APPENDIX K
Pin Services Ltd.
209
- 1027 Pandora, Avenue
Victoria, B.C. Canada V8V 3P6
(250)
386 0108
Eric@pin.ca
January 28, 2015
Hodgins
Auctioneers Inc.
Suite 203, 221 - 10th Avenue SE
Calgary,
Alberta T2G 0V9
To the Members of the Board:
We understand that Hodgins Auctioneers Inc. (the "Corporation")
and Majesta Minerals Inc. ("MMI"), have entered into an
agreement dated August 6, 2014, (as amended December 24, 2014)
(the "Arrangement Agreement"). On September 26, 2014 the trading
price on the TSX Venture Exchange of the common shares of The
Corporation was $0.03 per common share reflecting a $681,525
market capitalization with 22,717,500 common shares issued and
outstanding.
We further understand that prior to giving
effect to the Plan of Arrangement and subject to shareholder and
regulatory authority, the Corporation will effect a 2 old for 1
new consolidation of its common shares resulting in 11,358,750
post consolidated common shares and 2,058,500 warrants to
purchase 2,058,500 post consolidated common shares at $0.15
common share. The Corporation is seeking to raise $550,000 by
private placement by the issuance of 11,000,000 units at $0.05
per unit with each unit consisting of one post consolidated
common share and one half of one post consolidated common share
purchase warrant. Based on the pricing of the concurrent private
placement the deemed value of the existing 22,717,500 pre roll
back common shares would be 567,937 or $0.025 per existing
common share.
Concurrent with the Plan of Arrangement, MMI is seeking listing
on Canadian Securities Exchange (“CSE”). Concurrent with the
closing of the Arrangement, MMI is seeking to raise between
$450,000 to $1,350,000 at $0.15 per common share. Pursuant to
the terms of the Arrangement Agreement and related Plan of
Arrangement, holders of the following securities of The
Corporation will receive the following consideration
(“Consideration”):
(a) common shareholders of the Corporation
(“Shareholders”) - for every 3 (post consolidated) common shares of
The Corporation, the common shareholder will receive 1 common share
of MMI at a deemed value of $0.15 per common share. Based on the
pricing of the concurrent private placement the deemed value of the
existing 22,717,500 pre rollback common shares would be $0.025 per
common share;
(b) warrant holders of the Corporation (“Warrantholders”)
- for every 3 post consolidated warrants, the warrant holder will
receive 1 warrant of MMI at an exercise price of $0.45 per common
share; and
(c) option holders of the Corporation (“Optionholders”)
- for every 3 post consolidated options the option holders will
receive 1 option to purchase 1 common share at $0.45 per common
share.
The combined deemed Consideration (based on the concurrent
private placements) for each existing shareholder will be $0.05
per common share representing:
(a) $0.025 per common share in the Corporation; and
(b)
$0.025 per common share in MMI.
In addition there will be other payments made to non-arms length
parties if the Plan of Arrangement is successful and if certain
funds re raised by way of private placement by MMI post
arrangement. These include: (a) payment of $100,000 debt owing
by MMI to Durama Enterprises Limited; (b) payments of cash to
MRI Holdings Ltd. upon exercise of the Majesta Option #1 and
Majesta Option #2 under the Purchase/Option Agreement dated
August 7, 2014 (as amended); (c) issuance of shares of MRI
Holdings Ltd. upon exercise of the Majesta Option #1 and Majesta
Option #2; and (d) work expenditures on the Majesta Mineral
Claims. (See the Information Circular for further details).
Non-arms length payments and conflicts of interest exist between
the Corporation, MMI, Durama Enterprises Limited and MRI
Holdings Ltd. Grant Hodgins is an officer, director and
shareholder of the Corporation, MMI, MRI Holdings Ltd. Barrie
Jung is a director and shareholder of the Corporation and a
shareholder of MRI Holdings Ltd. Randy Studer is an officer of
MMI. Randy Studer is an officer, director and shareholder of MRI
Holdings Ltd and Durama Enterprises Limited.
The terms of
the Arrangement Agreement relating to the proposed transaction
are to be more fully described in the information circular and
proxy statements, which will be mailed to the Shareholders and
Warrantholders (the "Disclosure Document").
Background and
Engagement of Pin Services Ltd. (“PIN”)
PIN was retained by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on
January 28, 2015 pursuant to an engagement letter (the
"Engagement Agreement") to perform such financial advisory for
the Corporation as are customary in transactions of this type.
The Board of Directors has requested that PIN provide its
opinion (the "Opinion") as to the fairness, from a financial
point of view, of the Consideration to be received by the
Shareholders and Warrantholders in connection with the
Arrangement. The terms of the Engagement Agreement provide that
PIN is to be paid a fee for its services for providing this
opinion. In addition, PIN is to be reimbursed for its reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses and to be indemnified in certain
circumstances.
The Board of Directors has not
instructed PIN to prepare, and PIN has not prepared, a formal
valuation of the Corporation or any of its securities or assets,
and the Opinion should not be construed as such. PIN has,
however, conducted such analyses as it considered necessary in
the circumstances to prepare and deliver the Opinion.
Subject
to the terms of the Engagement Agreement, PIN consents to the
inclusion of the Opinion in its entirety and a summary thereof
in the Disclosure Document and to the filing of the Opinion, as
necessary, with the securities commissions, stock exchanges and
other similar regulatory authorities in Canada.
Overview
of the Corporation
The Corporation is an Alberta, Canada
corporation that is principally engaged in the auction business
in Western Canada. The total debt owing by MMI to the
Corporation as of December 22, 2014 was $567,937.50. On August
2, 2014, the Corporation incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary,
1839579 Alberta Ltd. (which subsequently changed its name to
Majesta Minerals Inc. (“MMI”). MMI purchased a 25% interest in 9
mineral claims in Northern Saskatchewan from MRI Holdings Ltd.
(formerly Majesta Resources Inc.). The Corporation raised
$365,000 by private placement and lent funds to MMI to close the
purchase. The Corporation issued MRI Holdings Ltd 2,000,000
common shares at a deemed price of $100,000 ($100,000). On
August 6, 2014, The Corporation and MMI entered into an
Arrangement Agreement which was amended on December 22, 2014.
MMI also agreed to indemnify The Corporation for costs
associated with the Plan of Arrangement to a maximum of
$102,937.50. The Arrangement Agreement provided that The
Corporation shall exchange the $567,937.50 of debt for 3,786,250
common shares of MMI at a deemed price of $0.15 per common
share.
Credentials of PIN
Eric Jordan, as principal of
Pin Services Ltd. and the www.pin.ca website have been operating
primarily in the business of helping buyers and sellers connect
and providing fair market valuation services since 1998. Please
view the website www.pin.ca for further detail.
The Opinion
expressed herein represents the opinion of PIN as a firm. The
form and content of the Opinion have been approved for release
by a committee of directors and other professionals of PIN, all
of whom are experienced in merger, acquisition, divestiture
fairness opinion and valuation matters.
Relationships of PIN
PIN nor any of their associates or affiliates is an insider,
associate or affiliate (as such terms are defined in the
Securities Act (Alberta) of the Corporation or MMI or any of
their associates or affiliates. Eric Jordan subscribed for
125,000 Units in the August 2014 private placement of the
Corporation. Mr. Jordan has sold the shares and warrants which
assuming the completion of the Plan of Arrangement, Mr. Jordan
will not receive 20,833 MMI common shares and 10,416 MMI
warrants.
Opinion
It is the Opinion of PIN that the ownership
percentages of all stakeholders were equally protected.
It is
the Opinion of PIN that all potential conflicts of interest have
been disclosed by the non-arms length parties.
It is the
Opinion of PIN that all of the transactions were commercially
reasonable deals that represented fair market value intended to
better position the stakeholders to maximize their positions.
Scope of Review
In preparing the Opinion, PIN has
reviewed, considered and relied upon, without attempting to
verify independently the completeness or accuracy thereof, among
other things:
(a) the Arrangement Agreement dated August 6, 2014, and the
Amendment on December 22, 2014;
(b) audited financial
statements of the Corporation for the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012;
(c) unaudited
quarterly report of the Corporation for the nine-month period
ended September 30, 2014;
(d) the Corporation's financial
projections and budgets;
(e) the draft Information Circular;
(f) audited financial statements for MMI dated August 6, 2014;
(g) unaudited interim financial statements for MMI dated
November 30, 2014;
(h) pro forma financial statements for
MMI;
(i) review of draft transaction documents including the
Arrangement Agreement;
(j) discussions with senior management
and Directors of the Corporation;
(k) discussions with the
Corporation's legal counsel;
(l) public information relating
to the business, operations, financial performance and stock
trading history of the Corporation and other selected public
companies considered by us to be relevant;
(m) public
information with respect to other transactions of a comparable
nature considered by us to be relevant;
(n) representations
contained in separate certificates addressed to PIN, as of the
date hereof, from senior officers of the Corporation as to the
completeness, accuracy and fair presentation of the information
upon which the Opinion is based;
(o) such other corporate,
industry and financial market information, investigations and
analyses as PIN considered necessary or appropriate in the
circumstances; and
(p) PIN has not, to the best of its
knowledge, been denied access by the Corporation to
any
information requested by PIN.
Prior Valuations
The Corporation has represented to PIN that,
to the best of its knowledge, there have been no valuations or
appraisals of the Corporation or any material property of the
Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, made in
the preceding twenty-four (24) months and in the possession or
control or knowledge of the Corporation other than those
provided to PIN including an appraisal on chattels or, in the
case of valuations known to the Corporation which it does not
have within its control, notice of which has been given to PIN.
Assumptions and Limitations
The Opinion is subject to the
assumptions, explanations and limitations set forth below.
PIN has, subject to the exercise of its professional judgment,
relied, without independent verification, upon the completeness,
accuracy and fair presentation of all of the financial and other
information, data, advice, opinions and representations obtained
by it from public sources, or that was provided to us, by the
Corporation, MMI and their associates and affiliates and
advisors or otherwise (collectively, the "Information") and we
have assumed that this Information did not omit to state any
material fact or any fact necessary to be stated to make that
information not misleading. The Opinion is conditional upon the
completeness, accuracy and fair presentation of such
Information. Subject to the exercise of professional judgment
and except as described herein, PIN has not attempted to verify
independently the completeness, accuracy or fair presentation of
any of the Information. With respect to the financial
projections provided to PIN by management of the Corporation and
used in the analysis supporting the Opinion, we have assumed
that they have been reasonably prepared on bases reflecting the
best currently available estimates and judgments of management
of the Corporation as to the matters covered thereby, and in
rendering the Opinion we express no view as to the
reasonableness of such forecasts or budgets or the assumptions
on which they are based.
We have, with respect to all
accounting, legal and tax matters relating to the Arrangement
and the implementation thereof, relied on advice of accounting
advisors and legal and tax counsel to The Corporation including
information disclosed in the Information Circular, and express
no opinion thereon. The Arrangement is subject to a number of
conditions outside the control of the Corporation and we have
assumed all conditions precedent to the completion of the
Arrangement can be satisfied in due course, and all consents,
permissions, exemptions or orders of relevant regulatory
authorities will be obtained, without adverse conditions or
qualifications. In rendering this Opinion, we express no view as
to the likelihood that the conditions respecting the Arrangement
will be satisfied or waived or that the Arrangement will be
completed within the time frame indicated in the Information
Circular.
Senior management of the Corporation have represented to PIN in
a certificate delivered as at January 28, 2015, among other
things, that to the best of their knowledge:
(a) The Corporation has no information or knowledge of any
facts, public or otherwise, not specifically provided to PIN
relating to the Corporation (including any subsidiaries or
affiliates) which would reasonably be expected to affect
materially the Opinion;
(b) with the exception of forecasts,
projections or estimates referred to in (d) below, the
written information and written data provided to PIN by or on
behalf of the Corporation in respect of The Corporation
(including any subsidiaries or affiliates), in connection with
the Arrangement is or, in the case of historical written
information or written data, was, at the date of preparation,
true and accurate in all material respects, and no additional
material, data or information in respect of the Corporation
(including any subsidiaries or affiliates) would be required to
make the data provided to PIN by MMI not misleading in light of
circumstances in which it was prepared;
(c) to the extent
that any of the information or data identified in (b) above is
historical, there
have been no changes in material facts or
new material facts since the respective dates thereof which have
not been disclosed to PIN or updated by more current information
or data disclosed; and
(d) any portions of the data provided
to PIN by or on behalf of MMI which constitute forecasts,
projections or estimates were prepared using the assumptions
identified therein, which, in the reasonable opinion of MMI, are
(or were at the time of preparation) reasonable in the
circumstances.
The Opinion is rendered on the basis of the securities markets,
economic, financial and general business conditions prevailing
as at the date hereof and the conditions and prospects,
financial and otherwise, of The Corporation, as they were
reflected in the Information In its analyses and in preparing
the Opinion, PIN made numerous assumptions with respect to
industry performance, general business and economic conditions
and other matters, which PIN believes to be reasonable and
appropriate in the exercise of its professional judgment, many
of which are beyond the control of PIN or any party involved in
the Arrangement.
For the purposes of rendering the Opinion,
PIN has also assumed that the representations and warranties of
each party contained in the Arrangement Agreement are true and
correct in all material respects and that each party will
perform all of the covenants and agreements required to be
performed by it under the Arrangement and that The Corporation
will be entitled to fully enforce its rights under the
Arrangement Agreement and receive the benefits therefrom in
accordance with the terms thereof.
The Opinion has
been provided for the sole use and benefit of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation in connection with and for the
purpose of its consideration of the Arrangement. Our opinion
does not constitute a recommendation to any Shareholder of the
Corporation as to how such Shareholder should vote or act with
respect to the Arrangement. The Opinion is given as of the date
hereof and PIN disclaims any undertaking or obligation to advise
any person of any change in any fact or matter affecting the
Opinion which may come or be brought to the attention of PIN
after the date hereof. Without limiting the foregoing, in the
event that there is any material change in any fact or matter
affecting the Opinion after the date hereof, PIN reserves the
right to change, modify or withdraw the Opinion.
Our opinion
does not address the relative merits of the Transaction as
compared to other business strategies or transactions that might
be available with respect to the Corporation or the
Corporation's underlying business decision to effect the
Arrangement. At your direction, we have not been asked to, nor
do we, offer any opinion as to the material terms (other than
the Consideration) of the Arrangement Agreement, the Plan of
Arrangement or the form of the Arrangement.
Based upon and
subject to the foregoing, PIN is of the opinion that, as of the
date hereof, the Consideration to be received by the
Shareholders and Warrantholders pursuant to the Arrangement is
fair, from a financial point of view, to Shareholders and
Warrantholders.
Yours very truly,
Pin Services Ltd.
Per:
____________________
Eric Jordan, President