TORONTO, May 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lineage Grow Company Ltd. (CSE:BUDD) (“Lineage” or the “Company”) issues this press release to update its shareholders and others with respect to its reverse take-over transaction (the “RTO”) with FLRish, Inc. (“FLRish”), and proposed concurrent financing of FLRish by way of private placement of a minimum of C$10 million of subscription receipts (the “Financing”), further to its management information circular dated April 9, 2019, and amended on April 30, 2019 (the “Circular”) for its special shareholder meeting scheduled to be held on May 16, 2019 (the “Meeting”). The Circular also includes a draft listing statement of Lineage with respect to the RTO (the “Listing Statement”).
The terms of the Financing have been revised from what was disclosed in the Circular and the Listing Statement in that the price for the subscription receipts will be reduced from C$7.75 to C$7.00, each subscription receipt will be converted into one FLRish share and one full warrant, instead of one half of one warrant and the warrant exercise price will be reduced from C$9.70 to C$8.75 (the “Financing Amendments”). The broker warrants to be issued in the Financing are also repriced to C$7.00. Other terms of the Financing and the RTO remain unchanged from the disclosure in the Circular and the Listing Statement.
As a result of the Financing Amendments, Lineage shareholders will be subject to increased dilution from the Financing. Lineage shareholders will receive approximately 3.4% of the shares (“Resulting Issuer Shares”) of the issuer resulting from the RTO (the “Resulting Issuer”), instead of approximately 3.5% of the Resulting Issuer Shares as previously disclosed in the Listing Statement.
Upon closing of the RTO, the Resulting Issuer will have the following capitalization after giving effect to the Financing Amendments:
| Designation of Securities | Subordinate Voting Shares (Minimum Offering) | Subordinate Voting Shares (Maximum Offering) | Subordinate Voting Shares (Full Exercise of Over- Allotment Option) |
| Non-Diluted Subordinate Voting Shares | 4,569,626 | 12,350,271 | 16,457,690 |
| Total Lineage Convertible Securities (including Lineage Special Shares) | 3,047,223 | 3,047,223 | 3,047,223 |
| Total FLRish Convertible Securities | 45,472,645 | 49,885,547 | 50,657,806 |
| Total Convertible Securities | 48,519,868 | 52,932,770 | 53,705,029 |
| Total Fully Diluted Capital | 53,089,493 | 65,283,041 | 70,162,719 |
The following is a detailed pro-forma capitalization for the Resulting Issuer after giving effect to the Financing Amendments.
| Designation of Securities | Number of Underlying Subordinate Voting Shares (Minimum Offering) | Number of Underlying Subordinate Voting Shares (Maximum Offering) | Number of Underlying Subordinate Voting Shares (Full Exercise of Over- Allotment Option) | Percentage (Minimum Offering) | Percentage (Maximum Offering) | Percentage (Full Exercise of Over- Allotment Option) | |||
| Lineage Existing Shareholders | 1,827,742 | 1,827,742 | 1,827,742 | 3.4 | % | 2.6 | % | 2.4 | % |
| Conversion of Lineage Series A Special Shares | 1,070,707 | 1,070,707 | 1,070,707 | 2.0 | % | 1.5 | % | 1.4 | % |
| Advisory Fee for FMICA for Transaction | 405,534 | 448,391 | 455,891 | 0.8 | % | 0.6 | % | 0.6 | % |
| FLRish Existing Shareholders | - | - | - | 0.0 | % | 0.0 | % | 0.0 | % |
| FLRish Series B Convertible Debenture Holders | 2,965,794 | 2,965,794 | 2,965,794 | 5.5 | % | 4.2 | % | 3.8 | % |
| FLRish Concurrent Financing Purchasers | 1,428,571 | 10,000,000 | 11,500,000 | 2.7 | % | 14.0 | % | 14.8 | % |
| Airfield Stock Consideration | - | - | 3,040,000 | 0.0 | % | 0.0 | % | 3.9 | % |
| Non-Diluted Subordinate Voting Shares | 7,698,349 | 16,312,635 | 20,860,135 | 14.4 | % | 22.8 | % | 26.9 | % |
| Lineage Warrants | 557,357 | 557,357 | 557,357 | 1.0 | % | 0.8 | % | 0.7 | % |
| Lineage Convertible Debts | 72,696 | 72,696 | 72,696 | 0.1 | % | 0.1 | % | 0.1 | % |
| Lineage Options | 134,232 | 134,232 | 134,232 | 0.3 | % | 0.2 | % | 0.2 | % |
| Lineage Series B Special Shares | 275,325 | 275,325 | 275,325 | 0.5 | % | 0.4 | % | 0.4 | % |
| Lineage Series C Special Shares | 336,508 | 336,508 | 336,508 | 0.6 | % | 0.5 | % | 0.4 | % |
| Shares issuable to Vendors in Lineage’s LUX Acquisition | 430,315 | 430,315 | 430,315 | 0.8 | % | 0.6 | % | 0.6 | % |
| Shares issuable to finder for Lineage’s LUX Acquisition | 20,046 | 20,046 | 20,046 | 0.0 | % | 0.0 | % | 0.0 | % |
| Shares issuable to Vendors in Lineage’s Agris Farms Acquisition | 606,958 | 606,958 | 606,958 | 1.1 | % | 0.8 | % | 0.8 | % |
| Convertible Debt for assumption of Lineage’s Agris Farms Acquisition | 251,087 | 251,087 | 251,087 | 0.5 | % | 0.4 | % | 0.3 | % |
| Warrants issuable for Lineage’s Agris Farms Acquisition | 221,920 | 221,920 | 221,920 | 0.4 | % | 0.3 | % | 0.3 | % |
| FMICA M&A Fee for Legacy Pipeline Acquisitions | 140,778 | 140,778 | 140,778 | 0.3 | % | 0.2 | % | 0.2 | % |
| Total Lineage Convertible Securities | 3,047,223 | 3,047,223 | 3,047,223 | 5.7 | % | 4.3 | % | 3.9 | % |
| Series B Convertible Debenture Holders | 4,593,581 | 4,593,581 | 4,593,581 | 8.6 | % | 6.4 | % | 5.9 | % |
| FLRish Existing Shareholders Multiple Voting Shares (expressed in Subordinate Voting Share terms) | 25,902,918 | 25,902,918 | 25,902,918 | 48.3 | % | 36.3 | % | 33.4 | % |
| FLRish Options (expressed in Subordinate Voting Share terms) | 6,556,378 | 6,556,378 | 6,556,378 | 12.2 | % | 9.2 | % | 8.5 | % |
| Series B Warrants (expressed in Subordinate Voting Share terms) | 3,989,124 | 3,989,124 | 3,989,124 | 7.4 | % | 5.6 | % | 5.1 | % |
| Series B Broker & Compensation Warrants | 311,544 | 311,544 | 311,544 | 0.6 | % | 0.4 | % | 0.4 | % |
| Concurrent Financing Warrants | 1,428,571 | 10,000,000 | 11,500,000 | 2.7 | % | 14.0 | % | 14.8 | % |
| Concurrent Financing Broker Warrants | 100,000 | 700,000 | 805,000 | 0.2 | % | 1.0 | % | 1.0 | % |
| Total FLRish Convertible Securities | 42,882,116 | 52,053,545 | 53,658,545 | 80.0 | % | 72.9 | % | 69.2 | % |
| Total Convertible Securities | 45,929,339 | 55,100,768 | 56,705,768 | 85.6 | % | 77.2 | % | 73.1 | % |
| Total Fully Diluted Capital | 53,627,688 | 71,413,403 | 77,565,903 | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % |
On closing of the RTO, the Resulting Issuer will file a Listing Statement to include updated information including the closing of the RTO and Financing, as well as updated financial statements.
About Lineage Grow Company Ltd.
Lineage Grow Company Ltd. is a reporting issuer that is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange ("CSE"). Lineage is currently focused on operating two retail licensed stores located in two prominent cities in Oregon (Portland and Eugene), and on assembling licensed operators with good growth potential and superior management, either through direct acquisition or through joint ventures, with an aim towards building a dominant vertically-integrated cannabis business that leverages best-in-class cultivation, brands, distribution, and retail assets. Lineage has entered into a purchase agreement with Agris Farms and a binding letter of intent to acquire LUX. In addition, Lineage and Harborside have entered into a binding letter agreement pursuant to which Lineage will acquiring all the issued and outstanding securities of Harborside in a reverse takeover transaction.
For updates on the Company's activities and highlights of the Company's press releases, investor deck and other media coverage, please visit Lineage's web site (under construction) at www.lineagegrow.com.
For further information, please contact:
Peter Bilodeau, Director & CEO
Lineage Grow Company Ltd.
Phone: (519) 919-6500
Email: pbilodeau@lineagegrow.com
The CSE (operated by CNSX Markets Inc.) has in no way passed upon the merits of the Business Combination and has neither approved nor disapproved of the contents of this press release.
Disclaimer for Forward‐Looking Information
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