Red White & Bloom Brands Inc. (CSE: RWB) (OTC: RWBYF)
(“
RWB” or the “
Company”) is
pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced
bought deal offering for a total issuance today of 33,350,000 units
(the “
Units”) of the Company at a price of $0.75
per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $25,012,500 (the
“
Offering”), which includes the full exercise of
the over-allotment option. The Offering was co-led by PI Financial
Corp. and Eight Capital on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters
including Canaccord Genuity Corp. and Echelon Wealth Partners Inc.
(together, the “
Underwriters”).
Each Unit consists of one common share in the
capital of the Company (a “Common Share”) and one
Common Share purchase warrant (a “Warrant”). Each
Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share at
an exercise price of $1.00, for a period of 24 months following the
closing of the Offering. If, at any time prior to the expiry date
of the Warrants, the volume-weighted average price of the Common
Shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange (the
“CSE”) (or such other stock exchange where the
majority of the trading volume occurs) exceeds $1.50 for 10
consecutive trading days, the Company may provide written notice to
the holders of the Warrants by way of a news release advising that
the Warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on the 30th
day following the date of such notice unless exercised by the
holders prior to such date.
The Company has paid the Underwriters a cash fee
of 6% of the aggregate gross proceeds, and an aggregate of
2,001,000 non-transferable compensation warrants, with each
compensation warrant being exercisable into Units at a price of
$0.75 for a period of 24 months following the closing of the
Offering.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of
the Offering to finance acquisition and investment activity,
ongoing operations, expansion of the Company’s executive team,
ongoing regulatory matters, inventory, ongoing capital expenditures
and general corporate purposes.
In connection with the Offering, the Company has
listed the Warrants on the CSE under the symbol “RWB.WT”.
Brad Rogers, the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, purchased 866,666 Units in the Offering and, as such, the
issuance of the Units to Mr. Rogers is a "related-party
transaction" within the meaning of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 -
Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions
(“MI 61-101”). However, the issuance is exempt
from: (i) the valuation requirement of MI 61-101 by virtue of the
exemption contained in Section 5.5(a), as the fair market value of
the Units does not exceed 25% of the Company's market
capitalization, and (ii) from the minority shareholder approval
requirement of MI 61-101 by virtue of the exemption contained in
Section 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61- 101, as the fair market value of the
Units does not exceed 25% of the Company's market capitalization. A
material change report was not filed by the Company 21 days before
the closing of the Offering as the level of insider participation
was not known at that time and the Company moved to close the
Offering immediately upon satisfaction of all applicable closing
conditions. In the view of the Company, this was reasonable in the
circumstances because the Company wished to complete the Offering
as soon as possible.
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP acted as legal advisors
to RWB and Borden Ladner Gervais LLP acted as legal advisors to the
Underwriters on the Offering.
Following closing of the Offering, the
convertible debenture issued to an arm’s length investor as
detailed in the Company’s press release dated September 14, 2020
was repaid and surrendered for cancellation.
This news release does not constitute an offer
to sell or a solicitation of an offer to sell any of the securities
in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be
registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or any state securities laws
and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S.
Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and
applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such
registration is available.
About Red White & Bloom Brands
Inc.
The Company is positioning itself to be one of
the top three multi-state cannabis operators active in the U.S.
legal cannabis and hemp sector. RWB is predominately focusing its
investments on the major US markets, including Michigan, Illinois,
Massachusetts, California, and Florida with respect to cannabis,
and the US and Internationally for hemp-based CBD products.
For more information about Red White & Bloom Brands Inc.,
please contact:
Tyler Troup, Managing Director
Circadian Group IR
IR@RedWhiteBloom.com
Visit us on the
web: www.RedWhiteBloom.com
Follow us on social media
Twitter: @rwbbrands
Facebook: @redwhitebloombrands
Instagram: @redwhitebloombrands
Neither the CSE nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the CSE)
accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains forward-looking
statements and information that are based on the beliefs of
management and reflect the Company’s current expectations.
When used in this press release, the words “estimate”, “project”,
“belief”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “expect”, “plan”, “predict”,
“may” or “should” and the negative of these words or such
variations thereon or comparable terminology are intended to
identify forward-looking statements and information. Such
statements and information reflect the current view of the Company
with respect to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual
results to differ materially from those contemplated in those
forward-looking statements and information.
By their nature, forward-looking statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or
other future events, to be materially different from any future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among
others, the following risks: risks associated with the
implementation of RWB’s business plan and matters relating thereto,
risks associated with the cannabis industry, competition,
regulatory change, the need for additional financing, reliance on
key personnel, the potential for conflicts of interest among
certain officers or directors, and the volatility of the Company’s
common share price and volume. Forward-looking statements are
made based on management’s beliefs, estimates and opinions on the
date that statements are made and the Company undertakes no
obligation to update forward-looking statements if these beliefs,
estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change.
Investors are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to
forward-looking statements.
There are a number of important factors that
could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from
those indicated or implied by forward-looking statements and
information. Such factors include, among others, risks
related to RWB’s proposed business, such as failure of the business
strategy and government regulation; risks related to RWB’s
operations, such as additional financing requirements and access to
capital, reliance on key and qualified personnel, insurance,
competition, intellectual property and reliable supply chains;
risks related to RWB and its business generally. The Company
cautions that the foregoing list of material factors is not
exhaustive. When relying on the Company’s forward-looking
statements and information to make decisions, investors and others
should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other
uncertainties and potential events. The Company has assumed a
certain progression, which may not be realized. It has also
assumed that the material factors referred to in the previous
paragraph will not cause such forward-looking statements and
information to differ materially from actual results or
events. However, the list of these factors is not exhaustive
and is subject to change and there can be no assurance that such
assumptions will reflect the actual outcome of such items or
factors. While the Company may elect to, it does not
undertake to update this information at any particular time.
THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION CONTAINED IN
THIS PRESS RELEASE REPRESENTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMPANY AS OF
THE DATE OF THIS PRESS RELEASE AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO
CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE. READERS SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE
IMPORTANCE ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT RELY UPON
THIS INFORMATION AS OF ANY OTHER DATE. WHILE THE COMPANY MAY
ELECT TO, IT DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION AT ANY
PARTICULAR TIME EXCEPT AS REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE
LAWS.
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