Maricann Group Announces Private Placement of Units
TORONTO, July 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Maricann Group Inc. (CSE:MARI) (FRANKFURT:75M) (OTCQB:MRRCF) (“Maricann” or the “Company) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Canaccord Genuity Corp. and GMP Securities L.P., as joint bookrunners and co-lead agents (collectively, the “Agents”) pursuant to which the Company will issue on a marketed, “best efforts” private placement basis, up to $40,000,000 of units (the “Units”) of the Company at a price of $1.60 per Unit (the “Offering”). Each Unit will consist of one common share (a “Common Share”) and one common share purchase warrant of the Company (a “Warrant”). Each Warrant will be exercisable to acquire one common share of the Company (a “Warrant Share”) for a period of two years following the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) of the Offering at an exercise price of $2.50 per share, subject to adjustment in certain events.
Pursuant to the terms of the offering, the Agents have been granted an option to arrange for the sale of up to $6,000,000 of additional Units, which option is exercisable by the Agents at any time up until the day prior to the Closing Date.
The net proceeds from the Offering will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Closing of the Offering is expected to occur on or about August 9, 2018 (the “Closing Date”). The Offering is in the form of a best efforts private placement (i) in Canada to “accredited investors” within the meaning of National Instrument 45-106, (ii) in the United States only to Qualified Institutional Buyers (within the meaning of Rule 144A) and/or Accredited Investors (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D) pursuant to available exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “United States Securities Act”), and in each case in compliance with the securities laws of the applicable States of the United States and (iii) outside Canada and the United States on a basis which does not require the qualification or registration of any of the Debentures or the Issuer.
The securities being offered have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This news release will not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor will there be any sale of the securities in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
All securities issued will be subject to a four month hold period. The Offering is subject to a number of conditions, including, without limitation, receipt of all regulatory approvals.
About Maricann Group Inc.
Maricann is a vertically integrated producer and distributor of marijuana for medical purposes. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Burlington, Ontario, Canada and Munich, Germany, with production facilities in Langton, Ontario where it operates a medicinal cannabis cultivation, extraction, formulation and distribution business under federal licence from the Government of Canada. The Company also has production operations in Dresden, Saxony, Germany and Regensdorf, Switzerland. Maricann is currently undertaking an expansion of its cultivation and support facilities in Canada in a 942,000 sq. ft. (87,515 sq. m) and will continue to pursue new opportunities in Europe.
For more information about Maricann please visit our website at www.maricann.ca
