WeedMD Inc. (
TSX-V:WMD)
(OTCQX:WDDMF) (FSE:4WE) (“
WeedMD”
or the “
Company”), a federally licensed producer
and distributor of medical-grade cannabis announced today it has
signed and closed a definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) to sell
all the shares of its subsidiary’s operating entity, Starseed
Medicinal Inc., which had been operating out of the production
facility located on Bennett Road North in Bowmanville, Ontario (the
“Bowmanville Facility”), to Final Bell Canada Inc. (the
“Purchaser”) for C$2.5 million in cash. Starseed Medicinal Inc. is
the licence holder for the Bowmanville Facility, which is licensed
by Health Canada under the Cannabis Act (Canada) for
cultivation, processing and sale of dried cannabis and cannabis
extracts, and to conduct research. Net proceeds of the sale will
primarily be used by WeedMD to pay down its debt.
The Company retains all aspects of its existing
medical cannabis business, including its highly regarded Starseed
Medicinal brand. As a result of the facility optimization strategy
initiated in early 2021 and the sale announced today, WeedMD is
realizing material operational efficiencies by streamlining and
consolidating its cultivation operations at its Strathroy, Ontario
facility and processing and production activities at its Aylmer,
Ontario site.
“We continue to execute on our strategic plans
to optimize and solidify the areas of our business that will drive
increased revenue, improve our cash-flow, maximize our margins, pay
down debt, and move us closer to profitability,” said George
Scorsis, Interim CEO and Executive Chair of WeedMD. “Starseed
Medicinal has been an important accretive addition to our business
and with our operations now fully centralized at our cultivation
and production sites in the London-area, we are now fully ramped up
in a more efficient manner. We are already seeing these
optimization initiatives improving productivity and reducing our
production costs, all for the long-term best interests of our
patients, customers and shareholders.”
Updated investor presentation and corporate deck
can be found here. Access WeedMD’s 2021 Shareholder Newsletter here
and information about upcoming corporate events here.
About WeedMD Inc.
WeedMD Inc. is the publicly traded parent
company of WeedMD RX Inc. a licence holder producing and
distributing cannabis products for both the medical and adult-use
markets. The Company owns and operates a 158-acre state-of-the-art
greenhouse, outdoor and processing facility located in Strathroy,
ON as well as a fully licensed 26,000 sq. ft. Aylmer, ON processing
facility, specializing in cannabis extraction. With the addition of
Starseed Medicinal, a medical-centric brand, WeedMD has expanded
its multi-channeled distribution strategy. Starseed’s
industry-first, exclusive partnership with LiUNA, the largest
construction union in Canada, along with employers and union groups
complements WeedMD’s direct sales to medical patients. The Company
maintains strategic relationships in the seniors’ market and supply
agreements with Shoppers Drug Mart as well as seven provincial
distribution agencies where adult-use brands Color Cannabis and
Saturday Cannabis are sold. The Company is also the exclusive
Canadian producer and distributor of award-winning U.S.-based
wellness brand Mary’s Medicinals sold in both medical and adult-use
channels.
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For further information, please
contact:
For Investor Enquiries:Valter
PintoManaging Director KCSA Strategic
Communications1-212-896-1254weedmd@kcsa.com
For Media Enquiries:Marianella
delaBarreraVP, Communications & Corporate
Affairs416-897-6644marianella@weedmd.com
To learn more, visit us at www.weedmd.com
Forward Looking Information
This press release contains "forward-looking
information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities
legislation which are based upon WeedMD's current internal
expectations, estimates, projections, assumptions and beliefs and
views of future events. Forward-looking information can be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as
"expect", "likely", "may", "will", "should", "intend",
"anticipate", "potential", "proposed", "estimate" and other similar
words, including negative and grammatical variations thereof, or
statements that certain events or conditions "may", "would" or
"will" happen, or by discussions of strategy.
The forward-looking information in this news
release is based upon the expectations, estimates, projections,
assumptions and views of future events which management believes to
be reasonable in the circumstances. Forward-looking information
includes estimates, plans, expectations, opinions, forecasts,
projections, targets, guidance or other statements that are not
statements of fact. Forward-looking information in this news
release include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to
internal expectations, expectations with respect to actual
production volumes, expectations for future growing capacity and
the completion of any capital project or expansions.
Forward-looking information necessarily involve known and unknown
risks, including, without limitation, risks associated with general
economic conditions; adverse industry events; loss of markets;
future legislative and regulatory developments; inability to access
sufficient capital from internal and external sources, and/or
inability to access sufficient capital on favourable terms; the
cannabis industry in Canada generally; the ability of
WeedMD to implement its business strategies; the COVID-19 pandemic;
competition; crop failure; and other risks.
Any forward-looking information speaks only as
of the date on which it is made, and, except as required by law,
WeedMD does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking information, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. New factors emerge from
time to time, and it is not possible for WeedMD to predict all such
factors. When considering this forward-looking information, readers
should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary
statements in WeedMD's disclosure documents filed with the
applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com. The risk factors and other factors noted in the
disclosure documents could cause actual events or results to differ
materially from those described in any forward-looking
information.
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