Intertainment Media Inc. Receives Initial Term She
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Intertainment Media Inc. (TSX VENTURE:INT)(OTCQX:ITMTF)(FRANKFURT:I4T) ("Intertainment" or the "Company"), as previously announced on June 29, 2012, the Company has enlisted the services of Maxim Group LLC ("Maxim Group"), a leading US investment banking, securities and investment management firm, to provide strategic corporate finance and investment banking services. Maxim Group will focus on assisting Intertainment, Ortsbo Inc. ("Ortsbo") and other subsidiaries of the Company in its strategies for maximizing shareholder value through its full scope of investment banking services.
As part of the Company's larger engagement with Maxim Group, Intertainment has executed a non-binding term sheet with a Maxim Group client, by way of a private placement, for an initial $10 Million CDN convertible note, allowing the Company to draw funds for working capital purposes. The note will be drawn by the Company in $2 Million CDN increments with the conversion price to be set for each tranche at the time of closing. The first tranche for $2 Million CDN is expected to close in and around mid July 2012. The Company is also reviewing additional offers from interested parties and all transactions are subject to board and regulatory approval.
"Maxim Group has already begun to present opportunities to assist Intertainment, Ortsbo and our other divisions with our growth strategies and capital requirements" said David Lucatch, CEO of Intertainment. "As a major investment banking firm concentrated on advising small-cap and midsized organizations, Maxim Group will play a strong role as an advisor to the Company providing expertise in executing organizational growth strategies to further enhance shareholder value."
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About Maxim Group:
Maxim Group LLC is a full-service investment banking firm headquartered in New York. Maxim Group provides a full array of financial services including investment banking; private wealth management; and global institutional equity, fixed-income and derivatives sales and trading as well as equity research. The investment banking group focuses on middle market and emerging growth companies within the shipping, energy, health care, technology, retail, and business and financial services sectors. The institutional coverage of Maxim Group spans North and South America, Europe and Asia. Maxim Group LLC is a registered as a broker-dealer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and is a member of the following: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA); Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB); Securities Insurance Protection Corporation (SIPC); NASDAQ Stock Market and the NYSE Arca, Inc. To learn more about Maxim Group, visit www.maximgrp.com.
About Ortsbo Inc.
Now with over 162 million unique users in over 170 countries and territories, Ortsbo (www.ortsbo.com) enables real-time conversational translation for more than 50 languages. Ortsbo's flagship product for social media supports global communications with instant translation capability and real-time, multi-lingual social media chat. Ortsbo's technologies support major social platforms including MSN, Google, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo!, as well as all major desktop and mobile operating systems, browsers and devices. Ortsbo, based in Toronto and with offices in Los Angeles and New York, is a subsidiary of Intertainment Media (www.intertainmentmedia.com).