Because of the Amended Agreements, First Majestic has up to date the unaudited professional forma condensed mixed monetary data (the “Professional Forma Monetary Data”) that was beforehand ready by the Firm and that was included in its administration data round (the “Round”) for the upcoming January 14, 2025 particular assembly of First Majestic’s shareholders (the “Particular Assembly”) to mirror full consolidation of the LGJV within the Professional Forma Monetary Data (versus accounting for Gatos’ 70% curiosity within the LGJV utilizing the fairness methodology of accounting, which is mirrored within the Professional Forma Monetary Data set out within the Round). The up to date Professional Forma Monetary Data based mostly on absolutely consolidating the LGJV is connected to the December Materials Change Report.
First Majestic’s shareholders are inspired to learn the up to date Professional Forma Monetary Data within the December Materials Change Report, along with the Round and the opposite supplies for the Particular Assembly, when voting their shares in respect of the Particular Assembly. Digital variations of the supplies for the Particular Assembly can be found at www.AGSpecialMeeting.com.
The Firm want to remind shareholders that the Particular Assembly can be held on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (Pacific Time) on the places of work of Bennett Jones LLP, situated at Suite 2500 – 666 Burrard Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2X8. Solely First Majestic shareholders of report as of November 25, 2024 are entitled to vote on the Particular Assembly. For additional particulars relating to the Particular Assembly, please see the Firm’s information launch dated December 10, 2024.
First Majestic has retained Kingsdale Advisors (“Kingsdale”) as a Strategic Advisor and to help within the solicitation of proxies for the Particular Assembly. Any shareholders who want help with voting their First Majestic Shares might contact Kingsdale by phone at 1-866-851-3214 (toll-free in North America) or 1-647-577-3635 (textual content and name enabled outdoors North America), or by electronic mail at contactus@kingsdaleadvisors.com.
Gatos Stockholder Assembly
Holders of shares of Gatos widespread inventory (“Gatos Shares”) are additionally required to offer their approval of First Majestic’s acquisition of all the excellent Gatos Shares (the “Transaction”), and accordingly, Gatos has introduced that it’ll maintain its stockholder assembly nearly on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (Pacific Time), one hour previous to First Majestic’s Particular Assembly. Topic to the approval of First Majestic’s shareholders and Gatos’ stockholders and the satisfaction or waiver of different situations precedent, it’s anticipated that the Transaction will shut in January 2025.
Vital Data for Buyers and Shareholders in regards to the Transaction and The place to Discover It
This information launch will not be supposed to and doesn’t represent a suggestion to promote or the solicitation of a suggestion to subscribe for or purchase or an invite to buy or subscribe for any securities of First Majestic or Gatos or the solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or switch of securities of First Majestic or Gatos in any jurisdiction in contravention of relevant regulation. This information launch could also be deemed to be soliciting materials referring to the Transaction.
In reference to the proposed transaction between First Majestic and Gatos pursuant to the Merger Settlement and topic to future developments, First Majestic has filed a registration assertion on Kind F-4 (the “Kind F-4”) with the U.S. Securities and Alternate Fee (the “SEC”), which features a proxy assertion of Gatos that additionally constitutes a prospectus of First Majestic (the “Proxy Assertion/Prospectus”). The Kind F-4 was declared efficient by the SEC on December 2, 2024. Gatos filed a Proxy Assertion/Prospectus with the SEC on December 3, 2024, which it commenced mailing to its stockholders on December 6, 2024. First Majestic filed the Data Round in reference to the proposed Transaction with relevant Canadian securities regulatory authorities on December 10, 2024. This information launch will not be an alternative choice to any registration assertion, proxy assertion, prospectus or different doc First Majestic or Gatos has filed or might file with the SEC or Canadian securities regulatory authorities in reference to the proposed Transaction. First Majestic commenced mailing the Assembly Supplies to its shareholders on December 10, 2024. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF GATOS AND FIRST MAJESTIC ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND MANAGEMENT PROXY CIRCULAR, RESPECTIVELY, AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC OR CANADIAN SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITIES CAREFULLY IN THEIR ENTIRETY IF AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISION WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSACTION BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT FIRST MAJESTIC, GATOS, THE TRANSACTION AND RELATED MATTERS. Buyers and safety holders might acquire free copies of the Proxy Assertion/Prospectus, the filings with the SEC which might be integrated by reference into the Proxy Assertion/Prospectus and different paperwork filed with the SEC by First Majestic and Gatos containing necessary details about First Majestic or Gatos and the Transaction by way of the web site maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Buyers may also have the ability to acquire free copies of the administration proxy round and different paperwork filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities by First Majestic, by way of the web site maintained by the Canadian Securities Directors at www.sedarplus.com. As well as, buyers and safety holders might acquire free copies of the paperwork filed by First Majestic with the SEC and Canadian securities regulatory authorities on First Majestic’s web site or by contacting First Majestic’s investor relations group. Copies of the paperwork filed with the SEC by Gatos can be found freed from cost on Gatos’ web site at www.gatossilver.com or by contacting Gatos’ investor relations group.
Members within the Merger Solicitation
First Majestic, Gatos and sure of their respective administrators, government officers and workers could also be thought-about contributors within the solicitation of proxies in reference to the proposed Transaction. Data relating to the individuals who might, underneath the foundations of the SEC, be deemed contributors within the solicitation of the shareholders of First Majestic and the stockholders of Gatos in reference to the Transaction, together with an outline of their respective direct or oblique pursuits, by safety holdings or in any other case, is included within the Proxy Assertion/Prospectus described above and different related paperwork when they’re filed with the SEC and Canadian securities regulatory authorities in reference to the proposed Transaction. Further data relating to First Majestic’s administrators and government officers can also be included in First Majestic’s Discover of Annual Assembly of Shareholders and 2024 Proxy Assertion, which was filed with the SEC and Canadian securities regulatory authorities on April 15, 2024, and data relating to Gatos’ administrators and government officers can also be included in Gatos’ Annual Report on Kind 10-Okay for the yr ended December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC on February 20, 2024, as amended by Modification No. 1 to such annual report filed with the SEC on Might 6, 2024 and Gatos’ 2024 Proxy Assertion for its 2024 Annual Assembly of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 25, 2024. These paperwork can be found freed from cost as described above.
ABOUT FIRST MAJESTIC
First Majestic is a publicly traded mining firm centered on silver and gold manufacturing in Mexico and the US. The Firm presently owns and operates the San Dimas Silver/Gold Mine, the Santa Elena Silver/Gold Mine, and the La Encantada Silver Mine in addition to a portfolio of growth and exploration property, together with the Jerritt Canyon Gold undertaking situated in northeastern Nevada, U.S.A.
First Majestic is proud to personal and function its personal minting facility, First Mint, LLC, and to supply a portion of its silver manufacturing on the market to the general public. Bars, ingots, cash and medallions can be found for buy on-line at www.firstmint.com, at among the lowest premiums obtainable.
FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP.
“signed”
Keith Neumeyer, President & CEO
Cautionary Observe Relating to Ahead Wanting Statements
This information launch comprises “ahead‐trying statements” throughout the which means of Part 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Part 21E of the Securities Alternate Act of 1934, as amended, that are supposed to be lined by the secure harbor created by such sections and different relevant legal guidelines and “forward-looking data” underneath relevant Canadian securities legal guidelines (collectively, “ahead‐trying statements”). These statements relate to future occasions or the long run efficiency, enterprise prospects or alternatives of First Majestic and/or Gatos which might be based mostly on forecasts of future outcomes, estimates of quantities not but determinable and assumptions of administration of First Majestic and/or Gatos made in good religion in mild of administration’s expertise and notion of historic traits, present situations and anticipated future developments. Ahead‐trying statements on this information launch embrace, however will not be restricted to, statements with respect to: closing of the Transaction and the phrases and timing associated thereto; the anticipated timing of shareholder conferences; and the timing for the Amending Agreements changing into efficient. Assumptions might show to be incorrect and precise outcomes might differ materially from these anticipated. Consequently, steering can’t be assured. As such, buyers are cautioned to not place undue reliance upon steering and ahead‐trying statements as there will be no assurance that the plans, assumptions or expectations upon which they’re positioned will happen. All statements apart from statements of historic reality could also be ahead‐trying statements. Any statements that categorical or contain discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, targets or future occasions or efficiency (typically, however not all the time, utilizing phrases or phrases similar to “search”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “proceed”, “estimate”, “count on”, “might”, “will”, “undertaking”, “predict”, “forecast”, “potential”, “goal”, “intend”, “may”, “may”, “ought to”, “imagine” and related expressions) will not be statements of historic reality and could also be “ahead‐trying statements”.
Precise outcomes might range from ahead‐trying statements. Ahead‐trying statements are topic to identified and unknown dangers, uncertainties and different components which will trigger precise outcomes to materially differ from these expressed or implied by such ahead‐trying statements, together with however not restricted to: satisfaction or waiver of all relevant closing situations for the Transaction on a well timed foundation or in any respect together with, with out limitation, receipt of all obligatory shareholder, inventory trade and regulatory approvals or consents and lack of fabric modifications with respect to First Majestic and Gatos and their respective companies, all as extra notably set forth within the Merger Settlement; the timing of the closing of the Transaction and the failure of the Transaction to shut for any cause; the result of any authorized proceedings which may be instituted in opposition to First Majestic or Gatos and others associated to the Transaction; and unanticipated difficulties or expenditures referring to the Transaction. First Majestic will not be affirming or adopting any statements or reviews attributed to Gatos (together with prior mineral reserve and useful resource declaration) on this information launch or made by Gatos outdoors of this information launch. As well as, the failure of a celebration to adjust to the phrases of the Merger Settlement might end in that social gathering being required to pay a payment to the opposite social gathering, the results of which may have a cloth hostile impact on the paying social gathering’s monetary place and outcomes of operations and its skill to fund progress prospects and present operations. Though First Majestic has tried to establish necessary components that might trigger precise outcomes to vary materially from these contained in ahead‐trying statements, there could also be different components that trigger outcomes to not be as anticipated, estimated or supposed.
First Majestic believes that the expectations mirrored in these forward-looking statements are affordable, however no assurance will be provided that these expectations will show to be appropriate and such forward-looking statements included herein shouldn’t be unduly relied upon. These statements communicate solely as of the date hereof. First Majestic doesn’t intend, and doesn’t assume any obligation, to replace these forward-looking statements or forward-looking data, besides as required by relevant legal guidelines.
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