LEAMINGTON, ON: Aphria Inc. ("Aphria" or the "Company") (TSX: APH or USOTCQB: APHQF) is pleased to announce it has closed its short form prospectus offering, on a bought deal basis, including the exercise in full of the underwriters' over-allotment option.
A total of 8,363,651 common shares (the "Shares") of the Company were sold at a price of $13.75 per Share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $115,000,201 (the "Offering"). The Offering was underwritten by a syndicate of underwriters led by Clarus Securities Inc. and included AltaCorp Capital Inc., Cormark Securities Inc., and Canaccord Genuity Corp (collectively, the "Underwriters").
The net proceeds of the Offering are expected to be used in connection with international strategic investments, including direct investment, construction or acquisition of production facilities in new markets, located in federal legal markets (specifically excluding the United States), all related to cannabis production facilities; strategic investments to enhance the Company's product offerings or cultivation capabilities; construction or acquisition of domestic retail facilities for distribution of cannabis under the Cannabis Act (Canada), in those provinces which may allow it; construction or acquisition of domestic production facilities, if required to support provincialism within the Cannabis Act (Canada); and general corporate purposes.
Until spent by the Company, the net proceeds of the Offering will be held as cash balances in the Company's bank account or invested at the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors.
The Shares were offered for sale in each of the provinces of Canada, other than the Province of Quebec, by short form prospectus, and in those jurisdictions outside of Canada and the United States which were agreed to by the Company and the Underwriters, where the Shares were issued on a private placement basis, exempt from any prospectus, registration or other similar requirements.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities of Aphria Inc. in the United States, nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The securities offered have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act or any U.S. state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or unless an exemption from such registration is available.
