The Valens Company Closes Previously Announced Bought Deal Financing Including Exercise of Over-Allotment Option
KELOWNA, BC, April 5, 2022 /CNW/ – The Valens Company Inc. (TSX: VLNS) (NASDAQ: VLNS) (the “Company,” “The Valens Company” or “Valens“), a leading manufacturer of cannabis products, is pleased to announce the closing of its previously announced bought deal public offering (the “Offering“) of units of the Company (the “Units“) for total gross proceeds of approximately CDN$32.3 million. The Company sold 12,205,186 Units at a price of CDN$2.65 per Unit, including 1,591,979 Units sold pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.
Each Unit is comprised of one common share in the capital of the Company (a “Common Share“) and one-half of a Common Share purchase warrant (each whole Common Share purchase warrant, a “Warrant” and, collectively with the Units and the Common Shares, the “Offered Securities“). Each Warrant will be exercisable to acquire one additional Common Share (a “Warrant Share“) for a period of 48 months following the closing date of the Offering at an exercise price of CDN$3.20 per Warrant Share, subject to adjustment in certain events.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to continue to pursue strategic growth initiatives in North America, provide funding for working capital and for general corporate purposes.
Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc. (“Stifel GMP“) and A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners acted as co-lead underwriters for the Offering, along with a syndicate of underwriters including ATB Capital Markets Inc., Haywood Securities Inc., M Partners Inc., and Raymond James Ltd. (collectively, the “Underwriters“).
In connection with the Offering, the Company filed a prospectus supplement dated March 30, 2022 (the “Prospectus Supplement“) to the amended and restated final short form base shelf prospectus dated March 28, 2022 (the “A&R Base Shelf Prospectus“) in each of the provinces of Canada other than Quebec. The Prospectus Supplement was also filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as part of the Company’s effective registration statement on Form F-10 (the “Registration Statement“) previously filed under the U.S./Canada multi-jurisdictional disclosure system.
Copies of the Prospectus Supplement and the A&R Base Shelf Prospectus are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and EDGAR at www.sec.gov, and a copy of the Registration Statement is available on EDGAR at www.sec.gov. Copies of the Prospectus Supplement and the A&R Base Shelf Prospectus may also be obtained in the United States, upon request, from the offices of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated at Attention: Syndicate, One Montgomery Street, Suite 3700, San Francisco, CA 94104, by telephone at (415) 364-2720, or by email at syndprospectus@stifel.com and in Canada, upon request, from Stifel GMP by email at ECMCanada@stifel.com and from the offices of A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, 590 Madison Avenue, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by telephone at (212) 624-2060, or by email at prospectus@allianceg.com..
No securities regulatory authority has either approved or disapproved the contents of this news release. This news release is for informational purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the Offered Securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About The Valens Company
The Valens Company is a global leader in the end-to-end development and manufacturing of innovative, cannabinoid-based products. The Valens Company is focused on being the partner of choice for leading Canadian and international cannabis brands by providing best-in-class, proprietary services including CO2, ethanol, hydrocarbon, solvent-less and terpene extraction, analytical testing, formulation and product development and custom manufacturing. Valens is the largest third-party extraction company in Canada with an annual capacity of 425,000 kg of dried cannabis and hemp biomass at our purpose-built facility in Kelowna, British Columbia which is in the process of becoming European Union (EU) Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) compliant. The Valens Company currently offers a wide range of product formats, including tinctures, two-piece caps, soft gels, oral sprays and vape pens as well as beverages, concentrates, topicals, edibles, injectables, natural health products and has a strong pipeline of next-generation products in development for future release. Finally, The Valens Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Valens Labs is a Health Canada licensed ISO 17025 accredited cannabis testing lab providing sector-leading analytical services and has partnered with Thermo Fisher Scientific to develop a Centre of Excellence in Plant-Based Science. For more information, please visit https://thevalenscompany.com. The Valens Company’s investor deck can be found specifically at https://thevalenscompany.com/investors/.
For further information, please contact:
Jeff Fallows
The Valens Company
Investor Relations
ir@thevalenscompany.com
1 647.956.8254
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Phil Carlson / Elizabeth Barker
VLNS@kcsa.com
1 212.896.1233 / 1 212.896.1203
Media
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Notice regarding Forward Looking Statements
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The risks and uncertainties that may affect forward-looking statements include, among others, regulatory risk, United States border crossing and travel bans, reliance on licenses, expansion of facilities, competition, dependence on supply of cannabis and reliance on other key inputs, dependence on senior management and key personnel, general business risk and liability, regulation of the cannabis industry, change in laws, regulations and guidelines, compliance with laws, reliance on a single facility, limited operating history, vulnerability to rising energy costs, unfavourable publicity or consumer perception, product liability, risks related to intellectual property, product recalls, difficulties with forecasts, management of growth and litigation, many of which are beyond the control of The Valens Company. For a more comprehensive discussion of the risks faced by The Valens Company, and which may cause the actual financial results, performance or achievements of The Valens Company to be materially different from estimated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking information or forward-looking statements, please refer to The Valens Company’s latest Annual Information Form filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities at www.sedar.com or on The Valens Company’s website at www.thevalenscompany.com. The risks described in such Annual Information Form are hereby incorporated by reference herein. Although the forward-looking statements contained herein reflect management’s current beliefs and reasonable assumptions based upon information available to management as of the date hereof, The Valens Company cannot be certain that actual results will be consistent with such forward-looking information. The Valens Company cautions you not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements. The Valens Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Nothing herein should be construed as either an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy or sell securities of The Valens Company.