VAUGHAN, ON, April 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - CannTrust Holdings
Inc. ("CannTrust" or the "Company") (unlisted) announced today that
it has obtained approval from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
(Commercial List) under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement
Act (Canada) (the "CCAA") for
the Company's previously announced "debtor-in-possession" ("DIP")
and CCAA Exit Credit Facility ("Credit Facility") arranged and
agented by Cortland Credit Lending Corporation.
As announced by the Company on April 20,
2021, the Credit Facility consists of a revolving loan under
which repayments and additional drawdowns will be permitted from
time to time, provided that the amounts owing under the Credit
Facility shall not exceed the Borrowing Limit of C$22.5 million. The Credit Facility will have a
term of 12 months, which may be extended for an additional 12
months upon mutual agreement.
The Credit Facility will be secured by a first-ranking security
interest over all assets of CannTrust, subject to certain Permitted
Encumbrances and certain excluded assets and, during the pendency
of the CCAA Proceedings, a first-ranking super-priority DIP
financing charge, subject to some limited exceptions.
Funds advanced under the Credit Facility will be used to fund
CannTrust's working capital needs and support the restoration of
its operations, so that CannTrust can continue to rebuild
stakeholder trust while delivering quality, innovative products to
its patients and consumers.
The Company intends to file on www.sedar.com a copy of the
definitive Term Sheet relating to the Credit Facility, redacted to
omit certain commercially sensitive information that has been
sealed by order of the Court.
CannTrust remains under CCAA protection to facilitate its
efforts to resolve its civil litigation claims and complete its
review of strategic alternatives, which includes a review of
financing options. Aspects of the ongoing efforts remain
confidential, and the Company is unable to predict with any
certainty either their timing or outcome. In the meantime, the
reinstatement of its cannabis licenses and the restoration of its
ongoing operations, CannTrust's re-entry into the Canadian
recreational and medical cannabis business segments and its entry
into the Restructuring Support Agreement are essential to the
Company's focus on rebuilding its franchise. For more information
about CannTrust's CCAA proceedings, please visit:
www.ey.com/ca/canntrust.
About CannTrust
CannTrust is a federally regulated licensed cannabis
producer. We are proudly Canadian, operating a portfolio of brands
including estora, Liiv and Synr.g, specifically
designed to surprise and delight patients and consumers.
At CannTrust, we are committed to providing an exceptional
customer experience, as well as consistent and quality products
through standardized processes. Our greenhouse produces Grade A
cannabis flower, which is currently sold in dried flower, oil drops
and capsule formats. Founded in 2013, our continued success in the
medical cannabis market and subsequent expansion into the
recreational business, led to us being named Licensed Producer of
the Year at the Canadian Cannabis Awards 2018.
CannTrust is committed to research and
innovation, investing in developing technologies for new
products in the medical, recreational, and wellness markets, while
contributing to the growing body of evidence-based research
regarding the use and efficacy of cannabis.
Learn more at www.canntrust.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within
the meaning of Canadian Securities laws and "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the
United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 and other applicable United
States safe harbor laws, and such statements are based upon
CannTrust's current internal expectations, estimates, projections,
assumptions and beliefs and views of future events.
Forward-looking information and forward-looking statements can
be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as
"believes", "expect", "likely", "may", "will", "should", "intend",
"anticipate", "potential", "proposed", "estimate" and other similar
words, including negative and grammatical variations thereof, or
statements that certain events or conditions "may", "would" or
"will" happen, or by discussions of strategy.
The forward-looking information and statements in this news
release include statements relating to the expectation that
CannTrust will settle certain civil litigation claims and emerge
from creditor protection under the CCAA. Forward-looking
information and statements necessarily involve known and unknown
risks, including, without limitation: the outcome of the Company's
contingent liabilities; the impact of potential regulatory and
other investigations; the Company's review of strategic
alternatives; risks associated with general economic conditions;
adverse industry events; loss of markets; future legislative and
regulatory developments in Canada,
the United States and elsewhere;
the cannabis industry in Canada
generally; and, the ability of CannTrust to implement its business
strategies.
Any forward-looking information and statements speak only as of
the date on which they are made, and, except as required by law,
CannTrust does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking information or statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise. New factors emerge
from time to time, and it is not possible for CannTrust to predict
all such factors. When considering these forward-looking
information and statements, readers should keep in mind the risk
factors and other cautionary statements in CannTrust's Annual
Information Form dated March 28, 2019
(the "AIF") and filed with the applicable Canadian securities
regulatory authorities on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and filed as an
exhibit CannTrust's Form 40-F annual report under the United States
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission on EDGAR at www.sec.gov (the
"March 2019 Form 40-F"). The risk
factors and other factors noted in the AIF could cause actual
events or results to differ materially from those described in any
forward-looking information or statements. Readers are also
reminded that CannTrust remains in default of its periodic
disclosure requirements under applicable securities laws and stock
exchange requirements, that its most recent AIF, Form 40-F and
other disclosures do not reflect all risk factors that currently
face the Company, and that the Company has not completed or filed
the restatements of the financial statements included in the AIF or
the March 2019 Form 40-F or otherwise
filed an amendment to such Form 40-F, and that the Company has
determined not to correct its prior filings or make any further
filings in respect of periodic disclosure requirements under
applicable securities laws and stock exchange requirements. None of
the Company's securities is listed for trading on any stock
exchange in any jurisdiction and, in Canada, trading in the Company's securities is
subject to a cease-trade order issued on April 13, 2020 by the Ontario Securities
Commission for CannTrust's failure to comply with its disclosure
obligations under applicable securities laws.
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