Amends Existing Revolving Credit Facility to Increase Credit Availability, Improve Terms and Extend Maturity Date; Announces Appointment of New Board Member
PHOENIX, March 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TILT Holdings Inc. (“TILT” or the “Company”) (NEO:TILT) (OTCQX: TLLTF), a global provider of cannabis business solutions that include inhalation technologies, cultivation, manufacturing, processing, brand development, and retail, announced the extension of its existing revolving credit facility, together with the appointment of a new board member pursuant to its recently completed debt refinancing.
Jupiter Research, LLC (“Jupiter”), a subsidiary of TILT, entered into an amendment to its existing US $10 million asset-based revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) to increase the amount available under the Facility from US $10.0 million to US $12.5 million, and extends the maturity date to July 21, 2024. Additionally, borrowings under the Facility will bear interest at the prime rate plus 3%, and the Facility is secured by Jupiter’s inventory, accounts receivable and related property. The amendment also includes a guaranty by TILT in the amount of US $6 million.
The Company also announced that, effective March 8, 2023, George Odden has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”) as a noteholder designee in accordance with the recently completed debt refinancing of the Company’s junior notes. Mr. Odden served in the U.S. Navy and began a career on Wall Street focused on investment banking and M&A in the aerospace industry. Today, he is a partner with Ardent Advisory Group, a company he co-founded in 2021, focused on providing a broad range of M&A advisory services.
We are pleased to welcome George Odden to the Board and look forward to leveraging his financial acumen and M&A expertise, which is especially important as we explore strategic growth opportunities this year.
Gary Santo, TILT’s Chief Executive Officer
The amended Facility provides TILT with greater liquidity and improved borrowing terms at a time when the broader capital markets remain volatile. Our lender has been a great partner to Jupiter and TILT, and we appreciate the confidence they’ve shown with this extension and amended terms.
About TILT
TILT helps cannabis businesses build brands. Through a portfolio of companies providing technology, hardware, cultivation and production, TILT services brands and cannabis retailers in regulated markets across 39 states in the U.S., as well as Canada, Israel, South America and the European Union. TILT’s core businesses include Jupiter Research LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary and leader in the vaporization segment focused on hardware design, research, development and manufacturing and cannabis operations, Commonwealth Alternative Care, Inc. in Massachusetts, Standard Farms LLC in Pennsylvania, Standard Farms Ohio, LLC in Ohio, and its partnership with the Shinnecock Indian Nation in New York. TILT is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information, visit www.tiltholdings.com.
