One Horizon Group Announces Completion of Acquisition of Gaming Software Company Banana Whale Studios

One Horizon Group Inc (NASDAQ:OHGI) announced that it has completed the acquisition of a majority interest in Banana Whale Studios, a B2B software provider in the $100+ billion dollar gaming industry.

As quoted in the press release:

“All of us at OHGI are extremely excited to have closed this transaction and we welcome BWS to the OHGI family of companies as we aggressively expand our presence in the lucrative market of online gaming and entertainment in Asia and beyond and serve thousands of new customers monthly,” said Mark White, OHGI’s Founder and CEO. “Our platform infrastructure allows us to vastly outperform competitors and our access across all social platforms and impressive download speeds will keep gamers engaged with our interactive products.”

“We are very excited to become part of OHGI, which we believe is the perfect platform for us to further scale and accelerate our growth,” said Sargon Petros, CEO of BWS. “Given OHGI’s market position as a visionary, social-media driven entertainment business and market proof that a strong social experience spanning multiple platforms is the key for financial success on the most-grand scale, we are confident in our anticipated profits.”

Deal structure highlights include the following:

• All stock deal based on BWS contributing $5,655,000 net profit to OHGI prior to earn-out calculation
• Earn-out based on six-times net profit upon two-year closing anniversary
• 7,383,000 shares of OHGI common stock issued in total to BWS shareholders at closing
• No additional stock issuances until earn-out calculation directly tied to net profit
• No contractual cash requirements or cash exchanged at closing

“OHGI is creating, developing and distributing exclusive content targeting a broad range of interests in the most desirable areas of social media experience and influence, including music, television, film and gaming,” said White. “Our content is cross-marketed and accessible to millions globally with an emphasis on Asia, Europe and the United States and expansion plans that include India, Mexico and other select Latin American countries.”

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