Organigram Closes Previously Announced Acquisition of Sanity Group, Private Placement Financing with BAT and ATB Senior Secured Credit Facilities
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The Company is also pleased to announce that, in connection with the closing of the Acquisition, Mr.
A portion of the cash component of the Upfront Consideration payable in connection with the Acquisition was funded using an amount drawn from Organigram’s Jupiter strategic investment pool (the “
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Structuring of Consideration and Earnout under the Share Purchase Agreement
The Upfront Consideration paid on closing consisted of €78.0 million in cash3 and €29.3 million in share consideration, which was satisfied by
ATB Credit Facility
In connection with the Acquisition and concurrently with the closing of the Acquisition, the Company closedthe previously announced Loan Facilities between the Company, as borrower,
The Loan Facilities consist of a (i)
The proceeds of the non-revolving term loan have been used to partially fund the Acquisition. The revolving credit facility may be used to fund any earn out obligations in connection with the Acquisition and to finance working capital requirements and for general corporate purposes. The operating facility will be used to finance working capital requirements and for general corporate purposes.
Pursuant to the agreed conditions of the Loan Facilities, the Company has initially drawn
Private Placement with BAT
In connection with the Acquisition and concurrently with the closing of the Acquisition, the Company closed its previously announced Private Placement with BAT. Pursuant to closing of the Private Placement, BAT acquired, on a private placement basis, 1,152,800 Common Shares and12,874,274Preferred Shares of the Company at a price of
Pursuant to the terms of the Subscription Agreement, the Shares issued in the closing of the Private Placement were allocated between Common Shares and Preferred Shares, such that if the number of Common Shares owned by BAT or its affiliates, associates, related parties and any joint actors would have exceeded the 30% Threshold after the closing of the Private Placement, the Company issued to BAT the greatest number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to the closing without exceeding the 30% Threshold, with the remainder of the Shares issuable as Preferred Shares (all as more specifically set forth in the Subscription Agreement).
The Preferred Shares are non-voting convertible preferred shares of the Company convertible at the option of BAT without payment of any additional consideration (subject to the 30% Threshold). The Preferred Shares are convertible initially on a one-for-one basis into Common Shares; provided, however, that the conversion rate will increase at a rate of 7.5% per annum commencing from the initial date on which such Preferred Shares are issued, until such time as the holders of Preferred Shares would beneficially own, or exercise control or direction over, directly or indirectly, with their respective affiliates, associates, related parties and any joint actors, after giving effect to the conversion of the Preferred Shares, 49.0% of the aggregate number of Common Shares issued and outstanding.
Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement
In connection with the closing of the Private Placement, the Company and BAT entered into a second amended and restated investor rights agreement (the “Second Amended & Restated IRA”), which further amends and restates the prior investor rights agreement dated
Advisors and Counsel
In connection with the Acquisition, the Company engaged EY for financial and tax advisory work, and
Additional Information Regarding the Acquisition, Private Placement and Loan Facilities
For additional details on the Acquisition and the Private Placement, see the Management Information Circular dated
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Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains forward-looking information. Often, but not always, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “expects”, “estimates”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “believes” or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events, or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances contain forward-looking-statements. Forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, events, performance or achievements of
Risks, uncertainties and other factors involved with forward-looking information could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Forward-looking statements reflect current beliefs of management of the Company with respect to future events and are based on information currently available to management including the reasonable assumptions, estimates, analysis and opinions of management of the Company considering their experience, perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments as well as other factors that management believes to be relevant as at the date such statements are made. Forward-looking statements involve significant known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual results, performance or achievement to be materially different from any future forward-looking statements. There is a risk that some or all the expected benefits of the Acquisition may fail to materialize or may not occur within the time periods anticipated by the Company. The challenge of coordinating previously independent businesses makes evaluating the business and future financial prospects of the Company following the business combination difficult. Material risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from forward-looking statements include the inherent uncertainty associated with the financial and other projections (including projections relating to revenue, EBITDA, valuation and the calculation of the Earnout Consideration) as well as market changes arising from Canadian and European governmental actions or market conditions; the prompt and effective integration of Sanity into the Company not being possible; the ability to achieve the anticipated synergies and value-creation contemplated by the business combination not being possible or being delayed; the response of business partners and retention as a result of the business combination being negative; the impact of competitive responses to the business combination negatively impacting the Company; the ability to achieve the expected manufacturing and production output including flower supply not being possible; the risk that Sanity may not achieve the financial performance thresholds required for the payment of some or all of the Earnout Consideration; and the diversion of management time on business combination-related issues. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. Other risks and uncertainties not presently known to the Company or that the Company presently believe are not material could also cause actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements contained herein. For a more detailed discussion of risks and other factors, see the factors and risks disclosed in the Company’s most recent annual information form, management’s discussion and analysis and other Company documents filed from time to time on SEDAR+ (see www.sedarplus.ca) and filed or furnished to the
Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The forward-looking information included in this news release are made as of the date of this news release and the Company disclaims any intention or obligation, except to the extent required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
1 BAT (as defined below) is a shareholder in both
2 As determined using the average daily exchange rate published by the
3 BAT (as defined below) is a shareholder in both
4 As determined using the average daily exchange rate published by the
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