Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
Item 6 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented to include the following:
Merger Agreement with FaZe Holdings Inc.
On October 19, 2023, the Issuer entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), with FaZe Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FaZe”), and GameSquare Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer ( “Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into FaZe (the “Merger”), with FaZe surviving such Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer. The Merger Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and conditions precedent of the parties. The Merger Agreement contains customary mutual termination rights for the Issuer and FaZe, including if the Merger is not completed by December 31, 2023 (the “End Date”), and if either of the required stockholder approvals by the Issuer stockholders or the FaZe stockholders is not obtained.
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, which is referenced as Exhibit 99.2 to this Schedule 13D and is also incorporated herein by reference.
Backstop Agreement
Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, the Issuer and Goff & Jones, entered into a Backstop Agreement (the “Backstop Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, Goff & Jones agreed to commit to backstop the contemplated PIPE financing to be consummated at or around the time of the closing of the Merger (the “PIPE Financing”), in an aggregate amount of no more than $10,000,000, by agreeing pursuant to the Backstop Agreement, to purchase Common Shares of the Issuer (or other Issuer securities, if applicable), to the extent necessary pursuant to the terms of the Backstop Agreement and contemporaneously with the closing of the Merger. The Backstop Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and conditions precedent of the parties. The Backstop Agreement and all of its provisions shall terminate and be of no further force or effect (i) upon the date that is immediately following an applicable End Date, following written notice from Goff & Jones electing to terminate the Backstop Agreement, or (ii) if FaZe or the Issuer experience a material adverse change, upon written notice from Goff & Jones electing to terminate the Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Backstop Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Backstop Agreement, which is referenced as Exhibit 99.3 to this Schedule 13D and is also incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits
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Exhibit | | Description |
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99.1 | | Joint Filing Agreement between Blue & Silver Ventures, LTD., Blue Star Investments, Inc. and Goff & Jones Lending Co, LLC. |
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99.2 | | Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 19, 2023, by and among GameSquare Holdings, Inc., GameSquare Merger Sub I, Inc. and FaZe Holdings Inc.(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Form 6-K of the Issuer filed on October 20, 2023). |
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99.3 | | Backstop Agreement, dated as of October 19, 2023 by and among GameSquare Holdings, Inc. and Goff & Jones Lending Co, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 6-K of the Issuer filed on October 20, 2023). |