Debra BorchardtSOL Global Investments Corp. (CSE: SOL) (OTCQB: SOLCF) has entered into letters of intent to acquire California-based ECD, Inc., which operates as Northern Emeralds in a deal valued at $120 million. The purchase price will be satisfied by the issuance of common shares in CannCure Investments Inc. and the deal is expected to close on or before August 1.
Northern Emeralds is located in Humboldt County, California and is a cannabis cultivation, processing, and distribution company that has six licensed dispensary companies in the state that will operate under the nationally recognized “One Plant” brand. SOL Global said it intends to open One Plant-branded dispensaries throughout California (a total of 20 operating and licensed dispensary companies), Florida, and Michigan.
“Simply put, Northern Emeralds is the most advanced cannabis producer in the most famous cannabis-producing region in the world, and SOL Global is thrilled to integrate the Northern Emeralds family within our comprehensive U.S. cannabis strategy via the MSO,” said Brady Cobb, CEO of SOL Global. “This partnership enables SOL Global to deploy Northern Emeralds’ best in class genetics, method and data-based cultivation, and processing operations across our entire portfolio. This integration, combined with the carefully curated retail concept and dispensary locations offered by One Plant – as well as SOL Global’s roster of consumer-favorite brands – further cements SOL Global’s and ultimately the MSO’s position as a vertically-integrated multi-state powerhouse that is poised to drive substantial revenue growth in three of the most important cannabis markets in the United States.”
One Plant is a chain of nationally-recognized cannabis dispensaries with additional planned locations throughout California, Florida, and Michigan. One Plant dispensaries will also feature some of the best-known brands in the cannabis industry, including products from Northern Emeralds, Honey, Plus Brands, Venice Cookie Company, Old Pal, DomPen, Big Pete’s, Biscotti, and Cannabis Quencher, among many others. SOL Global said that One Plant intends to open nine dispensaries throughout California in 2019, and an additional eleven dispensaries in the state in 2020 and is currently in various development and approval stages for dispensary locations in Monterey County, Palm Springs, Contra Costa, Atwater, Goleta, and Placerville, among others.
One Plant intends to open five dispensaries in Florida in 2019 and an additional eight dispensaries in Florida in 2020. The MSO, once it is fully established, intends to convert three existing Michigan dispensaries to One Plant-branded locations in 2019, intends to open an additional four dispensaries in Michigan in 2019, and intends to open an additional six locations in Michigan in 2020. In total, One Plant intends to have 46 dispensary locations in operation throughout the three states by the end of 2020.
“I am thrilled to join the Northern Emeralds team and brands with the SOL Global and One Plant families” said Cody Stross, founder and C.E.O. of Northern Emeralds. “We are passionate about ‘sharing with the world’ that which we started in a garage in Humboldt County over eight years ago. We cultivate the ‘highest intent of the seed’ and I can think of no better partnership to realize this dream.”
