HEXO Corp Announces At-the-Market Offering of up to C$150,000,000
May 11 2021 - 8:52AM
HEXO Corp. (“
HEXO”, or the
“
Company”) (TSX: HEXO; NYSE: HEXO) is pleased to
announce that it has established an at-the-market equity program
(the “
ATM Program”) that allows the Company to
issue and sell up to C$150,000,000 (or its U.S. dollar equivalent)
of common shares in the capital of the Company (the “
Common
Shares”) from treasury to the public, from time to time,
at the Company’s discretion. All Common Shares sold under the ATM
Program will be made through “at‑the‑market distributions” as
defined in the Canadian Securities Administrators’ National
Instrument 44‑102 ‑ Shelf Distributions, including sales made
through the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “
TSX”),
the New York Stock Exchange (the “
NYSE”), or any
other recognized marketplace on which the Common Shares are listed,
quoted or otherwise traded in Canada and the United States.
Distributions of the Common Shares under the ATM
Program will be made pursuant to the terms of an equity
distribution agreement dated May 11, 2021 (the
“Distribution Agreement”) entered into among the
Company, A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners and BMO Capital Markets
Corp., as U.S. agents, and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., as Canadian
agent (collectively, the “Agents“).
The volume and timing of distributions under the
ATM Program, if any, will be determined in the Company’s sole
discretion. The Common Shares will be distributed at the market
prices prevailing at the time of each sale and, as a result, prices
may vary as between purchasers and during the period of the ATM
Program. The ATM Program will be effective until the earlier of the
issuance and sale of all of the Common Shares issuable pursuant to
the ATM Program and June 7, 2023, unless terminated prior to such
date by the Company or the Agents in accordance with the terms of
the Distribution Agreement.
The Company expects to use the net proceeds from
the ATM Program for general corporate purposes, which may include:
(i) costs associated with the Company’s U.S. expansion plans
including the contemplated acquisition of a facility in the State
of Colorado and its subsequent retrofitting and improvement; (ii)
capital expenditures, including potential capital expenditures to
make additional improvements to the production lines at the
Company’s Belleville, Ontario facility; (iii) potential future
acquisitions; (iv) working capital, including replenishing existing
cash resources and working capital which will be used to fund
certain transaction and integration costs and minimum debt
repayments related to the Company’s proposed acquisition of Zenabis
Global Inc. (“Zenabis”); and (v) repayment of additional debts
owed by Zenabis following the completion of the Zenabis
acquisition.
The offering of Common Shares under the ATM
Program is qualified by a prospectus supplement dated May 11, 2021
(the ”Prospectus Supplement”) to the Company’s
Canadian short form base shelf prospectus dated May 7, 2021 (the
”Base Shelf Prospectus“), each filed with the
securities commissions in each of the provinces and territories of
Canada, and a prospectus supplement dated May 11, 2021 (the
”U.S. Prospectus Supplement“) to the Company’s
U.S. base shelf prospectus (the ”U.S. Base
Prospectus“) included in its registration statement on
Form F-10 (the ”Registration Statement“) (File No.
333-255264) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 10, 2021. The Distribution Agreement, the
Prospectus Supplement and the Base Shelf Prospectus are available
on the SEDAR website maintained by the Canadian Securities
Administrators at www.sedar.com, and the Distribution Agreement,
U.S. Prospectus Supplement, the U.S. Base Prospectus and the
Registration Statement are available on EDGAR at the SEC’s website
at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Agents will send copies of the
Prospectus Supplement and the Base Shelf Prospectus or the U.S.
Prospectus Supplement and the U.S. Base Prospectus, as applicable,
upon request by contacting in the U.S.:
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 orBMO Capital Markets Corp. (Attention:
Equity Syndicate Department), 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036,
or by telephone at (800) 414‑3627, or by email:
bmoprospectus@bmo.com;or in Canada:BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.,
(Attention: BMO Capital Markets, Brampton Distribution Centre C/O
The Data Group of Companies), 9195 Torbram Road, Brampton, Ontario,
L6S 6H2, or by telephone at (905) 791-3151, or by email:
torbramwarehouse@datagroup.ca. |
No securities regulatory authority has either
approved or disapproved of the contents of this press release. This
press release is for information purposes only and does not
constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy
the Common Shares, nor shall there be any sale of these securities
in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under
the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About HEXO (TSX: HEXO; NYSE: HEXO)
HEXO Corp is an award-winning consumer packaged
goods cannabis company that creates and distributes innovative
products to serve the global cannabis market. The Company serves
the Canadian adult-use markets under its HEXO, HEXO Plus, Up,
Original Stash and Bake Sale brands and the medical market under
HEXO medical cannabis. For more information, please visit
hexocorp.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking
information and forward-looking statements within the meaning of
applicable securities laws (“forward-looking
statements”), including statements regarding the aggregate
value of Common Shares which may be issued pursuant to the ATM
Program and the Company’s expected use of the net proceeds from the
ATM Program, if any. Forward-looking statements are based on
certain expectations and assumptions and are subject to known and
unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause
actual events, results, performance and achievements to differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements, including that the Company’s use of proceeds of the ATM
Program may differ from those indicated. Forward-looking statements
should not be read as guarantees of future performance or
results.
For additional information with respect to
certain of these expectations, assumptions, risks, uncertainties
and other factors, and risk factors relating to the Company and the
Common Shares, reference should be made to the Prospectus
Supplement and the Base Shelf Prospectus or the U.S. Prospectus
Supplement and the U.S. Base Prospectus, as applicable, the
Company’s annual information form dated October 29, 2020 and other
continuous disclosure filings, which are available on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com and EDGAR at www.sec.gov. Readers are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company
disclaims any intention or obligation, except to the extent
required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements
as a result of new information or future events, or for any other
reason.
Investor Relations:
invest@HEXO.com
www.hexocorp.com
Media Relations:
(819) 317-0526
media@hexo.com
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