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, 2022
Non-Controlling Interest in Versus LLC Disclosure [Abstract]  
NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST IN VERSUS LLC
8. 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 38,268 common shares of the Company and 19,134 share purchase warrants. The common shares and the share purchase warrants were determined to have a fair value of $1,403,675 and $116,595, respectively. As a result, the Company increased its ownership interest to 66.5% and recorded the excess purchase price over net identifiable liabilities of $3,575,884 against reserves. The effect on non-controlling interest was a reduction of $2,053,199. 

 

On June 21, 2019, the Company acquired an additional 0.3% interest in Versus LLC in exchange for 189 common shares of the Company and 95 share purchase warrants. The common shares and the share purchase warrants were determined to have a fair value of $6,906 and $2,527, respectively. As a result, the Company increased its ownership interest to 66.8% and recorded the excess purchase price over net identifiable assets of $26,448 against reserves. The effect on non-controlling interest was a reduction of $19,433.

 

On March 1, 2022, the Company acquired an additional 15.1% interest in Versus LLC in exchange for 11,441 common shares of the Company. The common shares were determined to have a fair value of $186,294. As a result, the Company increased its ownership interest to 81.9% and recorded the excess purchase price over net identifiable assets of $4,562,631 against reserves. The effect on non-controlling interest was a reduction of $4,376,337.

 

The following table presents summarized financial information before intragroup eliminations for the non-wholly owned subsidiary as of December 31, 2022, December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

 

    2022     2021     2020  
Non-controlling interest percentage   18.1%     33.2%     33.2%  
    ($)     ($)     ($)  
Assets                  
Current     1,011,636       1,488,892       779,123  
Non-current    

2,910,990

      2,300,268       2,289,645  
      3,922,626       3,789,160       3,068,768  
                         
Liabilities                        
Current     518,701       763,970       1,020,192  
Non-current     39,774,321       30,661,143       17,329,272  
      40,293,022       31,425,113       18,349,464  
Net liabilities     (36,370,396 )     (27,635,953 )     (15,280,696 )
Non-controlling interest     (6,383,129 )     (8,621,581 )     (5,193,701 )
Net loss     (10,090,734 )     (17,847,892 )     (6,911,040 )
Net loss attributed to non-controlling interest     (2,137,885 )     (3,448,820 )     (1,464,660 )