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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 September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022 and the nine month periods then ended:
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