awesomesound
3 days ago
Canadian cannabis insolvencies persist in 2023 amid industry woes
Oh I am correct
Financially distressed cannabis companies continued to seek refuge in Canadian insolvency law in 2023, although such insolvency filings under one statute declined from 2022.
This year’s cannabis insolvencies included big names such as retailer Fire & Flower and producer Aleafia Health, highlighting the industrywide struggle to keep operating in the face of low marijuana prices, high taxes and trouble accessing new funding.
In the cannabis sector, a number of CCAA cases have featured a debtor-in-possession loan from a would-be buyer, who puts in a stalking-horse bid to buy the insolvent company or some of its assets.
Notable Canadian cannabis CCAA filings in 2023 included:
Major retail chain Fire & Flower Holdings, which was acquired through insolvency proceedings by privately held retailer Fika Cannabis.
Producer Aleafia Health, which is in the process of being purchased by U.S. multistate cannabis company Red White & Bloom Brands.
Phoena Group, risen from the ashes of predecessor company CannTrust, which faced a major scandal involving growing plants in unlicensed areas of its facility.
Other CCAA filings involving marijuana companies and cannabis-related entities this past year included:
Chalice Brands, a Canadian company with cannabis assets in Oregon.
Investment company Plant-Based Investment Corp., previously known as Cannabis Growth Opportunity Corp.
Capcium, which created softgel capsules for the cannabis industry and other sectors.
Beverage company BioSteel Sports Nutrition, owned by cannabis company Canopy Growth Corp.
https://mjbizdaily.com/canadian-cannabis-insolvencies-persist-in-2023/
awesomesound
3 days ago
So funny, some people (investors) have no idea about cannabis in any way, If you don’t get out of canopy,…you will lose your pants
I dont need too buy anything from your investment money, chronic consumers cant afford too buy over priced, third party markups and taxes on top, this is why the stockmarket weed corporations are bankrupt and in credit protection, they are behind millions in tax debt, isn't that the main reason for government legalization ?
lodas
1 week ago
my long stock positions on Weed (CGC) and Tilray, and related Put options made my portfolio jump 26,000 dollars yesterday when Weed went up to 15 dollars per share, and Tilray climbed too....I am all over Weed having sold PUT options when the stock fell to about 2.65 from 5 dollars on the 1/10 Reverse split a few months ago...it seems that Weed, and Tilray have achieved "meme" status after the shorters had a field day for years now...shorts will pay bigtime to cover as Jim Chanos made millions as a short seller... he recently gave up and liquidated his short hedge fund because he said "the game has changed on wall street"... meaning that contrary investors buy heavily shorted stocks and trap these mofos that game the markets.... dont get caught shorting Coop, as the float is very small, and most of Coop stock is held by "strong hands".... Lodas
awesomesound
3 weeks ago
Constellation Brands converts shares in cannabis operator Canopy, departs board
Weed investment money no longer yours
Beverage alcohol company Constellation Brands has converted its shares in Canadian cannabis company Canopy Growth Corp. into new exchangeable shares.
Constellation’s exchangeable shares may be converted back into Canopy common shares on a one-to-one basis, the companies announced Friday.
However, the two Constellation subsidiaries that now own the exchangeable shares don’t plan to convert them “until such time as the U.S. domestic sale of marijuana could not reasonably be expected to violate the Controlled Substances Act, the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (as it relates to violation of the Controlled Substances Act), and all related applicable anti-money laundering laws,” Constellation said in a news release.
The three remaining Constellation nominees to Canopy’s board have all resigned as part of the deal, and Constellation “no longer holds any governance rights in relation to Canopy Growth,” Canopy noted in its release.
Promissory note forgiven
Constellation subsidiary Greenstar Canada Investment Limited Partnership has also canceled and forgiven a promissory note to Canopy with principal worth 100 million Canadian dollars ($72.8 million), converting CA$81.2 million of the principal into shares and forgiving the remaining principal and interest.
Smiths Falls, Ontario-based Canopy said it now has CA$100 million less debt on its balance sheet.
“While we remain supportive of Canopy’s strategy, this transaction is expected to eliminate the impact to our equity in earnings and is aligned to our intent to not deploy additional investment in Canopy,” Constellation President and CEO Bill Newlands said in a statement.
Constellation’s move comes days after Canopy shareholders approved the creation of the exchangeable shares as part of a plan to create the company’s U.S.-domiciled holding company Canopy USA, which is meant to acquire Canopy’s existing U.S. cannabis assets.
“We look forward to maintaining an enduring positive relationship with (Constellation) as our largest shareholder, and to the further advancement of the Canopy USA strategy that this change enables as Canopy USA moves forward with the acquisitions of Wana, Jetty and Acreage,” Canopy CEO David Klein, a former Constellation executive, said in a statement.
Constellation-Canopy history
Constellation originally invested in Canopy in 2017, taking a 9.9% stake.
The Victor, New York-based alcohol company poured an unprecedented CA$5 billion into Canopy in 2018, acquiring more shares in a deal in which Constellation received board seats and warrants that could have boosted its stake in Canopy to more than 50%.
Constellation exercised some of those warrants in 2020.
By 2022, however, Constellation said it did not plan to invest any more capital in the Canadian cannabis operator.
Constellation allowed its warrants to purchase additional Canopy shares to expire last November.
Canopy’s latest quarterly net loss was CA$216.7 million, with net revenue of CA$78.5 million.
Shares of Canopy trade on the Nasdaq as CGC and on the Toronto Stock Exchange as WEED.
Constellation trades as STZ on the New York Stock Exchange.
https://mjbizdaily.com/constellation-brands-converts-shares-in-cannabis-operator-canopy-departs-board/