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 March 2017
Commission File Number: 001-37403
AMAYA INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
7600 Trans Canada Hwy.
Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
H9R 1C8
(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 ☒
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On March 9, 2017, Amaya Inc. issued a news release announcing the release date of its fourth quarter and full year 2016 financial results and conference call and webcast details relating to the same. A copy of the news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
SIGNATURES
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.
| Amaya Inc. | ||||||
| Date: March 9, 2017 |
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| By: | /s/ Daniel Sebag | |||||
| Name: | Daniel Sebag | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | News Release, dated March 9, 2017 | |
Exhibit 99.1
AMAYA ANNOUNCES FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2016 EARNINGS RELEASE DATE AND CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST DETAILS
MONTREAL, Canada, March 9, 2017 – Amaya Inc. (Nasdaq: AYA; TSX: AYA) today announced that it will release its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2016 prior to the start of trading on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 and will host a conference call and webcast at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss the same. Rafi Ashkenazi, Amaya’s CEO, will chair the call.
| • | To access via tele-conference, please dial 1-877-407-0789 or 1-201-689-8562 ten minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. |
| • | The playback will be made available two hours after the event at 1-844-512-2921 or 1-412-317-6671. The Conference ID number is 13657320. |
| • | To access the webcast please use the following link: http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=123320 |
About Amaya
Amaya is a leading provider of technology-based products and services in the global gaming and interactive entertainment industries. Amaya ultimately owns gaming and related consumer businesses and brands including PokerStars, PokerStars Casino, BetStars, Full Tilt, StarsDraft, and the PokerStars Championship and PokerStars Festival live poker tour brands (incorporating aspects of the European Poker Tour, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Latin American Poker Tour and the Asia Pacific Poker Tour). These brands have more than 108 million cumulative registered customers globally and collectively form the largest poker business in the world, comprising online poker games and tournaments, sponsored live poker competitions, marketing arrangements for branded poker rooms in popular casinos in major cities around the world, and poker programming and content created for television and online audiences. Amaya, through certain of these brands, also offers non-poker gaming products, including casino, sportsbook and daily fantasy sports. Amaya, through certain of its subsidiaries, is licensed or approved to offer, or offers under third party licenses or approvals, its products and services in various jurisdictions throughout the world, including in Europe, both within and outside of the European Union, the Americas and elsewhere. In particular, PokerStars is the world’s most licensed online gaming brand, holding licenses or related operating approvals in 17 jurisdictions.
For further information:
For investor relations, please contact: Tim Foran, Tel: +1.416.545.1325, ir@amaya.com;
For media inquiries, please contact: Eric Hollreiser, Press@amaya.com