VANCOUVER, July 11, 2013 /CNW/ - Pender Growth Fund (VCC) Inc. (the
"Fund") (TSX-V: PTF) is providing an update with respect to one of the
investments held in the Fund.
D-Wave Systems recently announced that it had sold its latest generation
computer to a collaboration among NASA, Google and the Universities
Space Research Association (USRA). It disclosed that installation of
its new 512-qubit quantum computer, the D-Wave Two, had already begun
with a view to going online in Q3. The news was picked up by media
outlets around the world. At the recent Annual General Meeting,
management explained that this sale is evidence that quantum computing
has expanded beyond the theoretical realm and into the worlds of
business and technology.
D-Wave has also hired several new management people including a new
President of its US subsidiary responsible for sales and a new Chief
Financial Officer with high level experience with NASDAQ public
offerings.
It is our view that these developments signal significant value creation
for D-Wave. Although we have no way of ascertaining a specific amount,
we now believe that the value of the Fund's investment in D-Wave may be
significantly in excess of book value. While we do believe that the
company is creating value for its investors, we have no way of knowing
if a liquidity event such as a take-over or an initial public offering
(IPO), generating returns for the Fund, is a short, medium or long term
possibility.
The Fund currently owns approximately 1% of the equity of D-Wave. There
are numerous classes of shares of D-Wave held by investors many of
which have superior rights to those held by the Fund.
About D-Wave Systems Inc.
Founded in 1999, D-Wave's mission is to integrate new discoveries in
physics and computer science into breakthrough approaches to
computation. The company's flagship product, the 512-qubit D-Wave TwoTM computer, is built around a novel type of superconducting processor that
uses quantum mechanics to massively accelerate computation. The
NADA/Google/USRA installation markets a significant broadening of
D-Wave's customer base, and comes on the heels of Lockheed-Martin's
purchase of an upgrade of their 128-qubit D-Wave OneTM system to a 512-qubit D-Wave Two earlier in this year. With
headquarters near Vancouver, Canada, the D-Wave U.S. offices are
located in Palo Alto, California. D-Wave has a blue-ship investor base
including Bezos Expeditions, Business Development Bank of Canada,
Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Goldman Sachs, Growthworks, Harris & Harris
Group, In-Q-Tel, International Investment and Underwriting, and
Kensington Partners Limited. For more information, visit: www.dwavesys.com or learn more at www.youtube.com/user/dwavesystems.
On behalf of:
Pender Growth Fund (VCC) Inc.
"David Barr"
Chief Executive Officer
SOURCE: Pender Growth Fund (VCC) Inc.
