Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 22, 2024) - Quinsam Capital Corporation (CSE: QCA) ("Quinsam" or the "Company") is announcing its Q1/2024 results, with net income of $0.5 million ($0.005 per share basic, $0.005 fully diluted) versus net income of $0.4 million ($0.004 per share basic, $0.004 fully diluted) in Q1/2023. Investors can access the Company's full financial statements on sedarplus.ca.
"At March 31, 2024, we had net assets of approximately $0.13 per share outstanding," said Roger Dent, CEO. "Our shares continue to trade at a very steep discount from NAV."
"The Q1 net income was largely attributable to the performance of two of our public company investments, California Nanotechnologies and Vitalhub," said Roger Dent.
In Q1/2024, Quinsam made a number of small dispositions of legacy assets. Efforts to dispose of legacy investments will continue. At present, cash is approximately $1.5 million. Quinsam made no new investments in Q1/2024.
The search for a value creating transaction continues. We anticipate that it may take some time to find a suitable, value creating transaction. Further announcements will be made on the status of such steps which are subject to all applicable shareholder and regulatory approvals.
Issuer Bid
In Q1/2024, the issuer bid was inactive as it was in a "blackout" period. Accordingly, Quinsam acquired no shares pursuant to its issuer bid to purchase up to 4,800,000 of its common shares that commenced on September 6, 2023 and will terminate on September 5, 2024, or on an earlier date in the event that the number of common shares sought in the bid has been repurchased. Total purchases pursuant to this bid are 2,281,000 shares.
Quinsam has repurchased and cancelled over 20 million shares since 2018 pursuant to its issuer bids.
Investor Call
An investor call will be held at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, May 24, 2024 by Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81849418482?pwd=RGJkZ2ZKSnJaMWVNZVFqNVNhS3F0Zz09
About Quinsam Capital Corporation
Quinsam is a merchant bank with a focus on "small cap" investments which it believes are undervalued. We do not invest on behalf of third parties or offer investment advice.
Generally, Quinsam does not believe that individual investments are material events. Quinsam may choose to announce certain investments once the company has finished buying its position because we feel that this information helps investors understand our decision making process. Generally, Quinsam does not announce the sale of investments.
For further information contact:
Roger Dent, CEO
(647) 993-5475
roger@quinsamcapital.com
This press release may contain forward-looking statements relating to anticipated future events, results, circumstances, performance or expectations that are not historical facts but instead represent our beliefs regarding future events, which are inherently uncertain. Forward-looking statements can often, but not always, be identified by forward-looking words such as "anticipate", "believe", "continue", "expect", "goal", "plan", "intend", "estimate", "may", "project", "predict", "potential", "target", and "will" or similar words suggesting future outcomes, or other expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, intentions or statements about future events or performance.
By their nature, forward-looking statements require making assumptions which include, among other things, that (i) Quinsam will have sufficient capital to effect its business strategies, (ii) the business strategies will produce the results intended by Quinsam, and (iii) the markets will react and perform in a manner consistent with the business strategies.
Forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated. Quinsam believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking information are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. Some risks and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking information in this press release include, but are not limited to: cannabis companies Quinsam has invested in obtaining and maintaining regulatory approvals including acquiring and renewing U.S. state, local or other licenses, and the uncertainty of existing protection from U.S. federal or other prosecution; regulatory or political change such as changes in applicable laws and regulations, including U.S. state-law legalization; market and general economic conditions of the cannabis sector or otherwise, interest rates, regulatory and statutory developments, the nature of the Company's investments, the available opportunities and competition for investments, the concentration of our investments in certain industries and sectors, reliance on key personnel, risks affecting investments, management of the growth of the Company, and exchange rate fluctuations and, in the case of the valuation creation strategies, the ability to complete divestitures of illiquid assets on terms which are economic or at all, to identify beneficial business opportunities, to secure or act on the identified business opportunities on terms which are economic or at all, and obtain all necessary shareholder and regulatory approvals. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of risks and factors is not exhaustive. Although Quinsam has attempted to identify factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information, there may be factors that cause events or results to differ from those intended, anticipated or estimated.
The forward-looking information contained herein is provided as at this date, based upon the opinions and estimates of management and information available to management as at this date. Quinsam does not undertake and specifically disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by applicable law. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information contained herein.
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SOURCE: Quinsam Capital Corporation
