Halo Collective Signs Definitive Agreement with Nature's Best Resources LLC
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TORONTO, March 26, 2021 /CNW/ - Halo Collective Inc. ("Halo" or the "Company") (NEO: HALO) (OTCQX: HCANF) (Germany: A9KN) has announced the signing of a definitive agreement with Nature's Best Resources LLC ("Nature's Best"). This agreement will support the Company's strategic focus of being the leading, vertically integrated cannabis company that cultivates, extracts, manufactures and distributes high-quality products in the cannabis marketplace.
Nature's Best's is a rosin technology and manufacturing company – a solventless cannabis concentrate that has gained significant popularity in Oregon and California over the last few years. Nature's Best also produces variants of rosin such as ice water hash, taffy, and caviar. Rosin's honey-like texture is unlike other concentrates due to its extraction processes, allowing the product to possess the same effects and flavor as traditional flower. As trends in the cannabis industry continue to evolve, live rosin has been reported to be one of the fastest-growing sub-sectors of concentrates on the market.1 Nature's Best also produces premium hash byproducts that can be packaged as hash or sold to infuse edibles, beverages, and pre-rolls.
According to BDS Analytics (BDSA) data, total rosin concentrate sales in California reached $12.47M in 2019, while sales in Oregon reached $7.36M in the same year. In 2020 the market caught fire and rose to $24.81M in California and $17.78M in Oregon, making rosin one of the fastest-growing product segments in cannabis. Between 2019 and 2020, year-over-year growth in California reached 99 percent, while Oregon reached a notable 150 percent. In 2021, rosin sales appear to be growing even faster in California. Between January 2020 and January 2021, data reports show rosin sales were up 127% in California. In the same period, Oregon sales continued to grow by 66% in January 2021 from January 2020.2 Extrapolating these growth rates3 implies that the 2021 rosin market is anticipated to be $62.5M (up from approximately $25M in 2020) in California and $30.6M in Oregon (up from approximately $18M in 2020). At current average retail prices, approximately 86,000 grams and 50,000 grams are anticipated to be sold in California and Oregon, respectively, per month in 2021.4 After acquiring Nature's Best, management expects Halo's daily rosin production capacity to be 3,000 grams and running shifts five days per week. The Company anticipates it can satisfy 70% of California's demand and all of Oregon's in 2021 at current market sales rates.
The agreement states that the Company will acquire 100 percent of Nature's Best Resources LLC membership interests in exchange for the issuance of up to 44,047,619 common shares in the capital of the Company ("Common Shares").
The closing of the agreement is subject to certain closing conditions, including the contribution by the selling member to Nature's Best of $250,000 and standard operating procedures detailing the manufacturing of rosin products by Nature's Best. A total of 8,928,571 Common Shares will be issued to Nature's Best, and 35,119,048 Common Shares will be placed into escrow to be released to the selling member upon the satisfaction of certain predetermined milestones by Nature's Best.
"The purity and concentration of our rosin products are unparalleled in the marketplace," said the Chief Strategy Officer of Nature's Best. "Our mission is to provide premium live rosin to our clients with purity at top of mind. Partnering together with Halo Collective — a powerhouse in the industry — we will be able to further promote our products to individuals so they can experience the most balanced and beneficial way to consume cannabis."
Transaction detail
A total of 8,928,570 Common Shares will be released on or before June 1, 2021, provided the selling member has repaid an outstanding $250,000 owed to Nature's Best. A total of 14,285,715 additional Common Shares will be released on or before October 1, 2021, provided that specific equipment has been delivered to Nature's Best. The remaining 11,904,762 Common Shares will be released on or before March 1, 2022, provided that Nature's Best has produced and sold a batch of hash or hash rosin in each of Oregon and California, measuring 100 grams total.
If any milestone is not satisfied by the date specified for its completion, the corresponding number of Common Shares will be returned to the Company. The Common Shares are subject to volume transfer restrictions that prohibit the sale of any number of Common Shares through any stock exchange that would exceed ten percent of the prior trading day's total volume of the Common Shares.
About Nature's Best
Natures Best is a premier consumer-driven cannabinoid company specializing in product development, production, distribution and retail placement of cannabinoid rosin products. Our development team includes a pharmacologist and process engineer with 30 years of experience, a product distribution and retail placement executive with 20 years of experience, as well as an experienced team in cannabinoid operations in Oregon and California.
About Halo Collective
Halo is a leading, vertically integrated cannabis company that cultivates, extracts, manufactures, and distributes quality cannabis flower, oils, and concentrates and has sold approximately nine million grams of oils and concentrates since inception. Halo continues to evolve its business and scale efficiently, partnering with trustworthy leaders in the industry, who value the Company's operational expertise in bringing top-tier products to market. Current growth includes expansion in key U.S. markets, the United Kingdom and Africa, with planned expansion into the Canadian retail market.
Halo is led by a strong, diverse, and innovative management team with deep industry knowledge and blue-chip experience. The Company is currently operating in the United States in California and Oregon. The Company sells cannabis products principally to dispensaries under its brands, Hush, Mojave, and Exhale, and under partnership or license with OG DNA Genetics, Terphogz (doing business as Zkittlez™) and FlowerShop*, a cannabis lifestyle and conceptual wellness brand in which G-Eazy is a partner and key member of Flowershop*.
As part of continued expansion and vertical integration in the U.S., Halo boasts several grow operations throughout Oregon and California. In Oregon, the Company has a combined 7 acres of outdoor cultivation, including East Evans Creek, a six-acre grow site in Jackson County, and Winberry Farms, a one-acre grow site located 30 miles outside Eugene in Lane County. In California, the Company is building out Ukiah Ventures; a planned 30,000-square-foot indoor grow, processing, and manufacturing facility including up to an additional five acres of industrial land to expand. Recently, Halo partnered with Green Matter Holding to purchase Bar X Ranch in Lake County, developing up to 80 acres of cultivation which would comprise the largest grow in Northern California.
Internationally, the Company's subsidiary Bophelo Bioscience & Wellness (Pty) Lt.d ("Bophelo") is currently cultivating cannabis in Lesotho, which holds one of the most extensive marijuana cultivation licenses in Africa with a future capacity of up to 495 acres. To further Halo's global presence, the Company has recently acquired CBPM importation and distribution licensing in the United Kingdom via cannabis suppliers Canmart Ltd ("Canmart"). Halo expects the cultivation and manufacturing operations of Bophelo, combined with the importation and distribution capabilities of Canmart, to drive a well-positioned business to serve the U.K. market.
The Company also has acquired a range of software development assets, including technology platforms CannPOS, Cannalift, and, more recently, CannaFeels. Halo also owns the discrete sublingual dosing technology, Accudab.
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2 Statistics referenced have been cited from 2019-2021 BDSA data reporting, the leading provider of market research solutions for the global cannabinoid industry from forecastts to trends, from the USA to Europe. |
3 Assuming rosin sales in California hit 150% growth rate and Oregon 70% grow rate in 2021. |
4 $60.54 in California per gram and $52.27 in Oregon per gram. |
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The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and Halo does not undertake to update any forward-looking information and/or forward-looking statements that are contained or referenced herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking information and statements attributable to Halo or persons acting on its behalf is expressly qualified in its entirety by this notice.
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