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StaffJanuary 23, 2023
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Daily Hit: January 23, 2023

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The Daily Hit is a recap of the top financial news stories for January 20, 2023.

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Dutchie Sues Akerna Over Access to Pennsylvania Market

Dutchie claims that Akerna, which won the Pennsylvania state contract for its seed-to-sale marijuana inventory tracking program, deliberately erected systemic barriers for competitors like Dutchie so that medical marijuana companies in the state are more likely to use Akerna’s software. Read more here.

Lawsuits Clog the Pipes in Michigan Cannabis Program

For many marijuana operations seeking to open locations in communities across Southeast Michigan, plans are dying on the vine. Dozens of companies remain at loggerheads with city councils over the licensing selection process, and the disputes have been playing out in Michigan’s court system for years. Read more here.

Incoming: Next States to Join the Cannabis Industry?

The U.S. cannabis legalization movement – and thus the industry to which it gave birth – will continue to grow this year and next, almost certainly via a combination of state markets opening, ballot measures forcing cannabis legalization into state law, and state legislatures that decide it’s time to allow medical or recreational marijuana. Read more here.

Agrify to Recalibrate for Positive Cash Flow This Year

Agrify Corp. (Nasdaq: AGFY) said it is trying to “align its resources and growth plan with the current operating environment.” The company said that the measures will help the balance sheet go cash positive by year’s end. Read more here.

Delaware Lawmakers Introduce Longshot Cannabis Legalization Bills

Democratic lawmakers in Delaware have again introduced a pair of bills that would legalize adult-use cannabis. At first blush, the attempt appears likely doomed, primarily because Gov. John Carney has remained steadfastly opposed to legalization. Read more here.

In Other News

Clever Leaves Holdings Inc.

Clever Leaves Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: CLVR, CLVRW), a multinational operator and licensed producer of pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoids, is winding down all its operations in Portugal as part of its ongoing restructuring initiatives. Under this restructuring plan, the company expects its Portuguese flower cultivation, post-harvest processes, and manufacturing activities to cease in full by the end of the first quarter of 2023. Read more here.

StoneCastle Cannabis Growth Fund

Spartan Fund Management Inc. intends to terminate its StoneCastle Cannabis Growth Fund, effective on or about March 24. Effective today, units of the fund will no longer be available for purchase by new or existing unitholders. Read more here.

Massachusetts

Despite falling prices and increasing competition, marijuana business officials across the state, and particularly in Central Massachusetts, still see the cannabis market as primed for opportunity, with operators having to be smarter about the way they operate their marijuana businesses. Read more here.

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StaffNovember 7, 2022
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The Daily Hit: November 7, 2022

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The Daily Hit is a recap of cannabis business news for Nov. 7, 2022.

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Agrify Faces Hostile Takeover

Last week, Agrify Corp. (Nasdaq: AGFY) shareholder Marc Beginin stated he wants to reorganize the company in a hostile takeover. Beginin is the chief executive officer of Prodigy LLC, which operates as Prodigy Processing Solutions. He was formerly the CEO and founder of Precision Extraction Solutions before it was acquired by Agrify in October 2021. Read more here.

Unrivaled Sued for Breach of Contract, Responds with Fraud Allegations

An acquisition deal that only a year ago was celebrated by the buyer, Unrivaled Brands (OTCQX: UNRV), as key to making the business a “preeminent West Coast multistate operator” has now apparently fallen apart, with both companies suing each other over various alleged misdeeds. Read more here.

Tilray Snaps Up Another Alcohol Company, Expands Into Northeast

Tilray Brands Inc. (Nasdaq: TLRY) said Monday that it bought Montauk Brewing Company and tapped veteran beverage executive Ty H. Gilmore to lead Tilray’s U.S. beer business in a bid to secure more alcohol profits. Read more here.

High Times Buys Moxie in All-Stock Deal

Hightimes Holding Corp. and HT Red LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hightimes, bought MXY Holdings Inc., also known as Moxie Holdings, in an all-stock deal. Moxie is known for cultivating, producing, manufacturing, distributing, and selling cannabis products in the state of California. Read more here.

Michigan-based JARS Buys Colorado’s Euflora

Michigan-based private company JARS Cannabis is buying Colorado-based Euflora LLC for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition and rebranding of Euflora retail stores are expected to be completed by the end of the fourth quarter. Read more here. 

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IM Cannabis

IM Cannabis Corp. (Nasdaq: IMCC) (CSE: IMCC), an international medical and adult-use recreational cannabis company, announced that it is commencing exit of the Canadian cannabis market to focus its resources on pursuing growth opportunities in Israel, Germany, and Europe. With this move, the Company aims for a leaner organization with a primary focus on achieving profitability in 2023. Read more here.

Vext Science

Vext Science Inc. (CSE: VEXT) (OTCQX: VEXTF), a multistate cannabis company with expertise in extraction, manufacturing, cultivation, and marketing, announced the refinancing of the company’s existing $4.4 million principal amount of 10% secured nonconvertible debentures issued by the company on Dec. 31, 2019, and maturing Dec. 31, 2022. Read more here.

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Adam JacksonAugust 8, 2022
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Agrify Expected To Miss Revenue As Hydroponics Falter

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Agrify Corporation (Nasdaq: AGFY) will postpone its earnings call for an additional week as preliminary second-quarter results show that it missed expectations during a time when consumer demand for hydroponics is fading. The company announced the unaudited results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2022.

While revenue is expected rose 64% to $19.3 million versus $11.8 million in the second quarter of last year, it’s expected to fall sequentially. The company also reported a second-quarter net loss of $23.5 million, a 320% rise versus a loss of $5.6 million in the same period last year. Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP financial measure) is expected to be a loss of $19.4 million, up 331% versus a $4.5 million loss in the second quarter last year.

Warnings

The company also gave the market a heads-up that it will be taking a big write-off in the quarter saying it is conducting an impairment analysis. That writeoff is expected to result in “significant non-cash impairment charges.” In addition to the write-downs, Agrify said it talked to its lenders to change some of the financial covenants regarding its debt.

Agrify withdrew its most recent guidance “Given the current difficult macro business environment, and specifically a drastic downturn in the cannabis industry.”

“Management will provide additional information regarding its revenue guidance for the Fiscal Year 2022 in conjunction with the upcoming release of its full second quarter 2022 financial results,” it said. In May, Agrify reported its first quarter revenue increased 271% to $26 million for the first quarter versus $7 million for the prior-year period. It also reiterated its previously provided revenue guidance for the Fiscal Year 2022 to be in the range of $140 million to $142 million.

Stifel analysts Andrew Carter and Christopher Growe recently published an earnings preview report, saying that the  “2021/2022 hydroponics recession has been deeper and longer than we originally anticipated with a significantly greater impact to our covered companies than we originally anticipated.”

“But, we contend the hydroponics category will at minimum regress to the underlying demand for cannabis (HSD) with an improvement in durables demand eventually taking hold,” Carter said, adding that he believes it will take time for enthusiasm to return to the sector of hydroponics.

 

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StaffMay 11, 2022
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The Daily Hit: May 11, 2022

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The Daily Hit is a recap of the top cannabis business stories for May 11, 2022.

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Ascend Wellness Holdings

Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. (CSE: AAWH.U) (OTCQX: AAWH) reported its financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2022. Total revenue of $101.2 million decreased 0.8% quarter-over-quarter and increased 33.4% year-over-year. Ascend stock jumped over 5% in trading to close at $3.20. Ascend also reported that it had a net loss of $27.8 million or a loss of $0.16 per basic and diluted common share during the quarter, compared to a net loss of $16.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2021. Read more here.

MedMen Surrenders Assets to Ascend Wellness

MedMen Enterprises Inc. (CSE: MMEN) (OTCQX: MMNFF) finally agreed to close the deal to sell its New York assets to Ascend Wellness (OTC: AAWH). The two companies had initially agreed to the transaction, but then MedMen was accused of having “buyer’s remorse” by Ascend when it tried to pull out of the deal. The two companies then engaged in a nasty legal battle with MedMen accusing Ascend of greasing politicians‘ hands in the state. Read more here.

Harborside Inc. and Pelorus Equity Group

Pelorus Equity Group completed the second and final tranche of its previously announced $77.3M non-dilutive real estate debt financing with Harborside Inc. (CSE: HBOR) (OTCQX: HBORF). The initial funding included three individual loans to Harborside, Urbn Leaf Holdings Inc., and Loudpack JV Corporation with a second tranche made available upon the final closing of the three-way merger. The proceeds were used primarily to retire certain existing loans and provide additional working capital. Read more here.

Agrify Beats Revenue Estimates

Agrify Corporation (Nasdaq: AGFY)  announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022, as revenue increased 271% to $26 million for the first quarter versus $7 million for the prior-year period. This was also higher than Agrify’s fourth-quarter revenue of $25.3 million and beat the Yahoo Finance average analyst estimate for revenues of $25..3 million. The stock price was up by over 6% in early trading to lately sell at $2.60. Read more here.

Goodness Growth

Goodness Growth Holdings, Inc. (CSE: GDNS) (OTCQX: GDNSF) reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2022. Goodness Growth had total revenue in the first quarter of $15.6 million, an increase of 18.2% as compared to the same time period in 2021. The net loss in the quarter was $14.6 million versus a net loss of $6.9 million in the first quarter of 2021. Read more here.

GMR Women’s Leadership Awards: Narim Jarrous

Narmin Jarrous manages operational planning and positioning for all developmental strategies within the Exclusive Brands organization, while also leading the teams’ Social Equity efforts, determined to lift up communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the prohibition of marijuana. Read more here.

Psychedelic Medicine Patents

One of the most important aspects of the psychedelics business—and one that is becoming more contentious—is about securing and protecting the patent for the specific molecule or synthetic that a psychedelics company is banking on because it can essentially protect the investment of millions of dollars a startup spends on setting up and running clinical trials, hiring expensive medical staff and other business development expenses. Read more here.

Targeting Female Cannabis Brands (VIDEO)

On April, 28, 2022, the Green Market Report hosted its first Women’s Summit in New York City. This panel was titled “Targeting Female Brands” and featured a stellar lineup of successful women including Cannaclusive Founder Mary Pryor, Humble Boom Founder Solanje Burnett, CMO of Trube Tokes Kymberly Byrnes and moderated by Politico’s Mona Zhang. More here.

IN OTHER NEWS

Harborside Inc.

Harborside Inc. (CSE: HBOR) (OTCQX: HBORF), a California-focused, vertically integrated cannabis enterprise, today announced it opened two new retail stores in California, bringing its total retail store count to 13, with a new Harborside-branded store in San Francisco, and a new Urbn Leaf-branded store in La Mesa, located in San Diego County. Read more here.

FSD Pharma Inc.

FSD Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ:HUGE) (CSE:HUGE) (FSE:0K9A), a life sciences holding company dedicated to building a portfolio of assets and biotech solutions, has closed the sale of non-core assets for $16.4 million. The company has sold its former cannabis processing facility, located in Coburg, Ontario, which it acquired for $5.5 million in November 2017. The property includes a 26.1-hectare parcel of land and a 50,800 square meter building. Read more here.

 

 

 

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