Playmaker Capital Inc. acquires La Poche Bleue, a Quebec-based podcast production house co-founded by former Montreal Canadiens players Maxim Lapierre and Guillaume Latendresse.
Pursuant to the terms of a share purchase agreement, Playmaker acquired 100% of La Poche Bleue for aggregate consideration of up to CAD$8.8 million including $2.25 million in cash and 1,666,667 Playmaker common shares valued at $0.75 per share.
As part of the transaction, Lapierre and Latendresse, who host flagship podcast La Poche Bleue, as well as Managing Director Louis-Philippe Dorais, will remain with the business.
A Fasken team composed of Carl Belanger, Kristian Zimmerman, Morgan Guyot, Andrew Haikal, Michael Shortt, Florence Gauthier, Quentin Lageix, Jean-Philippe Côté and Zhuo Er Jia advised La Poche Bleue in this transaction.
Jurisdiction
- Québec
