

Notice Pursuant to Section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act

Animoca Brands Corporation Limited ACN 122 921 813 (the Company) gives notice under section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act as follows:

(a) On 13 December 2018, the Company issued 54,074,080 fully paid ordinary shares.

(b) The shares were issued without disclosure to the investors under Part 6D.2 of the Corporations Act.

(c) As at the date of this notice the Company has complied with:

(i) the provisions of Chapter 2M of the Corporations Act as they apply to the Company; and

(ii) Section 674 of the Corporations Act.

(d) As at the date of this notice there is no excluded information required to be disclosed under section 708A(6)(e) of the Corporations Act.

ASX - December 13, 2018

New issue announcement, application for quotation of additional securities and agreement

ASX - December 12, 2018

Name of Director: Yat Siu

Date of last notice: 22 November 2018

 

Name of Director: Holly Liu

Date of last notice: 22 November 2018

ASX - December 11, 2018

Highlights:

  • Animoca Brands and China-based iClick Interactive Asia Limited (NASDAQ: ICLK) establish strategic partnership

  • The Company will become a strategic reseller of iClick in a transaction which is expected to provide to Animoca Brands initial revenue of US$8 million (approx. A$11 million) per annum

  • Animoca Brands and its subsidiary Zeroth will analyse and monetise iClick’s data platform of over 780 million user profiles

  • The deal diversifies Animoca Brands business model by generating revenues in other parts of the gaming, media and technology ecosystem, as well as expanding the Company’s footprint in China

  • Animoca Brands intends to invest up to US$2 million to develop the media and advertising opportunity, including developing products and services to monetise iClick’s China audience data

  • To support the expansion plan, the company has raised A$6 million at a premium of $0.098 per share from strategic investors including Katherine Yip (founder of Pacific Alliance Group and co-founder and partner of Vina Capital), Moses Tsang (founder of AP Capital and founding chairman of Goldman  Sachs Asia Pacific), Sonny Vu (founder of Misfit), and Yat Siu (chairman and co-founder of Animoca Brands)

ASX - December 10, 2018

Animoca Brands Corporation Limited Opts Exp 7/9/20 @ $0.07

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ASX - December 10, 2018

New issue announcement, application for quotation of additional securities and agreement

ASX - December 07, 2018

The securities of Animoca brands Corporation Limited ('AB1') will be placed in trading halt at the request of AB1, pending it releasing an announcement.

​ASX - December 05, 2018

Offer

For an issue of up to 45,000,000 Options to Placement Applicants who participated in the Placement by the Company (Offer).

ASX - November 22, 2018

Name of Director: Yat Siu

Date of last notice: 25 June 2018

 

Name of Director: Holly Liu

Date of last notice: 29 June 2018

ASX - November 21, 2018

Highlights:

  • Gen Kanai, formerly director of Asia community engagement at Mozilla, appointed as director of strategic partnerships

  • At Mozilla, Mr Kanai was responsible for partnerships for the Japan market, helped launch Firefox OS, and grew Mozilla’s presence in Japan, China, Southeast and South Asia

  • Extensive international experience in business development in software and mobile industries

  • A mentor for 500 Startups and Chinaccelerator startup acceleration programmes

  • Mr Kanai will advance the Company’s blockchain strategy and partnership initiatives

  • Focus on developing business in Japan, including for Zeroth, the Company’s AI accelerator, which recently partnered with Softbank’s DEEPCORE

ASX - November 19, 2018

Animoca Brands Corporation Limited (ASX:AB1, the “Company”) is pleased to advise that its subsidiary Zeroth has entered into a strategic partnership with AI incubator DEEPCORE, a wholly owned subsidiary of global technology player SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO: 9984).

ASX - November 16, 2018

Notice Pursuant to Section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act

ASX - November 16, 2018

New issue announcement, application for quotation of additional securities and agreement

ASX - November 08, 2018

In accordance with Listing Rule 3.13.2 and section 251 AA of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), Animoca Brands Corporation Limited (ASX: AB1) (the Company) advises the results of the Company’s Extraordinary General Meeting which took place today, 8 November 2018.

ASX - November 02, 2018

Highlights:

  • Animoca Brands invests in Series A financing for Dapper Labs, the company behind CryptoKitties

  • Dapper Labs raised US$15m in the round from investors that include Venrock, GV, Samsung NEXT, Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, and others

  • Animoca Brands is the China distributor for CryptoKitties

ASX - October 31, 2018

Financial Highlights:

  • Generated unaudited revenues of $4.6m during Q3 2018, representing an increase of 283% on the same period last year and bringing the total unaudited revenues for the year to date to $12.9m, an increase of 79% over the $7.2m recorded in the corresponding period in 2017 

  • Cash receipts for Q3 2018 totalled $2.9m, up 73% on the same period last year

  • Cash receipts for the year to date totalled $8.9m, an increase of about 65% over the $5.4m recorded in the corresponding period in 2017

  • Raised a total of $6m via two oversubscribed placements to strategic investors including directors Yat Siu and Holly Liu, strategic advisor Wilhelm Taht, leading Hong Kong conglomerate Sun Hung Kai, and blockchain partners, including Lympo

  • The Company ended the quarter with $5.6m in cash and cash equivalents

ASX - October 26, 2018

Highlights:

  • Finalised agreement granting Beijing Bosi Interactive the license to develop and publish in China the Android and HTML5 versions of Animoca Brands’ Crazy Kings mobile game

  • Animoca Brands will receive an upfront payment of A$1 million plus a monthly revenue share of net revenue generated by the Android and HTML5 versions of the game in China 

  • Beijing Bosi Interactive is a mobile games distribution and marketing company with relationships with China’s three major telecom companies 

  • Animoca Brands exploring opportunities to licence other games through BBI to generate additional revenue and product uptake

ASX - October 15, 2018

Highlights:

  • Animoca Brands strategically partners with Mind Fund, a leading venture capital company, and Helix, an accelerator launched by Mind Fund and Hedera Hashgraph (Hedera Hashgraph recently raised US$120 million)

  • Mind Fund will subscribe to US$1 million (approximately A$1.4 million) worth of Animoca Brands shares, priced at A$0.10 per share

  • Upon commencement of the first batch of the Helix Accelerator programme in January 2019, Mind Fund will have a 90-day option to purchase an additional US$100,000 (approximately A$140,000) worth of Animoca Brands shares, at a price per share of A$0.15

  • Hedera Hashgraph provides distributed ledger technology that offers very high transactions per second needed to scale blockchain networks and applications

  • Animoca Brands, Mind Fund, and Hedera Hashgraph share a common vision of a decentralised future with blockchain platforms that are highly scalable, efficient, fast, and that can attract the first hundreds of millions of consumers to blockchain products

  • Helix will invest a minimum of US$100,000 (approximately A$140,000) in the upcoming token sale for the blockchain version of The Sandbox, on the condition that the game offers compatibility with Hedera Hashgraph. The Sandbox is developed by Pixowl, which was recently acquired by Animoca Brands  

ASX - October 15, 2018

Highlights:

  • Animoca Brands strategically partners with six blockchain-focused developers and companies including Datum, LikeCoin, Musicoin, OST, Harmony, and I-House

  • Animoca Brands will conduct a mutual investment with each company via a share and token swap in aggregate totalling US$1 million (about A$1.4 million), with Animoca Brands shares priced at about A$0.10 each 

  • Swapped shares and tokens will be subject to a 24-month escrow period

  • The partnerships will accelerate development for Animoca Brands blockchain products such as WalletPet and The Sandbox and provide opportunities for Zeroth companies. It will also focus on new product creation and innovation, with the aim to promote blockchain usage, adoption, co-invest and co-develop, and to enhance the utility and value of existing tokens and projects

  • The Parties aim to accelerate the adoption of DApps and promote each other’s efforts in areas such marketing, token sales, and product launches

  • Represents another step in the Company’s strategy to introduce blockchain technology and products to the consumer mass market, with the goal of establishing itself as an industry leader in blockchain games and applications 

  • The Company previously entered into a similar collaboration agreement with Decentraland, an Ethereum-powered, decentralised platform offering tools to let people create 3D content, games and applications

  • The Company intends to generate revenue from these projects through development fees, non-fungible token purchases, and token and coin sales