KindlyMD® Shareholders Approve Proposed Merger with Nakamoto Holdings
May 20 2025 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Transaction Expected to Close in the Third
Quarter of 2025
KindlyMD, Inc. (NASDAQ:KDLY, “KindlyMD”), a leading provider of
integrated healthcare services, today announced that on May 18,
2025, holders of a majority of the outstanding common stock of
KindlyMD delivered a written consent approving the proposed merger
agreement and related transactions with Nakamoto Holdings Inc.
(“Nakamoto”), a Bitcoin-native holding company.
In connection with the transaction, the parties will prepare and
file an information statement with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The merger is expected to close 20 days after the date
that the parties mail the information statement to KindlyMD
shareholders.
“This milestone brings us one step closer to unlocking Bitcoin’s
potential for KindlyMD shareholders,” said David Bailey, Founder
and CEO of Nakamoto. “We are grateful that KindlyMD shares our
vision for a future in which Bitcoin is a core part of the
corporate balance sheet, and investors across global capital
markets have exposure to the world’s greatest asset and store of
value.”
“We are pleased to achieve this important milestone in the
merger process,” said Tim Pickett, CEO of KindlyMD. “As a combined
company, we are excited to leverage Bitcoin’s dominance and
real-world utility to strengthen our company and drive sustained
long-term value for our investors.”
About Nakamoto
Nakamoto is a Bitcoin treasury company building a global
portfolio of Bitcoin-native companies. Nakamoto plans to establish
the first publicly traded conglomerate of Bitcoin companies by
accumulating Bitcoin in its treasury and by leveraging its treasury
to acquire and develop an ecosystem of Bitcoin companies across
finance, media, advisory and more. The company aims to provide
commercial and financial infrastructure for the next generation of
capital markets. For more information, please visit
nakamoto.com.
About KindlyMD
KindlyMD is a patient-first healthcare and healthcare data
company redefining value-based care and patient-centered medical
services. KindlyMD leverages data analysis to deliver
evidence-based, personalized solutions in order to reduce opioid
use, improve health outcomes faster, and provide algorithmic
guidance on the use of alternative medicine in healthcare. KindlyMD
provides a patient-focused healthcare experience that integrates
traditional medical evaluation and management with mental health
integration and compliant alternative medicine education and
inclusion. It focuses on creating personalized care plans for each
individual that get people back to work and life faster, reduce
opioid use, and yield high patient satisfaction.
Its specialty outpatient clinical services are reimbursed by
Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance contracts as well as
offered on a fee-for-service basis. For more information, please
visit www.kindlymd.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements, other than statements of historical fact,
included in this release that address activities, events or
developments that KindlyMD or Nakamoto expects, believes or
anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking
statements. Words such as “estimate,” “project,” “predict,”
“believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “potential,” “create,” “intend,”
“could,” “would,” “may,” “plan,” “will,” “guidance,” “look,”
“goal,” “future,” “build,” “focus,” “continue,” “strive,” “allow”
or the negative of such terms or other variations thereof and words
and terms of similar substance used in connection with any
discussion of future plans, actions, or events identify
forward-looking statements. However, the absence of these words
does not mean that the statements are not forward-looking. These
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements regarding the proposed merger and related transactions,
(collectively, the “Transactions”) the expected closing of the
proposed Transactions and the timing thereof and as adjusted
descriptions of the post-transaction company and its operations,
strategies and plans, integration, debt levels and leverage ratio,
capital expenditures, cash flows and anticipated uses thereof,
synergies, opportunities and anticipated future performance,
including the management team and board of directors of the
combined company and expected use of proceeds from the
Transactions, and any post-closing transactions contemplated
between the combined company and BTC Inc (and/or UTXO, LLC through
BTC Inc). Information adjusted for the proposed Transactions should
not be considered a forecast of future results. There are a number
of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the forward-looking statements included in
this release. These include the risk that KindlyMD and Nakamoto
businesses (which may include the businesses of BTC Inc and/or UTXO
in the future, as applicable) will not be integrated successfully
and the risk that KindlyMD or the applicable governing bodies of
BTC Inc and/or UTXO may not pursue or approve the terms of an
acquisition of BTC Inc and/or UTXO; the risk that cost savings,
synergies and growth from the proposed transaction may not be fully
realized or may take longer to realize than expected; the
possibility that shareholders of KindlyMD may not approve the
issuance of new shares of KindlyMD common stock in the Transactions
or that shareholders of KindlyMD may not approve the Transactions;
the risk that a condition to closing of the Transactions may not be
satisfied, that either party may terminate the merger agreement,
the subscription agreements of the convertible debt purchase
agreement or that the closing of the Transactions might be delayed
or not occur at all; potential adverse reactions or changes to
business or employee relationships, including those resulting from
the announcement or completion of the Transactions; the parties do
not receive regulatory approval of the Transactions; the occurrence
of any other event, change, or other circumstances that could give
rise to the termination of the merger agreement relating to the
Transactions; the risk that changes in KindlyMD’s capital structure
and governance could have adverse effects on the market value of
its securities; the ability of KindlyMD and Nakamoto to retain
customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain
relationships with their suppliers and customers and on KindlyMD
and Nakamoto’s operating results and business generally; the risk
the Transactions could distract management from ongoing business
operations or cause KindlyMD and/or Nakamoto to incur substantial
costs; the risk that KindlyMD may be unable to reduce expenses or
access financing or liquidity; the impact of any related economic
downturn; the risk of changes in governmental regulations or
enforcement practices; and other important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those projected. All such
factors are difficult to predict and are beyond KindlyMD’s and
Nakamoto’s control, including those detailed in KindlyMD’s Annual
Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current
Reports on Form 8-K, and such other documents of KindlyMD filed, or
to be filed, with the SEC that are or will be available on
KindlyMD’s website at www.kindlymd.com and on the website of the
SEC at www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements are based on
assumptions that KindlyMD and Nakamoto believe to be reasonable but
that may not prove to be accurate. Any forward-looking statement
speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and
neither KindlyMD or Nakamoto undertakes any obligation to correct
or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as required by
applicable law. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance
on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the
date hereof.
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Media Contacts For Nakamoto: Carissa Felger/Sam
Cohen Gasthalter & Co. (212) 257-4170 Nakamoto@gasthalter.com
For KindlyMD: Valter Pinto, Managing Director KCSA Strategic
Communications (212) 896-1254 KindlyMD@KCSA.com
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