TORONTO, Nov. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BlueRush Inc. (“BlueRush” or the “Company”) (TSXV:BTV), a leading SaaS company providing personalized solutions for innovative financial institutions, is pleased to announce it has entered into a consulting agreement with Bay Street Communications to provide general investor relations consulting services for an initial term of six months, at which time either party may terminate the agreement upon 30 days’ notice. Bay Street Communications, is an independent Investor Relations and Corporate Communications consulting firm based in Toronto, Ontario. Bay Street Communications will be paid a monthly fee of $4,000. The Company and Bay Street Communications act at arm's length, and Bay Street Communications has no present interest, directly or indirectly, in the Company or its securities. The fee paid by the Company to Bay Street Communications is for services only. The consulting agreement is subject to approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”).
In addition, the Company has entered into an agreement with an arm’s length consultant to provide financial, strategic and other advisory work to BlueRush for a term of 24 months, in consideration for warrants exercisable at $0.105 for up to 600,000 common shares of the Company for a period of 24 months. The issuance of warrants pursuant to the consulting agreement is subject to approval of the TSXV and upon issuance will be subject to a four month hold period.
BlueRush also announces that its board of directors has approved the grant of 200,000 stock options to Bay Street Communications at an exercise price of $0.20 per common share expiring on November 16, 2020, and 50,000 stock options to an officer of the Company at an exercise price of $0.15 per common share expiring on November 16, 2023.
About BlueRush and IndiVideo
BlueRush is uniquely positioned within the online video market. Video is the fastest growing online content segment, with leading analysts predicting that more than 80% of content will be consumed as video by 2021. BlueRush develops and markets a disruptive interactive and personalized video platform called IndiVideo. IndiVideo utilizes proprietary technology that allows for two unique advantages over competitors’ personalized video technologies: (1) lower cost to mass-scale personalized videos; and (2) ability to deploy behind any corporate firewall for increased security. These advantages are critical because they allow marketing departments to control their distribution costs, and because deploying behind the firewall provides increased security as well as greater connectivity to client data.
BlueRush has a particular focus on delivering measurable value to the Financial Services vertical in areas such as mortgage, loan and credit card origination, as well as supporting Pension Fund and Insurance use cases. IndiVideo is integrated with BlueRush’s SaaS-based content engagement platform, DigitalReach, which delivers improved sales conversion metrics for more than 75,000 financial advisors in some of the world’s most respected financial institutions. The combination of IndiVideo and DigitalReach is unique in the marketplace and provides BlueRush with a differentiated value proposition. For more information, please visit www.bluerush.com.
For further information please contact:
Steve Taylor, CEO
Tel: 416-457-9391
steve.taylor@bluerush.com
Dave Badun, CFO
Tel: 416-624-8382
dave.badun@bluerush.com
Forward-Looking Statements
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