Nature's Miracle Holding Inc. (NASDAQ: NMHI; NMHIW) (“Nature’s
Miracle” or the “Company”), a leader in vertical farming technology
and infrastructure, and Agrify Corporation (NASDAQ: AGFY)
(“Agrify”), announced today that both parties have signed a
definitive agreement and plan of merger (“Agreement”) in which a
new wholly-owned subsidiary of Nature’s Miracle will merge with and
into Agrify, with Agrify surviving the merger as a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Nature’s Miracle. The signing of the definitive
agreement directly follows the previously announced term sheet for
the merger.
The Transaction
Agrify shareholders who do not dissent to the
merger will each be issued 0.45 of a share of Nature’s Miracle
common stock for each share of Agrify common stock that they hold.
Based on the companies’ current capitalization, it is anticipated
that Agrify shareholders will collectively own approximately 30% of
the post-merger common stock of the combined companies. In
addition, Nature’s Miracle agreed to purchase and guarantee certain
senior and junior notes issued by Agrify with a combination of cash
and Nature’s Miracle stock.
The Opportunity
The management teams of Nature’s Miracle and
Agrify will unite, enriched with deep industry and public company
operational expertise, to create an industry leading consolidated
organization focused on indoor vertical farming supported by a
prominent cannabis extraction division. Upon completion of the
merger, management will focus on increasing Nature’s Miracle’s
market share supported by the alliance of the core business
segments of each company including LED lighting, grow feed, indoor
farming control systems, artificial intelligence enabled technology
and software, and operations to source product in Asia and expand
manufacturing in the U.S. The transaction is expected to close in
the second half of 2024, subject to shareholder approval and other
customary closing conditions.
Management Commentary
James Li, Chief Executive Officer of Nature’s
Miracle, commented, “As we work towards merger completion, we are
confident that the “one” Nature’s Miracle and Agrify business will
result in significant market share growth as consumer adoption
increases across the vertical farming agriculture industry. The
collaboration going forward with Raymond and his skilled Agrify
team is representative of a long history of industry interaction
and represents natural business synergies from cross-sell
opportunities to savings on public-company expenses and working
together to reduce sourcing and manufacturing costs. Our goal is to
drive the growth of the unified business and achieve coordinated
success to realize value for all stakeholders.”
Raymond Chang, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Agrify, stated, “We believe the cannabis
industry needs consolidation. The combined forces of Agrify and
Nature Miracle will elevate our innovative, disruptive, and
high-quality technology and service offerings for both the cannabis
and agriculture industries. Nature Miracle's lighting and indoor
farming offerings, along with Agrify's cultivation and extraction
technologies, will allow operators to utilize AI and automation to
scale with operational consistency. We are optimistic the strength
of the combined company's IP in vertical farming and extraction is
a significant growth opportunity.”
About Nature’s Miracle Holding
Inc.
Nature’s Miracle is an integrated agriculture
technology company providing equipment and services to the
Controlled Environment Agriculture industry. Through its two
wholly-owned subsidiaries Visiontech Group, Inc. and Hydroman,
Inc., the company offers products including horticultural lighting,
irrigation systems, power distribution systems, materials and
equipment to indoor, greenhouse, hydroponic and vertical growers.
Nature’s Miracle has also developed cost-effective solutions for
greenhouse systems, automated vertical farming, and modular
container grow systems.
Nature’s Miracle was founded and continues to be
led by James Li who co-founded China Hydroelectric Corporation, one
of the largest small hydroelectric companies listed on the NYSE
(“CHC”) and by President Jonathan Zhang, who built Efinity, a
well-recognized and respected brand of grow lighting in the indoor
farming and controlled environment field. For more information,
please visit www.Nature-Miracle.com.
About Agrify
Agrify is a leading provider of innovative
cultivation and extraction solutions for the cannabis industry,
bringing data, science, and technology to the forefront of the
market. Agrify’s proprietary micro-environment-controlled Vertical
Farming Units (VFUs), enable cultivators to produce the highest
quality products with unmatched consistency, yield, and ROI (return
on investment) at scale. Agrify’s comprehensive extraction product
line, which includes hydrocarbon, ethanol, solventless extraction,
post-processing, and lab equipment, empowers producers to maximize
the quantity and quality of extract required for premium
concentrates. For more information, please visit Agrify’s website
at www.agrify.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Except for historical information contained
herein, this press release contains certain "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the federal U.S. securities laws
with respect to the merger agreement and business of Nature’s
Miracle and Agrify; other future references such as the anticipated
synergies resulting from the transactions contemplated by the
merger agreement, the parties’ ability to close the proposed merger
on the expected timeline or at all, the expected share ownership by
former Agrify shareholders in the combined company, the services
and markets of Nature’s Miracle and Agrify, our expectations
regarding future growth, results of operations, performance, future
capital and other expenditures, competitive advantages, business
prospects and opportunities, future plans and intentions, results,
level of activities, performance, goals or achievements or other
future events. These forward-looking statements generally are
identified by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,”
“may,” “could,” “will,” “potential,” “intend,” “estimate,”
“should,” “plan,” “predict,” or the negative or other variations of
such statements, reflect our management’s current beliefs and
assumptions and are based on the information currently available to
our management. Forward-looking statements are predictions,
projections and other statements about future events that are based
on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are
subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual
results or developments to differ materially from those expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not
limited to: (i) the risk that the business and revenue prospects of
Nature’s Miracle may not materialize which may adversely affect the
price of Nature’s Miracle’s securities; (ii) the occurrence of any
unforeseen event that would impact continued listing of Nature’s
Miracle’s or Agrify’s securities on the Nasdaq exchange; (iii)
changes in the competitive industries in which Nature’s Miracle and
Agrify operates, variations in operating performance across
competitors, changes in laws and regulations affecting Nature’s
Miracle’s and Agrify’s business and changes in the combined capital
structure; (iv) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts
and other expectations after the completion of the proposed
transactions contemplated by the merger agreement; (v) the risk of
downturns in the market and Nature’s Miracle’s and Agrify’s
industry including, but not limited to market prices of indoor
grower's produce, transportation costs, competition with outdoor
growers and demand in the consumer marketplace; and (vi) the risk
that the parties may not be able to satisfy one or more of the
closing conditions to the transaction. For additional details on
the uncertainties that may cause our actual results to be
materially different than those expressed in our forward-looking
statements, please review the most recent Annual Reports on Form
10-K filed by Nature’s Miracle and by Agrify with the Securities
and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov, particularly the
information contained in the section entitled “Risk Factors.”
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they
are made, and neither Nature’s Miracle nor Agrify assume any
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements or
other information contained herein, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. You are cautioned not to
put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Neither
Nature’s Miracle nor Agrify gives any assurance that it will
achieve its expectations.
Company ContactGeorge Yutuc Chief Financial
OfficerGeorge.yutuc@nature-miracle.com
Investor Relations ContactShannon Devine/Rory
RumoreMZ North AmericaMain: 203-741-8811NMHI@mzgroup.us
Agrify Investor RelationsIR@agrify.com (857)
256-8110
Source: Nature’s Miracle Holding Inc.
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