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Global Weed Business: Flora Buys Australian Vaporizers As IM Cannabis Doubles Down On Germany

June 5, 1:48 PM

Lifeist Wellness Inc. (TSXV: LFST) (FRANKFURT: M5B) (OTCMKTS: LFSWF) said on Wednesday the sale of Australian Vaporizers Pty Ltd., its wholly owned Australian subsidiary to Flora Growth Corp. (NASDAQ: FLGC).The sale, first announced in September 2023, was wrapped up through a share purchase agreement, under which Lifeist has sold the issued and outstanding shares of Aussie Vapes to Flora, for roughly CA$900,000 ($658,439). The sum is payable by Flora issuing from treasury to Lifeist 550,000 of its common shares.In the meantime,

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Craft Cannabis Co. Grown Rogue Expands In This Booming East Cost Weed Market Via New Acquisition

By Jelena Martinovic

June 5, 11:30 AM

Grown Rogue International Inc. (CSE: GRIN) (OTC: GRUSF) has obtained licensing approval with the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission and closed its first option to acquire 44% of ABCO Garden State, LLC on Friday, May 31.Obie Strickler, the company's CEO, said "All regulatory approvals from the CRC have been received and we exercised and closed our option to acquire 44% of ABCO."Under the deal, Grown Rogue has an option to acquire 70% of ABCO through two options, including Option 1 and Option 2, for 44% and 26%, respectively.

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Canopy Growth Doubles Down On Its USA Strategy, Announces Exercise of Acreage Options

By Jelena Martinovic

June 4, 12:51 PM

Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX: WEED) (NASDAQ: CGC) announced on Tuesday today that the option to acquire all of the issued and outstanding Class E subordinate voting shares of Acreage Holdings, Inc. (CSE: ACRG.A.U, ACRG.B.U) (OTCQX: ACRHF, ACRDF), has been exercised.The latest move is by the terms of the arrangement agreement dated April 18, 2019, as amended, between Canopy Growth and Acreage.In connection with the arrangement agreement dated October 24, 2022, by and among Canopy Growth, Canopy USA, LLC and Acreage, as amended, in respect of the Class D subordinate voting shares of Acreage, on closing, Canopy USA will acquire all of the fixed shares and floating shares and Acreage will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canopy USA.

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Las Vegas Cannabis Powerhouse Planet 13 To Close $49M Florida Expansion Deal After Achieving Another Milestone

By Jelena Martinovic

May 7, 10:24 AM

Planet 13 closed its previously announced sale of Planet 13 Florida, Inc. on Monday, following the previously announced approval from the Florida Office of Medical Marijuana Use in April. The Las Vegas-based vertically-integrated multi-state company sold 100% of the equity interests of Planet 13 Florida, which owns a medical marijuana treatment center license issued by the Florida Department of Health to SGW FL Enterprises, LLC, in exchange for $9 million.The wrapping up of the sale is a condition to the closing of Planet 13's pending acquisition of VidaCann, LLC.

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Las Vegas Cannabis Powerhouse Planet 13 On Verge Of Major Florida Expansion Via $49M Deal

By Jelena Martinovic

April 29, 11:09 AM

Las Vegas-based cannabis giant Planet 13 Holdings Inc. is a step closer to a major expansion in Florida.The Florida Office of Medical Marijuana Use (OMMU) gave the green light to Planet 13 for the proposed sale of Planet 13 Florida, Inc. and the acquisition of VidaCann, LLC. The sale of Planet 13 Florida, which owns a medical marijuana treatment center license issued by the Florida Department of Health to SGW FL Enterprises, LLC, was a closing condition to the company's proposed acquisition of VidaCann. Planet 13 first announced that it had entered into a membership interest purchase agreement to acquire all of the ownership interests of VidaCann in August for $48.9 million.

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Grown Rogue Boosts Ownership Of Michigan Cannabis Operations

By Jelena Martinovic

April 25, 11:02 AM

Grown Rogue International Inc. has increased ownership in its Michigan operations from 52.2% to 80% via two transactions valued at $2.8 million. The purchase price included $200,000 paid in cash and $2.6 million paid by way of four-year sellers' notes, the company said on Thursday. Grown Rogue boosted its ownership in Golden Harvests, LLC, the entity that controls its Michigan operations, operating out of an 80,000 sq ft facility containing roughly 15,000 sq ft of flowering bench space.

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Another Cannabis Pioneer Expands In Germany Via Acquisition As Experts Say ‘There’s No Stepping Back’ From Legalization Wave

By Jelena Martinovic

April 17, 12:28 PM

Flora Growth Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Hamburg, Germany-based TruHC Pharma GmbH. The company's latest move to further cement its global footprint comes on the heels of a new German cannabis law that went into effect on April 1, which partially legalized cannabis. The new law allows adults over 18 in Germany to legally possess up to 25 grams of dried cannabis and cultivate up to three marijuana plants at home.As previously announced, Flora agreed to purchase TruHC Pharma GmbH in an all-stock deal in exchange for 2,770,562 of its common shares, valued at $6.4 million.

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MariMed Is On A Roll: Partners With Two Iconic Music Venues In Boston, Acquires Another Illinois Cannabis Dispensary

By Jelena Martinovic

April 11, 10:14 AM

Multi-state marijuana operator MariMed has closed the acquisition of Allgreens Dispensary, LLC on Tuesday, April 9, its fifth dispensary in Illinois. The Massachusetts-based company said the green light from the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation for the license transfer and subsequent closing of the acquisition, allows MariMed to fully consolidate the financial results of the company's Thrive-branded dispensary in Casey, Illinois. Previously, the dispensary has been operated under a managed services agreement. The move comes on the heels of MariMed's last week's acquisition of the operating assets of Our Community Wellness & Compassionate Care Center in Prince George's County in Maryland. Jon Levine, MariMed's CEO and one of the speakers at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference next week, said "maximizing our footprint there [in Maryland] has long been one of our top strategic priorities."

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This Latin American Cannabis Co. Plans To Expand In Thailand Amid Significant Shifts In Weed Regulation Landscape

By Jelena Martinovic

April 10, 10:49 AM

PharmaCielo revealed its plans to acquire cannabis operations in Thailand.On Wednesday, the Canadian parent of Colombia's premier cultivator and producer of dried flower and medicinal-grade cannabis extracts, PharmaCielo Colombia Holdings S.A.S., said it has signed a binding letter of intent to enter a proposed transaction to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Siam Ventures Corporation in exchange for common shares of PharmaCielo equaling to CA$3 million ($2.2 million).PharmaCielo also revealed it's undertaking a non-brokered private placement of 9,090,909 units at CA$0.2 per unit. Under the deal, the sum will be payable on closing by way of the issuance of 13,636,363 PharmaCielo Shares to the Siam Ventures' shareholders on a pro-rata basis.

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Aurora Touts 41% YoY Increase In International Medical Cannabis Q3 Revenue, Expands In Australia Via New Acquisition

By Jelena Martinovic

February 8, 12:04 PM

Canadian medical cannabis company Aurora Cannabis reported its financial and operational results for Q3 2024. Net revenue increased to CAD64.4m ($42m), up from CAD61.1m in the same quarter the previous year. Medical cannabis net revenue rose by 16% to CAD45.1m, representing 70% of Aurora's consolidated net revenue. Gross profit reached CAD19.8m, up from CAD3.7m in Q3 2022, with adjusted gross profit before fair value adjustments increasing to CAD32.4m from CAD28m. The company recorded a CAD25.5m net loss compared to CAD67.2m in the same quarter in the previous year. Adjusted EBITDA came in at CAD4.3m, up from CAD3m. Miguel Martin, CEO of Aurora, said the company's international medical net revenue had seen year-on-year growth of 41%.

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