Red White & Bloom To Acquire Beleaguered Canadian Cannabis Operator Aleafia
Red White & Bloom To Acquire Beleaguered Canadian Cannabis Operator Aleafia
Red White & Bloom Brands Inc. (OTCEM: RWBYF) and Aleafia Health Inc. (OTCQB:ALEAF) have entered into a binding letter agreement whereby Red White & Bloom (RWB) will acquire Aleafia and its subsidiaries in a share-exchange agreement.
紅白色和布魯姆品牌 公司 （OTCEM：RWBYF）和 Aleafia Health。（OTCQB: ALEAF）已經簽訂了一項具有約束力的信函協議，根據該協議，Red White & Bloom（RWB）將通過股票交換協議收購Aleafia及其子公司。
RWB will provide a $17.5 million credit facility to Aleafia as part of the deal and plans to sign a $30 million credit facility of its own.
Under terms of the agreement, each outstanding common share in the capital of Aleafia will be exchanged for 0.35 of a common share in the capital of RWB, subject to customary adjustment. Upon the completion of the proposed transaction, existing RWB shareholders are expected to own approximately 76% of the combined company resulting from the proposed transaction. Aleafia shareholders are expected to own approximately 24% of the combined company.
作爲交易的一部分，RWB將向Aleafia提供1750萬美元的信貸額度，並計劃簽署自己的3000萬美元信貸額度。
根據協議條款，Aleafia資本中的每股已發行普通股將兌換爲RWB資本的0.35普通股，但須進行慣例調整。擬議交易完成後，現有的RWB股東預計將擁有擬議交易產生的合併公司約76％的股份。預計Aleafia的股東將擁有合併後公司約24％的股份。
Management Commentary
管理層評論
"The intended acquisition of Aleafia expands our footprint to the largest federally legal cannabis market globally," said Brad Rogers, CEO and director of RWB. "Combining our award-winning brands and IP with Aleafia's proven cultivation, manufacturing and distribution capabilities, creates one of the most dynamic cross-border companies in the industry. We continue to focus on delivering significant value to our shareholders and believe this transaction aligns with that commitment."
他說：“收購Aleafia的意圖將我們的足跡擴大到全球最大的聯邦合法大麻市場。” 布拉德·羅傑斯，RWB 首席執行官兼董事。“將我們屢獲殊榮的品牌和知識產權與Aleafia久經考驗的種植、製造和分銷能力相結合，創建了業內最具活力的跨境公司之一。我們繼續專注於爲股東創造可觀的價值，並相信這筆交易符合這一承諾。”
Aleafia CFO Matt Sale said the deal "would recapitalize Aleafia's balance sheet and provide our shareholders with access to a larger market capitalization and exposure to the U.S. recreational and medical cannabis markets."
Aleafia 首席財務官 Matt Sale 表示，該交易 “將爲Aleafia的資產負債表進行資本重組，併爲我們的股東提供獲得更大的市值和進入美國休閒和醫用大麻市場的機會。”
Eddie Mattei, CFO of RWB called the potential acquisition a milestone for RWB.
埃迪·馬泰，RWB 首席財務官稱此次潛在收購是 RWB 的里程碑。
"The potential acquisition of Aleafia represents a transformative milestone for RWB. It provides a well-established distribution beachhead for RWB and its premium Platinum brand into the Canadian market, opens up the larger U.S. market to Aleafia's select brands through RWB's distribution and retail channels, and provides both companies with an opportunity to mutually leverage their respective competencies in the areas of cultivation, procurement, product development, and sales and marketing," Mattei said.
“對Aleafia的潛在收購對RWB來說是一個變革性的里程碑。它爲RWB及其高級白金品牌進入加拿大市場提供了一個完善的分銷頭堡，通過RWB的分銷和零售渠道向Aleafia的精選品牌打開了更大的美國市場，併爲兩家公司提供了在種植、採購、產品開發以及銷售和營銷領域相互利用各自能力的機會，” Mattei說過。
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