Aleafia Health Inc. (TSX: AH, OTCQX: ALEAF) (“
Aleafia
Health” or the “
Company”) is pleased to
provide an update further to its announcement on May 12, 2022 with
respect to its proposal to amend certain key commercial terms of
its unsecured convertible debentures (TSX:AH.DB), set to mature on
June 27, 2022 (the “
Convertible Debentures”). The
Company filed on SEDAR and will be distributing to all holders of
the Convertible Debentures (“
Debentureholders”) a
notice of Extraordinary Meeting of Debentureholders and consent and
proxy solicitation statement (collectively, the
“Solicitation Materials”). The Solicitation
Materials are available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com.
The Company is also pleased to announce that it
has received executed Support Agreements from Debentureholders
representing approximately 61.4% of the principal amount of
Convertible Debentures outstanding, pursuant to which such
Debentureholders have agreed to, among other things, consent in
writing to and, if necessary, vote in favour of an Extraordinary
Resolution approving the Debenture Amendments at a Meeting of
Debentureholders to be held on Thursday, June 23, 2022 at 8:30 a.m.
(Eastern time). If Debentureholders representing at least 66 2/3%
of the principal amount of all the outstanding Convertible
Debentures have delivered valid consents and proxies consenting to
and voting for the approval of the Extraordinary Resolution prior
to 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on Friday, June 17, 2022, the
Extraordinary Resolution will be passed by the written consent of
the Debentureholders and the Meeting will be cancelled as it will
no longer be required to complete the amendments.
“We are delighted that so many Debentureholders
have already expressed support for the debenture amendments by
delivering Support Agreements,” said Tricia Symmes, CEO. “This
paves the way for an even stronger Aleafia Health focused on
leveraging our highly-regarded portfolio of value-added branded
cannabis products in the Canadian adult-use market, building the
recurring revenue of our medical business, and further expanding
into attractive international markets.”
“The Debenture Amendments, coupled with the $5.6
million in equity financing, are part of an ongoing transformation
of our balance sheet. The Convertible Debentures which were to
mature and be repaid by June 27, 2022, will be split into three
series of equivalent size maturing in years 2024, 2026, and 2028.
This additional timeframe provides us the runway to continue
scaling our business and alleviates much of the uncertainty
surrounding our capital structure. The equity financing in
conjunction with our revolving receivables facility provides us
liquidity to continue driving revenue growth,” said Matt Sale,
CFO.
Key Expected Benefits of Debenture
Amendments to Debentureholders:
- Retains the full face value for
Debentureholders at a par value of $100.
- Provides an opportunity for
Debentureholders to collect accrued and unpaid interest through the
Consent Fee.
- Provides up to an additional six
years of potential interest income by extending maturity
dates.
- Improves optionality to convert the
New Debentures into Common Shares through the Conversion Price
adjustment.
- Limits the ability of the Company
to raise additional secured indebtedness.
- Enhances
Debentureholders’ security profile with, among other things, direct
security interest in certain of the Company’s facilities.
Key Expected Benefits of Debenture
Amendments to the Company
- Removes near-term uncertainty
related to refinancing the Debentures.
- Improves cash flow, by removing
mandatory cash interest payment obligation for 30 months.
- Balances the Company’s refinancing
profile by splitting the Principal Amount into three equivalent
series.
- Enhanced change of control terms
have the potential to provide more value to Company’s
stakeholders.
- Increases financial flexibility to
execute the Company’s growth initiatives.
Debentureholders Who Execute
Solicitation Materials Eligible to Receive Attractive Consent
Fee
If certain conditions are met, each
Debentureholder of record as of the Record Date who provides valid
consent and voting instructions in favour of the Extraordinary
Resolution before 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on Friday, June 17, 2022
or, if beneficial Debentureholders are providing instructions to an
intermediary, in sufficient time before 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on
Wednesday, June 15, 2022, may be eligible to receive a Consent Fee.
Debentureholders should consult the Solicitation Materials to
determine the deadline that applies to them. Debentureholders who
do not respond to the Consent Solicitation by the applicable
deadlines described in the Solicitation Materials will not receive
payment of the Consent Fee. Debentureholders who have signed a
Support Agreement are still required to provide valid consent and
voting instructions in favour of the Extraordinary Resolution to
receive the Consent Fee.
The Consent Fee will be equal to the amount of
interest accrued between July 1, 2021 and the Effective Date of the
Debenture Amendments on the principal amount of Convertible
Debentures owned by such consenting Debentureholder as of the
Record Date. The Consent Fee will be paid through the issuance of
Consent Fee Debentures. Similar to the New Debentures, the Consent
Fee Debentures will be subject to a statutory hold period of four
months and one day from the date of issuance in accordance with
applicable securities laws.
For Investor & Media
Relations:
Matthew Sale, CFO1-833-879-2533IR@AleafiaHealth.comLEARN MORE:
www.AleafiaHealth.com
About Aleafia Health:
Aleafia Health, a vertically integrated and
federally licensed Canadian cannabis company, owns three licensed
cannabis production facilities, including the first large-scale,
legal outdoor cultivation facility in Canadian history, and
operates a strategically located distribution centre, all in the
province of Ontario. The Company produces a diverse portfolio of
cannabis derivative products including oils, capsules, edibles,
sublingual strips, and vapes, for sale in Canada in the adult-use
and medical markets and is pursuing opportunities in select
international jurisdictions. The Company owns and operates a
virtual network of medical cannabis clinics staffed by physicians
and nurse practitioners.
Forward Looking Information
This news release contains forward-looking
information within the meaning of applicable Canadian and United
States securities laws. Often, but not always, forward-looking
information can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”,
“expects”, “estimates”, “intends”, “anticipates”, or “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 this press release, forward-looking
statements include, among other things, statements regarding: the
anticipated benefits of the Debenture Amendments to
Debentureholders and the Company; and the anticipated positive
impact of the Company’s equity financing when coupled with the
Debenture Amendments on the Company’s ability to continue rapidly
scaling into a top 10 Canadian LP while building high-margin
medical and international businesses. Forward-looking information
involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of
the Company or its subsidiaries to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
the forward-looking information contained in this news release.
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,
including risks contained in the Company’s annual information form
filed with Canadian securities regulators available on the
Company’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com. 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 does not undertake any obligation to publicly update
such forward-looking information to reflect new information,
subsequent events or otherwise unless required by applicable
securities legislation.
1 All capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined in this press release have the meanings ascribed thereto in
the Solicitation Materials, which are available under the Company’s
profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.2 Based on HiFyre data for
Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan markets as of
April 30, 2022.
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