Debra Borchardt
Beleaguered California cannabis company MedMen Enterprises Inc. (CSE: MMEN) (OTCQX: MMNFF) announced unaudited revenue figures for the fiscal fourth quarter of 2019, ending on June 29, 2019. The company did not release any information as to net income or losses and considering each quarter the net losses have been extremely high, the lack of this information could be a red flag.
Systemwide revenue across MedMen’s operations in California, Nevada, New York, Arizona, and Illinois, excluding pending acquisitions, rose 15% sequentially to US$42.0 million. The company reported that gross margins were 50%, compared to 51% in the previous quarter. Pro forma systemwide revenue, which includes pending acquisitions that have not yet closed, totaled US$61.3 million. The company defined the pro forma as 37 retail stores that were operational at the end of the quarter and includes the recently announced pending acquisitions of operational retailers in Long Beach, California, and Vallejo, California.
“Q4 2019 was another quarter of solid execution for MedMen and a very strong end to our fiscal year,” said Adam Bierman, MedMen co-founder and chief executive officer. “Throughout 2019, we broadened our geographic footprint through strategic acquisitions, which leverage our existing corporate infrastructure as we enter new markets. Following the closing of pending acquisitions, we will be licensed for up to 92 retail locations across 12 states, and there is tremendous opportunity ahead to turn the balance of our retail licenses into revenue-generating storefronts.”
Conversion Price Dropped
In March, MedMen announced a $250 million senior secured credit facility arranged by Gotham Green Partners. At that time the conversion price for the shares was $3.10. Since the stock has dropped as a result of numerous negative headline, the conversion price was lowered to $2.55 for the first Tranche. The second Tranche conversion price has dropped to $2.17.
The second Tranche was expected to be for $75 million and that has dropped to $50 million. “The gross proceeds from the Equity Placement together with the remaining financing commitment under the Facility total US$155 million.” So, it is no longer $250 million. MedMen stock was lately trading at $2.10.
PharmaCann Update
Last December, MedMen said that is was going to buy PharmaCann, one of the largest vertically-integrated multistate cannabis operators in the U.S. The FTC questioned that acquisition as part of its anti-trust oversight. MedMen said both it and PharmCann have provided all the requested information and still hope the deal will close by the end of 2019. “PharmaCann equityholders are expected to receive approximately 168.4 million subordinate voting shares in the combined company, based on MedMen’s fully-diluted shares outstanding as of June 29, 2019.” So far New York State has not approved of the MedMen acquisition of PharmaCann.
Expense Reduction
MedMen has been criticized in the past for its extremely high expenses. The lawsuit filed by the company’s former Chief Financial Officer James Parker detailed numerous unusual corporate expenses that disturbed shareholders. Now the company says that it expects to significantly surpass the targeted 20% reduction in its corporate SG&A expenses from its quarter ending December 2018, which totaled $164 million on an annualized basis. MedMen said it is now on track to reduce its run-rate corporate SG&A expenses by 30% by the end of the September 2019 quarter, or to approximately $115 million on an annualized basis going forward. Key drivers of this continued decrease in corporate SG&A expenses include i) general corporate cost savings, ii) strategic headcount reductions across various departments and iii) elimination of non-core functions and overhead in various departments.
