TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – May 27, 2016) – KGIC Inc. (“KGIC” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:LRN) is pleased to announce that, following a previously announced MOU, it has completed an Education Collaboration Agreement with Guru Kashi University (GKU) in Punjab, India. The collaboration provides Guru Kashi University with an ESL-Pathway Center facility in India, under the aegis of KGIC, to begin the integration and transition to KGIC’s offerings early in the student’s enrollment cycle.
Under the exclusive agreement, KGIC will provide integrated ESL courses to existing students of GKU as well as provide the requisite ESL-Pathway education to graduating students who are eligible for admission into Canadian Universities and Colleges. This unique relationship is material to the Company’s operations and will provide KGIC with immediate access to student bodies of 18,000 to 20,000 in India. It will also provide access to approximately 2,000 students expected to enroll in KGIC’s ESL-Pathway courses in Canada.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
About KGIC Inc.
KGIC Inc. KGIC is an educational organization that provides premium education services at its private English as a Second Language (“ESL”) Schools, High School, Career Colleges and Community Colleges, High School in Ontario and British Columbia. The Company owns and operates twenty-one (21) campuses across Canada and enrolls approximately 20,000 students yearly in various English language and career training educational courses. KGIC has established approximately twenty-five (25) ESL-Pathway agreements with Colleges and Universities in Canada
Forward-Looking Information and Statements
This news release includes certain forward-looking information and statements within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. Such forward-looking information and statements are not representative of historical facts or information or current condition, but instead represent only the Company’s beliefs regarding future events, plans or objectives, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the Company’s control. Generally, such forward-looking information or statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or may contain statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will be taken, “will continue”, “will occur” or “will be achieved”. The forward-looking information contained herein includes information concerning the ability of Company to continue as a going concern. By identifying such information and statements in this manner, the Company is alerting the reader that such information and statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such information and statements.
Any number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements as well as future results including, but not limited to, risks relating to: the Company’s ability to raise sufficient additional capital, including the completion of all or any portion of the Offering, prior to December 31, 2015 in order to allow it to continue as a going concern on terms acceptable to the Company or at all; the Company’s ability to service its outstanding indebtedness and the impact of that indebtedness on the Company’s ability to raise additional capital, fund and maintain operations or meet business objectives; the Company’s ability to comply with the terms of the amended forbearance agreement with Bank of Montreal and the consequences of any breach or default thereunder; the Company’s ability to successfully exit forbearance; the Company’s ability to negotiate, enter into and execute a definitive agreement with Bank of Montreal on terms acceptable to the Company or at all to remove the Company’s debt facilities from forbearance and convert the facilities into a term loan; the fact that new management and directors of the Company, including the recently appointed Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, have had limited experience with the Company and its operations and have not had sufficient time to fully analyze all facets of the Company’s business; the impact of negative or unfavourable rumours in the marketplace on the Company’s brands and student enrollment; any of the Company’s announced or proposed acquisitions failing to close or becoming delayed before closing; carrying on business and activities in international jurisdiction where Canadian laws do not apply; any loss of certain key personnel; levels of student enrolment; delays in rolling out online education programs; delays to the completion of any planned initiatives or the inability to complete those initiatives; competition in the educational services market; and currency fluctuations. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking information and statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing, and the expectations contained in, the forward-looking information and statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information and statements, and no assurance or guarantee can be given that such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information and statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking information or statements contained in this press release.
The forward-looking information contained in this press release is made as of the date hereof, and the Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information that is contained or referenced herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking information and statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf is expressly qualified in its entirety by this notice.
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