William Sumner
It’s time for your Daily Hit of cannabis financial news for May 21, 2019.
On the Site
New Regime Will Impact Aphria Stock
No one who follows Aphria Inc. (NYSE: APHA ) stock should have been surprised that the company’s president, Jakob Ripshtein, resigned on May 14. Ever since interim CEO Irwin Simon was appointed Independent Chair of Aphria’s board in December, it was only a matter of time before Simon, the entrepreneurial founder and former CEO of Hain Celestial (NASDAQ: HAIN), would play a more prominent role at the Canadian cannabis company.
Australis Capital
Australis Capital Inc. (CSE: AUSA) (OTC: AUSAF) entered into an asset purchase agreement with Green Therapeutics, LLC and affiliated companies, to acquire its Tsunami, Provisions, and GT Flowers cannabis brands in a deal valued at $8 million. The deal is expected to close in late 2019.
In Other News
Innovative Industrial Properties
Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (NYSE: IIPR) announced that it had closed the acquisition of a property containing two buildings totaling approximately 266,000 square feet of industrial space for $13 million. IIP has also entered into a long-term, triple-net lease agreement with a subsidiary of Green Leaf Medical, LLC (Green Leaf Medical). Green Leaf Medical has already redeveloped roughly 103,000 square feet of the space for medical cannabis cultivation and processing.
Body and Mind
Body and Mind Inc. (CSE: BAMM) (OTC Pink: BMMJ) has closed a previously announced private placement offering. M Partners Inc. acted as lead agent on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters, which included PI Financial Corp. Body and Mind sold 11,780,904 units of the company at a price of C$1.25 per unit for gross proceeds of C$14.72 million. “The financing was originally planned for gross proceeds of up to CAD$10 million and we are extremely pleased with the increased interest which will allow us to accelerate our growth as a multi-state operator,” commented Body and Mind Director Robert Hasman.
48North
After the markets closed yesterday, 48North Cannabis Corp. (TSXV: NRTH) released its financial results for the three and nine month period on March 31, 2019. Revenue for the quarter was C$689,000 and C$4.3 million for the nine months period. EBITDA was C$78,000 for the quarter and C$696,000 for the nine month period. The net loss for the nine month period was C$3.3 million.
Medicine Man Technologies
Medicine Man Technologies, Inc. (OTCQX: MDCL) today announced the release of their financial results for the first quarter of 2019. Year-over-year, revenue grew by 63% to approximately $2 million. Driving much of this growth was an increase in product sales, which rose from $459,335 to $1.5 million. The net loss for the quarter was $2.9 million. “With the recent progress of HB19-1090 and the strong overall momentum within the cannabis industry, we came in this quarter with record revenues and strong sales from our products division,” said Andy Williams, Co-Founder and CEO of Medicine Man Technologies. “Looking ahead, we have several significant events that include our pending acquisitions of Medicine Man Denver and MedPharm Holdings, LLC, which will put us on a major growth trajectory and create compelling value add for our shareholders.”
