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 July 2023
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 x
DOCUMENTS INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS FORM 6-K
On July 6, 2023, 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 by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-258788).
See the Exhibits listed below.
| Exhibits | ||
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Material Change Report dated July 6, 2023 | |
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: | Président et chef de la direction | ||
Date: July 6, 2023
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 |
July 6, 2023.
| Item 3 | News Release |
The press release attached as Schedule “A” was released on July 6, 2023 by a newswire company in Canada.
| 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 |
Geoffrey Morphy
President & Chief Executive Officer
Bitfarms ltée
gmorphy@bitfarms.com
| Item 9 | Date of Report |
July 6, 2023.
Schedule “A”
Bitfarms démarre la production à Baie-Comeau et augmente son objectif de taux de hachage (hashrate) à 6,3 EH/s au troisième trimestre de 2023
- New facility increases farms in production to 11 -
Le présent communiqué de presse constitue un « communiqué de presse désigné » aux fins du supplément de prospectus de la société daté du 16 août 2021, à son prospectus simplifié de base daté du 12 août 2021.
Toronto, Ontario and Brossard, Québec (July 6, 2023) - Bitfarms Ltd. (NASDAQ: BITF//TSX: BITF), a global vertically integrated Bitcoin mining company, closed the acquisition announced on April 11, 2023, of its newest farm in Baie-Comeau, Québec and immediately started production at the site. As a result, Bitfarms increased its target hashrate to 6.3 EH/s by the end of Q3 2023.
“Expanding operations to 11 farms marks another major milestone for Bitfarms,” said Geoff Morphy, CEO of Bitfarms. “Leveraging our development expertise, we have built out Baie-Comeau infrastructure with equipment repurposed from the sale of our De La Pointe location and the cost-effective redeployment of miners from within our fleet. Baie-Comeau is positioned to deliver 22 MW of hydro power capacity when complete. The hashing began with an initial 3 MW, and we expect to reach 11 MW at the site in Q3 2023. The remaining 11 MW is planned to come online in 2H 2024.”
Philippe Fortier, SVP Corporate Development de Bitfarms, a déclaré : « Cette transaction relutive a été réalisée dans les délais et avec une mise de fonds minimale. Conformément à notre approche disciplinée et en gardant à l'esprit la prochaine réduction de moitié (halving), nous continuons à rechercher et à évaluer des transactions similaires de type « à boulonner » et plus importantes pour stimuler la croissance. »
Bitfarms a acquis un contrat à durée indéterminée avec le service public local de Baie-Comeau pour 22 MW d'énergie hydroélectrique, qui comprenait un bail de 10 ans dans une zone industrialisée avec une option d'achat à un prix fixe pendant toute la durée du bail. La contrepartie totale était de 2,5 millions de dollars CA (1,9 millions de dollars US), dont 1,0 million de dollars CA (750 000 $ US), soit 40 % payés en espèces, et 820 837 d'actions ordinaires de Bitfarms, soit 60 %, émises au prix de 1,83 $/action (1,38 $ US/share).
À propos de Bitfarms ltée
Fondée en 2017, Bitfarms est une société mondiale de minage de bitcoins cotée en bourse (NASDAQ/TSX: BITF). Bitfarms développe, possède et exploite des fermes de minage verticalement intégrées avec une gestion interne et des services d'ingénierie électrique et d'installation appartenant à l’entreprise, ainsi que plusieurs centres de réparation technique sur site. Le système d’analyse de données exclusif de l'entreprise offre les meilleures performances opérationnelles et un temps de fonctionnement inégalé.
Bitfarms compte actuellement 11 fermes, situées dans quatre pays : le Canada, les États-Unis, le Paraguay et l’Argentine. Alimenté par des contrats d’électricité hydroélectriques et à long terme principalement respectueux de l’environnement, Bitfarms s’engage à utiliser des infrastructures énergétiques durables, locales et souvent sous-utilisées.
Pour en savoir plus sur les événements, les développements et les communautés en ligne de Bitfarms :
Site web : www.bitfarms.com
https://www.facebook.com/BitfarmsFR/
https://twitter.com/bitfarms_fr
https://www.instagram.com/bitfarms_fr/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitfarms-fr
Glossaire des termes
| · | BTC BTC/jour = Bitcoin ou Bitcoin par jour |
| · | EH ou EH/s = Exahash ou exahash par seconde |
| · | MW ou MWh = Mégawatts ou mégawattheure |
| · | PH ou PH/s = Petahash ou Petahash par seconde |
| · | TH ou TH/s = Terahash ou terahash par seconde | |
| · | W/TH = Watts par Terahash |
Mise en garde
Le commerce des titres de la Société doit être considéré comme hautement spéculatif. Aucune bourse, commission des valeurs mobilières ou autre autorité réglementaire n'a approuvé ou désapprouvé les informations contenues dans le présent document. Ni la Bourse de Toronto, ni le Nasdaq, ni aucune autre bourse de valeurs ou autorité de réglementation n'acceptent la responsabilité de la pertinence ou de l'exactitude de ce communiqué.
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 covered by safe harbors under Canadian and United States securities laws. The statements and information in this release regarding expectations for the new farm in Baie-Comeau and other statements regarding growth opportunities and prospects, and other statements regarding future plans and objectives of the Company, miner expansion, hashrate and energy costs are forward-looking information. 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 relatives à des prédictions, des attentes, des croyances, des plans, des projections, des objectifs, des hypothèses, des événements ou des performances futurs (en 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 », « programmé », « prévisions », « estimations », « perspectives », « croire » ou « avoir l'intention » ou des variantes de ces mots et expressions, ou le fait de déclarer que certaines actions, certains événements ou certains résultats « peuvent » ou « pourraient », « seraient », « pourraient » ou « seront » pris pour se produire ou être atteints) ne sont pas des énoncés 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: the availability of financing opportunities, risks associated with economic conditions, dependence on management and conflicts of interest, the ability to service debt obligations and maintain flexibility in respect of debt covenants; economic dependence on regulated terms of service and electricity rates; the speculative and competitive nature of the technology sector; dependency on continued growth in blockchain and cryptocurrency usage; lawsuits and other legal proceedings and challenges; conflict of interests with directors and management; government regulations; the global economic climate; dilution; the Company’s limited operating history; future capital needs and uncertainty of additional financing, including the Company’s ability to utilize the Company’s at-the-market equity offering program (the “ATM Program”) and the prices at which the Company may sell Common Shares in the ATM Program, as well as capital market conditions in general; risks relating to the strategy of maintaining and increasing Bitcoin holdings and the impact of depreciating Bitcoin prices on working capital; 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; the ability to maintain reliable and economical sources of power to run its cryptocurrency mining assets; the impact of energy curtailment or regulatory changes in the energy regimes in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates; 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; share dilution resulting from the ATM Program and from other equity issuances; 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 facilities 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 inability to maintain reliable and economical sources of power for the Company to operate cryptocurrency mining assets; the risks of an increase in the Company’s electricity costs, cost of natural gas, changes in currency exchange rates, energy curtailment or regulatory changes in the energy regimes in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates and the adverse impact on the Company’s profitability; 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 labour 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 (which are also available on the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov), including the annual information form for the year-ended December 31, 2022, filed on March 21, 2023. 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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Contacts :
LHA Investor Relations
David Barnard
+1 415-433-3777
Investors@bitfarms.com
Agence réelle
Lisa Helfer
+1 646-373-9946
mediarelations@bitfarms.com
Québec Media : Tact
Louis-Martin Leclerc
+1 418-693-2425
lmleclerc@tactconseil.ca