UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of September 2021
Commission File Number: 001-40370
BITFARMS LTÉE
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
18 King Street East, Suite 902, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 1C4
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ☐ Form 40-F ☒
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐
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On September 7, 2021, the Registrant filed with the Canadian Securities Regulatory Authorities on the System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) a material change report that includes a copy of a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and which is incorporated herein by reference.
Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Material Change Report dated September 7, 2021 |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| BITFARMS LTÉE | |||
| Par : | /s/ L. Geoffrey Morphy | ||
| Name: | L. Geoffrey Morphy | ||
| Title: | President | ||
Date: September 8, 2021
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Exhibit 99.1
FORM 51-102F3
MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT
| Item 1 | Name and Address of Company |
Bitfarms Ltd. (“Bitfarms” or the “Company”)
18 King Street East, Suite 902
Toronto, Ontario M5C 1C4
| Item 2 | Date of Material Change |
September 7, 2021.
| Item 3 | News Release |
The press release attached as Schedule “A” was released on September 7, 2021.
| Item 4 | Summary of Material Change |
The material change is described in the press release attached as Schedule “A”.
| Item 5 | Full Description of Material Change |
The material change is described in the press release attached as Schedule “A”.
| Item 6 | Reliance of subsection 7.1(2) of National Instrument 51-102 |
Not applicable.
| Item 7 | Omitted Information |
Not applicable.
| Item 8 | Executive Officer |
Nicolas Bonta
Executive Chairman & Director
Bitfarms ltée
nbonta@bitfarms.com
| Item 9 | Date of Report |
September 7, 2021.
SCHEDULE “A”
Bitfarms annonce un accord avec la ville de Sherbrooke sur un plan de développement complet de 96 MW d'infrastructure verte de minage de bitcoins.
Toronto, Ontario and Brossard, Québec (September 7, 2021) – Bitfarms Ltd. (Nasdaq: BITF // TSXV: BITF), a publicly traded Bitcoin mining company currently powering over 1% of the Bitcoin network with greater than 99% green hydroelectricity, announces today it has reached an agreement with the City of Sherbrooke, Québec, on a comprehensive agreement to develop 96 MW of hydropower on an expedited basis. The agreement with the City advances the Company’s growth goals of 3 Exahash by first quarter 2022 and 8 Exahash by year-end 2022 while addressing residential concerns about sound emissions.
En vertu de cet accord, les activités actuelles de Bitfarms dans la ville de Sherbrooke, sur la rue de la Pointe, seront remplacées par de nouvelles installations à haut rendement dotées d'un équipement minier de nouvelle génération optimisé pour des niveaux de production plus élevés et une consommation d'énergie plus faible. Pour répondre aux préoccupations concernant le niveau sonore, les nouvelles installations seront situées dans des endroits plus éloignés et comprendront, si nécessaire, un équipement de contrôle du son qui permettra à Bitfarms d'ajuster ses opérations pour réduire les niveaux sonores en temps réel.
“This agreement is a ‘win-win-win’ for the City, its residents, and for Bitfarms,” emphasized Emiliano Grodzki, Chief Executive Officer of Bitfarms. “We regret the inconvenience to those citizens of Sherbrooke who have been affected by the noise from our Rue de la Pointe facility. We have invested considerable resources to be attentive to their expectations and are committed to meeting with them to address their concerns. Bitfarms is dedicated to social responsibility globally and within the communities in which we operate. The City of Sherbrooke is important to us, and this agreement demonstrates our desire to work with and support our local communities as we achieve our growth goals,” added Mr. Grodzki.
À propos de Bitfarms ltée
Fondée en 2017, Bitfarms est une société d'exploitation de minage de bitcoins, qui gère des opérations de minage intégrées verticalement avec des réparations techniques sur place, des analyses de données exclusives et des services d'ingénierie électrique et d'installation appartenant à la Société, afin de fournir des performances opérationnelles et un temps de fonctionnement élevés.
Ayant fait preuve d'une croissance rapide et d'une exploitation exceptionnelle, Bitfarms est devenue la première société de minage de bitcoins à remplir son prospectus détaillé auprès de la Commission des valeurs mobilières de l'Ontario et a commencé à se négocier à la TSX-V en juillet 2019. Le 24 février 2021, Bitfarms a eu l'honneur d'être annoncé comme une étoile montante par le TSX-V. Le 21 juin 2021, Bitfarms a commencé à se négocier sur le marché boursier du Nasdaq.
Bitfarms dispose d'une plateforme de production diversifiée avec cinq installations d'échelle industrielle situées au Québec. Chaque installation est alimentée à plus de 99 % par de l'énergie hydraulique respectueuse de l'environnement et sécurisée par des contrats d'électricité à long terme. Bitfarms est actuellement la seule société de minage purement (pure-play) cotée en bourse et auditée par un cabinet d'audit Big Four.
Pour en savoir plus sur les événements, les développements et les communautés en ligne de Bitfarms :
Website: www.bitfarms.com
https://www.facebook.com/BitfarmsFR/ https://twitter.com/Bitfarms io
https://www.instagram.com/bitfarms_fr/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitfarms-fr
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Termes définis
MW : Mégawatt
Mise en garde
Trading in the securities of the Company should be considered highly speculative. No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) Nasdaq, nor any other securities exchange or regulatory authority accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Énoncés prévisionnels
This news release contains certain “forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements” (collectively, “forward-looking information”) that are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release and are made in good faith by the Company pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The information in this release regarding expectations in respect to the procurement of miners, Company expansion plans, including relocation and construction of Bitcoin mining facilities, and about future plans and objectives of the Company are forward-looking information. The Company may also discuss “forward-looking information” or make “forward-looking statements” in other communications by the Company, including the conference call related to the Company’s financial results. Other forward- looking information includes, but is not limited to, information concerning: the intentions, plans and future actions of the Company, as well as Bitfarms’ ability to successfully mine digital currency, revenue increasing as currently anticipated, the ability to profitably liquidate current and future digital currency inventory, volatility of network difficulty and digital currency prices and the potential resulting significant negative impact on the Company’s operations, the construction and operation of expanded blockchain infrastructure as currently planned, and the regulatory environment for cryptocurrency in the applicable jurisdictions.
Toute déclaration impliquant des discussions sur des prédictions, des attentes, des croyances, des plans, des projections, des objectifs, des hypothèses, des événements ou des performances futurs (utilisant souvent, mais pas toujours, des expressions telles que « s'attend à », ou « ne s'attend pas à », « est attendu », « anticipe » ou « n'anticipe pas », « planifie », « budget », « prévu », « estime », « croit » ou « a l'intention » ou des variations de ces mots et expressions ou indiquant que certaines actions, événements ou résultats « peuvent » ou « pourraient », « pourraient », « pourraient » ou « seront » pris en compte, « estime », « croit » ou « a l'intention de » ou des variations de ces mots et expressions ou indiquant que certaines actions, certains événements ou certains résultats « peuvent » ou « pourraient », « pourraient », « pourraient » ou « vont » se produire ou être atteints) ne sont pas des déclarations de faits historiques et peuvent constituer des informations prospectives et sont destinées à identifier les informations prospectives.
This forward-looking information is based on assumptions and estimates of management of the Company at the time they were made, and involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such factors include, among others, risks relating to: market conditions and other factors that may affect the Company’s ability to utilize the ATM Program and the prices at which the Company may sell Common Shares in the ATM Program; the dilutive effect of issuances of Common Shares in the ATM Program; the global economic climate; dilution; the Company’s limited operating history; future capital needs and uncertainty of additional financing; the competitive nature of the industry; currency exchange risks; the need for the Company to manage its planned growth and expansion; the effects of product development and need for continued technology change; protection of proprietary rights; the effect of government regulation and compliance on the Company and the industry; network security risks; the ability of the Company to maintain properly working systems; reliance on key personnel; global economic and financial market deterioration impeding access to capital or increasing the cost of capital; and volatile securities markets impacting security pricing unrelated to operating performance. In addition, particular factors that could impact future results of the business of Bitfarms include, but are not limited to: the construction and operation of blockchain infrastructure may not occur as currently planned, or at all; expansion may not materialize as currently anticipated, or at all; the digital currency market; the ability to successfully mine digital currency; revenue may not increase as currently anticipated, or at all; it may not be possible to profitably liquidate the current digital currency inventory, or at all; a decline in digital currency prices may have a significant negative impact on operations; an increase in network difficulty may have a significant negative impact on operations; the volatility of digital currency prices; the anticipated growth and sustainability of hydroelectricity for the purposes of cryptocurrency mining in the applicable jurisdictions, the ability to complete current and future financings, any regulations or laws that will prevent Bitfarms from operating its business; historical prices of digital currencies and the ability to mine digital currencies that will be consistent with historical prices; an inability to predict and counteract the effects of COVID-19 on the business of the Company, including but not limited to the effects of COVID-19 on the price of digital currencies, capital market conditions, restriction on labor and international travel and supply chains; and, the adoption or expansion of any regulation or law that will prevent Bitfarms from operating its business, or make it more costly to do so. For further information concerning these and other risks and uncertainties, refer to the Company’s filings on www.SEDAR.com including the annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed on April 7, 2021. The Company has also assumed that no significant events occur outside of Bitfarms’ normal course of business. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking information. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking information other than as required by law.
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Coordonnées
Relations avec les investisseurs :
CORE IR
+1 516 222 2560
Investors@bitfarms.com
Médias américains :
CORE IR
Jules Abraham, Director of Public
Relationsjulesa@coreir.com
YAP Global
Mia Grodsky, Account
Exécutif
mia@yapglobal.com
Québec Media :
Ryan Affaires publiques
Valérie Pomerleau, Public Affairs and
Communicationsvalerie@ryanap.com
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