Cannasouth to fully acquire it’s cultivation and manufacturing joint ventures for $4.5 million

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: Cannasouth Limited (NZX: CBD) has today entered into two conditional agreements to buy the balance of the shares that it does not already own in its cultivation and manufacturing joint venture businesses.

  1. Acquisition of outstanding shares in Cannasouth Cultivation Limited

Cannasouth has entered into a conditional agreement with Aaron Craig and his family interests (Craig Family Interests) to buy the remaining 50% shares in Joint Venture business Cannasouth Cultivation Limited that Cannasouth does not already own, for an aggregate purchase price of $3,540,000.

  1. Acquisition of outstanding interest in Midwest Pharmaceutics NZ Limited

Cannasouth has entered into a conditional agreement with Mark Balchin and Greenmeadows Health Limited (“Midwest Vendors”) to buy the remaining 40 per cent shares in Hawkes Bay-based Midwest Pharmaceutics NZ Limited that it does not already own, together with the shareholder loans made by the Midwest Vendors to Midwest for an aggregate purchase price of $1,026,000. CEO of Midwest, Mark Balchin, will continue as Chief Manufacturing Officer for the Group.

Commercial Benefits of the Acquisitions:

• Take 100 per cent control of both joint venture cultivation and manufacturing businesses
• Accelerate pathway to significant revenue generation
• Improve operational efficiencies across the Group
• Post-acquisition revenues and 100 per cent of future profits will be consolidated into the Cannasouth Group P&L
• Opportunity to generate additional revenues from existing operations at Midwest while positioning the
business for GMP certified medicinal cannabis manufacturing

Cannasouth plans to undertake a Capital Raising to Fund the Acquisitions.

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