MOMENTOUS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP AGREES WITH ALL POINTS TO CLOSE ON GERMAN SOCIAL NETWORKS STUDIVZ AND MEINVZ ACQUISITION
Transaction set to Close on January 2, 2017
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, December 20, 2016 – Momentous Entertainment Group, Inc. (“Momentous”) (OTCBB:MMEG), a diversified media company with a focus on technology that creates, produces and distributes quality content across various media platforms, announced today that it has negotiated all points of the acquisition documents with the sellers of Poolworks and Momentous has set the closing date at January 2, 2017 on advice of its auditing firm, ThayerOneal.
As previously stated in a press release issued on November 29th, Momentous executed a binding agreement to acquire Poolworks Germany Ltd (“Poolworks”), one of the largest social media companies in Europe with its social networks studiVZ and meinVZ, for $10 million in preferred stock.
The studiVZ platform was founded in 2005 in Berlin and received investment capital from Lukasz Gadowski, Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and the Samwer brothers. It was acquired along with meinVZ by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group in 2007 for 85 million euros and then by financiers Michael Pope and Adam Levin in 2012. Today, studiVZ and meinVZ have more than 10 million registered users and over 45 million page impressions per month, largely in the German-speaking countries of Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
It was also stated that Momentous is committed to enhancing and relaunching the web and mobile platforms to increase user engagement and retention, expand the video features with an OTT streaming service and adding e-commerce capabilities to attract a younger audience and more revenue. The executive team at Momentous is committed to maintaining a strong focus on information security for its users, something that competing German social networks continue to neglect.
As stated by Momentous’ CEO, Kurt Neubauer, “Even though we would have liked to close the transaction this year, I don’t see how taking a few extra days to close in early January 2017 is an issue and considering Microsoft’s anticipated purchase of LinkedIn valuated at $247 per user and FaceBook’s valuation of $200 per user(1); acquiring Poolworks for $1 per user affords the opportunity for substantial growth and makes the wait more acceptable.” Mr. Neubauer had also previously stated, “The Poolworks acquisition will bring the necessary asset value to Momentous to begin to consider the process of a possible uplisting to the NASDAQ or the New York Stock Exchange.
Mr. Neubauer also stated today, "It was brought to my attention that on December 19, 2016, Typenex Co-Investment LLC has issued an amended SC 13G stating they no longer hold an equity position in Momentous Entertainment Group, Inc.”
Footnote 1- CNBC Article by Mark Fahey, 14 Jun 2016
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/14/microsoft-got-linkedin-users-at-a-discount.html
About Poolworks Germany Ltd.
Poolworks’studiVZ and meinVZ record more than 10 million registered users between the ages of 16 and 59 and over 45 million page impressions per month. Established in Germany in 2005, Poolworks has evolved into a recognizable household name by developing new platforms, integrating content, and marketing social games. To learn more, visit Poolworks’ websites: www.studivz.net and www.meinvz.net.
About Momentous Entertainment Group (MMEG)
Momentous Entertainment Group, Inc. is a diversified media company with a focus on technology that creates, produces and distributes quality content across various media platforms. Momentous has a combined management experience of more than 100 years in entertainment, technology and marketing.
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To learn more, visit Momentous Entertainment Group’s websites:Products Site www.momentousent.com, Music Site www.momentousmusic.com, Music One Corp www.music1.biz and Poolworks’ www.studivz.net and www.meinvz.net.
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