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Sylogist to Acquire Serenic Operating Companies

26/06/2014 9:53pm

Marketwired Canada


THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR
FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES.


Serenic Corporation (TSX VENTURE:SER) ("Serenic"), is pleased to announce that
it has entered into a definitive agreement (the "Agreement") pursuant to which
Sylogist Ltd. ("Sylogist") will acquire all the outstanding shares of Serenic
Canada Inc., Serenic Software, Inc. and Serenic Software (EMEA) Limited
(collectively the "SOCs"), each a wholly-owned subsidiary of Serenic and the
companies under which Serenic conducts virtually all of its business today and
which include Serenic's existing proprietary enterprise application software,
all existing customer relationships, customer contracts, Microsoft and other
third party agreements as well as its tax pools (the "Transaction").


Pursuant to the Agreement, Sylogist will pay approximately $8.0 million (CDN)
cash consideration and assume Serenic's net working capital liability of
approximately $3.8 million (CDN) for 100% of the shares of the SOCs, subject to
closing adjustments. The majority of the net working capital liability relates
to deferred revenue. Serenic's current cash of approximately $3.0 million will
be retained by Serenic. Sylogist is acquiring all rights to the Serenic brand. 


Serenic's cash post-closing is estimated to be $11,000,000, including the
proceeds from the sale. It is contemplated that an estimated aggregate amount of
$7,500,000 (or approximately $0.45 per share on a fully diluted basis) would be
distributed to shareholders by way of a return of capital and payment of a
dividend. On a fully diluted basis, through a reduction of paid up capital of
Serenic, an amount estimated to be $4,000,000 or approximately $0.24 per Share
and by way of a dividend, an estimated $3,500,000 or approximately $0.21 per
Share will be distributed to Serenic shareholders. A further press release will
be issued with respect to the timing and procedure of the cash distribution. The
balance of funds, net of costs associated with closing of the transaction and
estimated taxes payable, would be retained in Serenic to fund further
development of Serenic's succeeding Cloud business, which is not a part of the
assets being sold to Sylogist. Serenic intends to rebrand and form a new
operating division referred to as "Cloudco", which will retain the SOC's
existing intellectual property associated with Serenic's cloud technology, and
remain listed on the TSX-Venture Exchange, subject to satisfying the Continued
Listing Requirements. Sylogist will grant a royalty bearing OEM license
involving certain of the SOC's products to Cloudco. Cloudco will re-brand and
market these solutions to new customers segments that the SOCs have not
historically pursued. The parties intend to work non-competitively to pursue new
volume markets for mutual benefit.


"We believe this strategic transaction with Sylogist presents a tremendous
opportunity to monetize shareholder value for our operating businesses, while
still allowing our "Cloudco" division to leverage upon our significant
investment and efforts to develop our new cloud strategies. Our first objective
will be to seek new opportunities within the large segments of NFP markets that
we have historically not addressed, which we will now pursue through the OEM
arrangement with Sylogist and the Serenic Operating Companies. Secondly, we
intend to investigate opportunities to leverage our investment and expertise
associated with the cloud technology and strategies that we have been developing
by working with Microsoft. Cloudco will retain personnel who have been involved
to date, with the new focus being to greatly accelerate the opportunities we
envisioned with Cloudco at the outset", stated Randy Keith, President and CEO of
Serenic Corporation.


The Transaction is anticipated to close on July 25th, 2014. Closing of the
Transaction is subject to, among other conditions, the approval of the Serenic
shareholders, the receipt of all necessary regulatory and stock exchange
approvals and satisfaction of certain other closing conditions which are
customary in transactions of this nature. 


The Serenic shareholder meeting, wherein shareholders will be asked to vote in
support of the Transaction, is scheduled for July 22, 2014, following the
mailing of an information circular to its shareholders describing the
Transaction. The Agreement provides customary non-solicitation provisions and
Serenic has agreed to pay Sylogist and Sylogist has agreed to pay Serenic, a
termination fee in certain circumstances if the Transaction is not completed. 


The directors of Sylogist and Serenic have unanimously approved the Transaction.
Principal shareholders of Serenic, collectively representing in aggregate 41.6%
of the issued and outstanding shares of Serenic, have entered into support
agreements with Sylogist in which they have agreed to vote their shares of
Serenic in favour of the Transaction.


Details of the Transaction are described in the Purchase and Sale Agreement
which will be made available on SEDAR.


About Sylogist

Sylogist is a technology innovation company which, through strategic
acquisitions, investments and operations management, provides enterprise
application software to public and private sector customers. 


The Company's stock is traded on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol SYZ.
Information about Sylogist can be found on SEDAR and at http://www.sylogist.com.


About Serenic Corporation

Serenic is an international software company that conducts its operations
through three active wholly owned subsidiaries: Serenic Software, Inc. ("SSI"),
Serenic Canada Inc. ("SCI") and Serenic Software (EMEA) Limited ("SSE'). 


SSI is a Microsoft Industry Solutions Vendor ("ISV") headquartered in Lakewood
(Denver), Colorado, U.S.A. and which has sales and service employees located in
many states of the USA and in Africa. SSI develops and sells a full suite of
products focused on fund accounting and operational applications for the
not-for-profit ("NFP") and public sector (government and education) markets. Its
principal product "Serenic Navigator" has been sold to and implemented by more
than 500 clients in multiple countries and languages. 


Serenic Canada Inc. ("SCI") has been the exclusively appointed developer and
marketer of payroll and human capital management software applications ("HCM")
for Dynamics NAV software products sold within North America and Mexico. SCI is
responsible for all tasks and functions necessary to provide payroll solutions
for Dynamics NAV customers, including software development, product
enhancements, marketing, distribution, sales, training and support. 


SSE was incorporated in England, for the primary purpose of conducting business
more efficiently with clients situated in Europe and Africa.


The Company's stock is traded on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol SER.
Information about Serenic can be found on SEDAR and at http://www.serenic.com.


Forward-looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements relating to the future
operations and profitability of Serenic and other statements that are not
historical facts. Forward-looking statements are often identified by terms such
as "may", "should", "anticipate", "expects", "believe", "will", "intends",
"plans" and similar expressions. Any statements that are contained in this news
release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be
forward-looking statements. More particularly and without limitation, this press
release contains forward-looking information concerning: the anticipated
benefits of the Transaction to Serenic and its shareholders, including
anticipated synergies; the holding of the shareholder meeting of Serenic and;
the closing of the Transaction. Such forward-looking information is provided for
the purpose of providing information about management's current expectations and
plans relating to the future. Investors are cautioned that reliance on such
information may not be appropriate for other purposes, such as making investment
decisions. In respect of the forward-looking information and statements
concerning the anticipated benefits and completion of the proposed Transaction
and the anticipated timing for completion of the Transaction, Serenic has
provided such in reliance on certain assumptions that it believes are reasonable
at this time, including assumptions as to the ability of Serenic to receive, in
a timely manner, the necessary regulatory, shareholder, stock exchange and other
third party approvals; the ability of Serenic to satisfy, in a timely manner,
the other conditions to the closing of the Transaction; and expectations and
assumptions concerning, among other things: interest and foreign exchange rates;
planned synergies, capital efficiencies and cost-savings; applicable tax laws;
the sufficiency of budgeted capital expenditures in carrying out planned
activities; the availability and cost of labour and services; the success of
growth projects; future operating costs; that counterparties to material
agreements will continue to perform in a timely manner; that there are no
unforeseen events preventing the performance of contracts; and that there are no
unforeseen material construction or other costs related to current growth
projects or current operations. The anticipated dates provided may change for a
number of reasons, including unforeseen delays in preparing meeting materials,
inability to secure necessary shareholder, regulatory, or other third party
approvals in the time assumed or the need for additional time to satisfy the
other conditions to the completion of the Transaction. Accordingly, readers
should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking information contained in
this press release. 


Since forward-looking information addresses future events and conditions, such
information by its very nature involves inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual
results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number
of factors and risks. These include, but are not limited to the risks associated
with the industries in which Serenic operates in general such as: costs and
expenses; interest rate and exchange rate fluctuations; competition; failure to
realize the anticipated benefits of the Transaction and to successfully
integrate acquired companies and assets; ability to access sufficient capital
from internal and external sources; and changes in legislation, including but
not limited to tax laws. Risks and uncertainties inherent in the nature of the
Transaction include the failure of Serenic to obtain necessary shareholder,
regulatory, and other third party approvals, or to otherwise satisfy the
conditions to the Transaction, in a timely manner, or at all. Failure to so
obtain such approvals, or the failure of Serenic to otherwise satisfy the
conditions to the Transaction, may result in the Transaction not being completed
on the proposed terms, or at all.


Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive.
Forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly
qualified by this cautionary statement. The forward-looking statements contained
in this news release are made as of the date of this news release, and Serenic
undertakes no obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the included
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise, except as expressly required by Canadian securities law.


This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy any securities within the United States. The securities to be
offered have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or
sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from
the registration requirements of such Act or other laws.


Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that
term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Serenic Corporation
Dwayne Kushniruk
Chairman
(780) 426-5387 x509
www.serenic.com

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