Bitfarms Ltd. (“
Bitfarms” or the
“
Company”) (NASDAQ: BITF // TSX: BITF), a
global Bitcoin self-mining company is pleased to announce the
results of its annual general meeting of shareholders (the
“
Meeting”), held in Brossard, Quebec on June
21, 2022. A total of 92,227,382 common shares, representing 45.58%
of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company were
represented at the Meeting.
By a vote by way of proxies received/casted,
five directors were elected to the Company for the ensuing year.
The following is a tabulation of the votes submitted by management
proxy:
Nominee |
For |
Withheld* |
Nicolas Bonta |
38,218,660 |
1,497,913 |
Andrés Finkielsztain |
23,958,550 |
15,758,023 |
Emiliano Grodzki |
20,521,327 |
19,195,246 |
Brian Howlett |
36,767,345 |
2,949,228 |
Pierre Seccareccia |
37,214,463 |
2,502,110 |
*Proxies representing a total of 52,503,805
shares we not voted in respect of the election of directors.
By a vote by way of proxies received,
shareholders voted in favour of reappointing PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, as auditors of the Company for the ensuing year and authorized
the directors to fix their remuneration, with votes “for” totaling
91,670,612 common shares and votes “withheld” totaling 549,766
common shares.
Following the Meeting, the directors of the
Company appointed the following officers of the Company:
Emiliano Grodzki |
– |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
Nicolas Bonta |
– |
Executive Chairman |
|
Geoffrey Morphy |
– |
President and Chief Operating Officer |
|
Jeffrey Lucas |
– |
Chief Financial Officer |
|
Ben Gagnon |
– |
Chief Mining Officer |
|
Benoit Gobeil |
|
Senior Vice President of Operations and Infrastructure |
|
Marc-André Ammann |
– |
Vice President of Finances and Accounting |
|
Paul Magrath |
– |
Vice President of Taxation |
|
Patricia Osorio |
– |
Vice President of Corporate Affairs |
|
Andrea Keen Souza |
– |
Vice President of Human Resources |
|
Philippe Fortier |
– |
Vice President of Special Projects |
|
Stephanie Wargo |
– |
Vice President of Marketing and Communications |
|
Damian Luis Polla |
– |
General Manager – LATAM Operations |
|
Please see the report of voting results filed
under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com for the detailed
results of the other matters voted on by shareholders at the
Meeting.
About Bitfarms Ltd.
Founded in 2017, Bitfarms is a global Bitcoin
self-mining company, running vertically integrated mining
operations with onsite technical repair, proprietary data analytics
and company-owned electrical engineering and installation services
to deliver high operational performance and uptime.
Having demonstrated rapid growth and stellar
operations, Bitfarms became the first Bitcoin mining company to
complete its long form prospectus with the Ontario Securities
Commission and started trading on the TSX-V in July 2019. On
February 24, 2021, Bitfarms was honoured to be announced as a
Rising Star by the TSX-V. On June 21, 2021, Bitfarms started
trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market. On February 24, 2022, the
Company was further honoured by the TSX-V as Venture 50 Winner,
placing first in the Technology sector. On April 8, 2022, Bitfarms
up-listed from the TSX-V to the TSX.
Operationally, Bitfarms has a diversified
production platform with seven industrial scale facilities located
in Québec, one in Washington state, and one in Paraguay. Each
facility is over 99% powered with environmentally friendly hydro
power and secured with long-term power contracts. Bitfarms is
currently the only publicly traded pure-play mining company audited
by a Big Four accounting firm.
To learn more about Bitfarms’ events, developments, and online
communities:
Website: www.bitfarms.comhttps://www.facebook.com/bitfarms/
https://twitter.com/Bitfarms_io https://www.instagram.com/bitfarms/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitfarms/
Cautionary Statement
Trading in the securities of the Company should
be considered highly speculative. No stock exchange, securities
commission or other regulatory authority has approved or
disapproved the information contained herein. Neither the Toronto
Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, or any other securities exchange or
regulatory authority accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain
“forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements”
(collectively, “forward-looking information”) that are based on
expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news
release and are covered by safe harbors under Canadian and United
States securities laws. The statements and information in this
release regarding expansion plans and other future plans and
objectives of the Company are forward-looking information. Other
forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to,
information concerning: the intentions, plans and future actions of
the Company, as well as Bitfarms’ ability to successfully mine
digital currency, revenue increasing as currently anticipated, the
ability to profitably liquidate current and future digital currency
inventory, volatility of network difficulty and digital currency
prices and the potential resulting significant negative impact on
the Company’s operations, the construction and operation of
expanded blockchain infrastructure as currently planned, and the
regulatory environment for cryptocurrency in the applicable
jurisdictions.
Any statements that involve discussions with
respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections,
objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (often but
not always using phrases such as “expects”, or “does not expect”,
“is expected”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, “plans”,
“budget”, “scheduled”, “forecasts”, “estimates”, “believes” or
“intends” or variations of such words and phrases or stating that
certain actions, events or results “may” or “could”, “would”,
“might” or “will” be taken to occur or be achieved) are not
statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking
information and are intended to identify forward-looking
information.
This forward-looking information is based on
assumptions and estimates of management of the Company at the time
they were made, and involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance
or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking information. Such factors include, among
others, risks relating to: the global economic climate; dilution;
the Company’s limited operating history; future capital needs and
uncertainty of additional financing, including the Company’s
ability to utilize the Company’s at-the-market offering (the “ATM
Program”) and the prices at which the Company may sell Common
Shares in the ATM Program, as well as capital market conditions in
general; risks relating to the strategy of maintaining and
increasing Bitcoin holdings and the impact of depreciating Bitcoin
prices on working capital; the competitive nature of the industry;
currency exchange risks; the need for the Company to manage its
planned growth and expansion; the effects of product development
and need for continued technology change; the ability to maintain
reliable and economical sources of power to run its cryptocurrency
mining assets; the impact of energy curtailment or regulatory
changes in the energy regimes in the jurisdictions in which the
Company operates; protection of proprietary rights; the effect of
government regulation and compliance on the Company and the
industry; network security risks; the ability of the Company to
maintain properly working systems; reliance on key personnel;
global economic and financial market deterioration impeding access
to capital or increasing the cost of capital; share dilution
resulting from the ATM Program and from other equity issuances; and
volatile securities markets impacting security pricing unrelated to
operating performance. In addition, particular factors that could
impact future results of the business of Bitfarms include, but are
not limited to: the construction and operation of facilities may
not occur as currently planned, or at all; expansion may not
materialize as currently anticipated, or at all; the digital
currency market; the ability to successfully mine digital currency;
revenue may not increase as currently anticipated, or at all; it
may not be possible to profitably liquidate the current digital
currency inventory, or at all; a decline in digital currency prices
may have a significant negative impact on operations; an increase
in network difficulty may have a significant negative impact on
operations; the volatility of digital currency prices; the
anticipated growth and sustainability of hydroelectricity for the
purposes of cryptocurrency mining in the applicable jurisdictions;
the inability to maintain reliable and economical sources of power
for the Company to operate cryptocurrency mining assets; the risks
of an increase in the Company’s electricity costs, cost of natural
gas, changes in currency exchange rates, energy curtailment or
regulatory changes in the energy regimes in the jurisdictions in
which the Company operates and the adverse impact on the Company’s
profitability; the ability to complete current and future
financings, any regulations or laws that will prevent Bitfarms from
operating its business; historical prices of digital currencies and
the ability to mine digital currencies that will be consistent with
historical prices; an inability to predict and counteract the
effects of COVID-19 on the business of the Company, including but
not limited to the effects of COVID-19 on the price of digital
currencies, capital market conditions, restriction on labour and
international travel and supply chains; and, the adoption or
expansion of any regulation or law that will prevent Bitfarms from
operating its business, or make it more costly to do so. For
further information concerning these and other risks and
uncertainties, refer to the Company’s filings on www.SEDAR.com
(which are also available on the website of the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov), including the annual
information form for the year-ended December 31, 2021, filed on
March 28, 2022. The Company has also assumed that no significant
events occur outside of Bitfarms’ normal course of business.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors
that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended.
There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be
accurate as actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly,
readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking
information. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or
update any forward-looking information other than as required by
law.
Contacts
Investor Relations:
LHA Investor Relations David Barnard+1
415-433-3777Investors@bitfarms.com
US Media:
YAP GlobalMia Grodsky, Account
Executivemia@yapglobal.com
Québec Media:
Ryan Affaires publiques Valérie
Pomerleau, Public Affairs and Communicationsvalerie@ryanap.com
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