Magnetic North Acquisition Corp. Announces Previcare in Receipt of Blanket Purchase Order for Up to $20.4 Million CAD of Compostable Medical Masks
15 Novembre 2021 - 1:59PM
Magnetic North Acquisition Corp. (TSXV: MNC;
MNC.PR.A) (“
Magnetic North” or the
“
Company”) is pleased to announce that investee
company, Previcare, Inc. (“
Previcare”), and its
partners have executed supply agreements and have received a
blanket purchase order (the “Purchase Order”) for ASTM Level-3
compostable medical face masks. This Purchase Order is expected to
generate approximately $20.4 million CAD of revenues for Previcare
over the next 12 months.
The Purchase Order was received from a major
US-based supplier of Personal Protective Equipment
(“PPE”). The initial term of the Purchase Order is
for twelve months and provides for monthly revenue to Previcare of
approximately $1.7 million CAD. The Purchase Order includes the
ability to increase monthly orders, subject to certain conditions.
Previcare expects first shipments to commence before the end of the
2021 calendar year.
Andrew Osis, Co-CEO of Magnetic
North stated, “Environmental, Social and Governance
(“ESG”) performance is a top priority as Magnetic
North continues to invest in technologies and innovations designed
to improve performance and reduce negative impact on the
environment. This Purchase Order is the first step of many we have
been working on to facilitate the continuing development and value
growth of Previcare. We are very pleased to work with the Previcare
team to structure this deal and surface value for our
shareholders.”
Kevin Spall, Co-CEO of Magnetic
North stated, “As outstretched demand for PPE has increased, we
continue to face challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic. An
overwhelming task is how to address the disposal of face masks in
an environmentally responsible way. This Purchase Order provides a
compostable medical face mask solution with what we believe to be
equivalent or better performance and filtration utility to standard
synthetic masks, to address this unmet market need.”
Recent reports estimate three million face
masks each minute, or 129 billion (see link) face masks each month,
are discarded or disposed of worldwide. With the vast majority of
disposable face masks being made from plastic microfibers,
scientists have warned that those masks can take up to 450 years to
fully decompose (see link).
Spall added, “The Purchase
Order is indicative of what we believe to be the significant demand
from Previcare’s customers for environmentally responsible medical
grade masks that can start to compost in less than 90 days.”
In order to meet the demand, Previcare and its
partners plan to expand their current production capacity.
Previcare advises it is targeting production and delivery capacity
in excess of 100 million masks per month within the next twelve to
18 months.
As previously disclosed, Magnetic North owns a
32% equity stake in Previcare, a healthcare company focused on
assisting its customers to protect themselves during and beyond the
COVID-19 pandemic.
About Magnetic North Acquisition Corp.
Magnetic North invests and manages businesses on
behalf of its shareholders and believes that capital alone does not
always lead to success. With offices in Calgary and Toronto, our
experienced management team applies its considerable management,
operations and capital markets expertise to ensure its investee
companies are as successful as possible for shareholders. Magnetic
North common shares and preferred shares trade on the TSX Venture
Exchange under the stock symbol MNC and MNC.PR.A, respectively. The
TSX Venture announced that Magnetic North is a “2021 TSX Venture
50” recipient. For more information about Magnetic North, visit its
website at www.magneticnac.com. Magnetic North’s securities filings
can also be accessed at www.sedar.com.
For Further Information, Please
Contact:
Graeme
Dick |
Stephen
McCormick |
Investor Relations |
VP, Capital Markets |
403-451-0939 |
403-451-0939 |
graeme@colwellcapital.com |
stephen@magneticnac.com |
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its
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of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this news release.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD
LOOKING INFORMATION
This news release contains “forward-looking
information” within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation.
Forward-looking information generally refers to information about
an issuer’s business, capital, or operations that is prospective in
nature, and includes future-oriented information about the
fulfilment of the Purchase Order, demand from Previcare’s existing
and future customers and Previcare’s production expansion plans,
each of which is based on a number of assumptions and subject to
various risks.
The Company has made certain material
assumptions, including but not limited to: the counterparty to the
Purchase Order fulfilling its commitments in accordance with the
terms of the Purchase Order; a continuing lack of a superior or
competing technology to the ASTM Level-3 compostable medical face
mask product; continuation of prevailing market conditions; lack of
significant negative impacts from general business, economic,
competitive, political and social uncertainties; and the ability of
each of the Company and Previcare to execute and achieve its
respective business objectives to develop the forward-looking
information in this news release. There can be no assurance that
such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and
future events could differ materially from those anticipated in
such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue
reliance on forward-looking statements.
Actual results may vary from the forward-looking
information in this news release due to certain material risk
factors. These risk factors include but are not limited to: those
implied by the assumptions discussed above; adverse market
conditions; reliance on key and qualified personnel; and regulatory
and other risks associated with the industries in which the
Company's portfolio companies (including Previcare) operate, in
general. The Company cautions that the foregoing list of material
risk factors and assumptions is not exhaustive.
The Company assumes no obligation to update or
revise the forward-looking information in this news release unless
it is required to do so under Canadian securities legislation.
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