FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This prospectus and the documents that are incorporated by
reference into this prospectus contain forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the United States Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”), and is subject to the safe harbor
created by those sections. This prospectus and the documents that
are incorporated by reference into this prospectus also contain
“forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable
Canadian securities laws. We refer to such forward-looking
statements and forward-looking information collectively herein as
“forward-looking statements”. Forward-looking statements may relate
to our future outlook or financial position and anticipated events
or results and may include statements regarding the financial
position, business strategy, budgets, expansion plans, litigation,
projected production, projected costs, capital expenditures,
financial results, taxes, plans and objectives of ours or involving
us. Particularly, statements regarding future results, performance,
achievements, prospects or opportunities for us, the greenhouse
vegetable or produce industry or the cannabis industry are
forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking
information can be identified by such terms as “outlook”, “may”,
“might”, “will”, “could”, “should”, “would”, “occur”, “expect”,
“plan”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “intend”, “try”, “estimate”,
“predict”, “potential”, “continue”, “likely”, “schedule”,
“objectives”, or the negative or grammatical variation thereof or
other similar expressions concerning matters that are not
historical facts. The forward-looking statements in this prospectus
and the documents that are incorporated by reference into this
prospectus are subject to risks that may include, but are not
limited to: our limited operating history in the cannabis and
cannabinoids industry, including that of Rose LifeScience Inc.
(“Rose” or “Rose Lifescience”), Balanced Health
Botanicals, LLC (“Balanced Health”), Pure Sunfarms, Inc.
(“Pure Sunfarms”) and our operations of growing hemp in the
United States; the legal status of the cannabis business of Pure
Sunfarms and Rose and the cannabinoid business of Balanced Health;
risks relating to the integration of Balanced Health and Rose into
our consolidated businesses; risks relating to obtaining additional
financing, including our dependence upon credit facilities;
potential difficulties in achieving and/or maintaining
profitability; variability of product pricing; risks inherent in
the cannabis, hemp, CBD, cannabinoids, and agricultural businesses;
market position; ability to leverage current business relationships
for future business involving hemp and cannabinoids; the ability of
Pure Sunfarms and Rose to cultivate and distribute cannabis in
Canada; existing and new governmental regulations, including risks
related to regulatory compliance and regarding obtaining and
maintaining licenses; risks related to rules and regulations at the
U.S. federal (Food and Drug Administration and United States
Department of Agriculture), state and municipal rules and
regulations with respect to produce and hemp, cannabidiol-based
products commercialization; retail consolidation, technological
advances and other forms of competition; transportation
disruptions; product liability and other potential litigation;
retention of key executives; labor issues; uninsured and
underinsured losses; vulnerability to rising energy costs;
inflationary effects on costs of cultivation and transportation;
recessionary effects on demand of our products; environmental,
health and safety risks, foreign exchange exposure, risks
associated with cross-border trade; difficulties in managing our
growth; restrictive covenants under our credit facilities; natural
catastrophes; the ongoing and developing COVID-19 pandemic; and tax risks.
We have based these forward-looking statements on factors and
assumptions about future events and financial trends that we
believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations,
business strategy and financial needs. Although the forward-looking
statements contained in this prospectus and in the documents
incorporated by reference herein are based upon assumptions that
management believes are reasonable based on information currently
available to management, there can be no assurance that actual
results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown
risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, that
may cause our or the industry’s actual results, performance,
achievements, prospects and opportunities in future periods to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include,
among other things, the factors contained in our filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including
this prospectus and the documents that are incorporated by
reference into this prospectus. In particular, we caution you that
our forward-looking statements are subject to the ongoing and
developing circumstances related
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