Annual and transition report of foreign private issuers pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Non-Controlling Interest in Versus LLC

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Non-Controlling Interest in Versus LLC
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Disclosure of business combinations [text block] [Abstract]  
NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST IN VERSUS LLC
7. NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST IN VERSUS LLC

As of December 31, 2018, the Company held a 41.3% ownership interest in Versus LLC, a privately held limited liability company organized under the laws of the state of Nevada. The Company consolidates Versus LLC as a result of having full control over the voting shares. Versus LLC is a technology company that is developing a business-to-business software platform that allows video game publishers and developers to offer prize-based matches of their games to their players.


On May 21, 2019, the Company acquired an additional 25.2% interest in Versus LLC in exchange for 574,009 common shares of the Company and 287,005 share purchase warrants that are exercisable at $3.20 per share until June 30, 2019. The common shares and the share purchase warrants were determined to have a fair value of $1,882,749 and $156,389, respectively. As a result, the Company increased its ownership interest to 66.5% and recorded the excess purchase price over net identifiable liabilities of $4,644,719 against reserves. The effect on non-controlling interest was a reduction of $2,605,582.


On June 21, 2019, the Company acquired an additional 0.3% interest in Versus LLC in exchange for 2,825 common shares of the Company and 1,412 share purchase warrants that are exercisable at $3.20 per share until June 30, 2019. The common shares and the share purchase warrants were determined to have a fair value of $9,263 and $3,389, respectively. As a result, the Company increased its ownership interest to 66.8% and recorded the excess purchase price over net identifiable assets of $34,714 against reserves. The effect on non-controlling interest was a reduction of $22,061.


The following table presents summarized financial information before intragroup eliminations for the non-wholly owned subsidiary as of December 31, 2020 and 2019:


    2020     2019     2018  
Non-controlling interest percentage   33.2%     33.2%     58.7%  
    ($)     ($)     ($)  
Assets                  
Current     1,012,081       103,398       72,222  
Non-current     2,974,249       3,739,445       3,566,490  
      3,986,330       3,842,843       3,638,712  
                         
Liabilities                        
Current     1,325,230       823,285       740,249  
Non-current     22,510,724       17,851,531       11,059,323  
      23,835,954       18,674,816       11,799,572  
Net liabilities     (19,849,624 )     (14,831,973 )     (8,160,860 )
Non-controlling interest     (7,547,035 )     (6,024,450 )     (5,893,609 )
Loss and comprehensive loss     (4,586,099 )     (6,671,113 )     (7,766,709 )
Loss and comprehensive loss attributed to non-controlling interest     (1,522,585 )     (2,758,484 )     (4,741,694 )