The Flowr Corporation (“
Flowr” or the
“
Company”) (TSXV: FLWR, OTC: FLWPF) is pleased to
provide a business update and announces the departure of Director
and Chief Executive Officer (“
CEO”) Darryl Brooker
and appointment of Tom Flow as Interim CEO.
Business Update
In the last six months, Flowr has increased its
product offerings significantly with the launch and success of
Strawnana, Sour Sis, BC Dog Walkers, and the recently introduced
strains of BC Clementine Crush, BC Lemon Ice, BC Spiced Grape and
BC Mango Melon OG. Q2 will see the introduction of seven new SKU’s
across the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta
and Saskatchewan. The genetic and innovation pipeline continues to
expand and new product launches are planned for Q3 and Q4.
From January 2022 to February 2022, our BC
Strawnana Dog Walkers (pre-rolls) represented a top 15 pre-roll SKU
in Ontario (above $10/gram) and continues to show strong traction
in the provinces of British Colombia and Alberta. We have also seen
significant growth in retail penetration across our core markets.
In Ontario, over 65% of stores currently carry at least one Flowr
product, representing significant growth from under 50% in August
2021. We’ve seen a similar story across our other major markets,
where our store distribution has grown from ~30% to over ~60% and
~27% to over 55% in British Colombia and Alberta, respectfully.
Over the past year, the Company has
significantly reduced its overhead costs and paid down much of its
senior indebtedness. Since January 1, 2021, the Company has reduced
the amount of principal indebtedness under its overall debt from
$43.5 million to $27.9 million and has repaid its senior secured
indebtedness from $18.5 million to $5.7 million to date. The sale
of the KRS R&D facility as previously announced will further
reduce the Company’s indebtedness by $12 million. The Company has
also reduced SG&A expenses each quarter since the end of 2020
and is on track to achieve annualized SG&A savings of $3.3
million as previously announced. Our revenue continues to show
quarter-on-quarter growth and will achieve record annual revenue
for 2021 and further growth into 2022. We expect to release our Q4
and full year 2021 financial results prior to the end of April
2022.
The Company has freed up additional funds and
streamlined its focus through the sale of non-core assets,
including its Australian business, TCann Pty. Ltd. for $500,000,
sale of the K2 lands for $6.3 million and the recently announced
agreement to sell the KRS R&D facility for net proceeds of $4
million.
Leadership Transition
Mr. Brooker has resigned as Director and CEO
effective immediately in order to pursue other opportunities. The
Company would like to thank Darryl for his efforts over the past
year and wish him success in his future endeavours.
“Leaving Flowr was a very tough and personal
decision for me as I pursue other opportunities. I could not be
more impressed with the performance of the management team over the
last 10 months in terms of productivity, innovation, new strains
and a laser focus on driving the business to profitability in 2022.
This strong management team remains in place and I am confident
that Flowr will continue to improve its share and leadership in the
premium Canadian cannabis dried flower market”.
In the short-term, Tom Flow has been appointed
Interim CEO to help support the leadership transition of the
Company. As the founder and former CEO of the Company, Tom has an
intimate knowledge of the business and is well-positioned to help
guide Flowr through its leadership transition.
The Board of Directors will be providing
additional support to management during the leadership transition
to ensure effective leadership and decision-making as the Company
continues its focus on streamlining the business and works towards
its goal of becoming cash-flow positive during 2022.
About The Flowr Corporation
The Flowr Corporation is a Canadian cannabis
company with operations in Canada and the European Union. Its
Canadian operating campus, located in Kelowna, BC, includes a
purpose-built, GMP-designed indoor cultivation facility; an outdoor
and greenhouse cultivation site; and a state-of-the-art R&D
facility. From this campus, Flowr produces recreational and
medicinal products. Internationally, Flowr services the global
medical cannabis market through its subsidiary, Holigen Holdings
Limited, which has a license for cannabis cultivation in Portugal
and operates a GMP licensed facility in Portugal. In 2020, Flowr’s
BC Pink Kush was recognized as the top indica strain in Canada by
KIND magazine.
Flowr aims to support improving outcomes through
responsible cannabis use and, as an established expert in cannabis
cultivation, strives to be the brand of choice for consumers and
patients seeking the highest-quality craftsmanship and product
consistency across a portfolio of differentiated cannabis
products.
For more information, please visit flowrcorp.com
or follow Flowr on Twitter: @FlowrCanada and LinkedIn: The Flowr
Corporation.
On behalf of The Flowr Corporation:
Tom FlowInterim Chief Executive Officer
CONTACT INFORMATION:
INVESTORS & MEDIA:John ChouChief Financial
OfficerJohn.chou@flowr.ca
Forward-Looking Information:
Certain statements made in this press release
may constitute “forward-looking information”, “future oriented
financial information” or “financial outlooks” (collectively,
“forward-looking information”) within the meaning
of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking information may
relate to anticipated events or results including, but not limited
to: the satisfaction of all of the conditions under the Supply
Agreement; the anticipated size of the European medical cannabis
market; the Company’s expectation that it will build on its
achievements as it continues to invest in sales and marketing;
Flowr servicing the global medical cannabis market and operating
GMP facilities in Portugal; Flowr’s business, production and
products; Flowr’s plans to provide premium quality cannabis to
adult use recreational and medical markets; EU-GMP certification
opening the medicinal cannabis opportunity for the Company in
global markets; the Company being well positioned to distribute
EU-GMP compliant product into underserviced markets; Flowr’s
ability to realize revenue from the Company’s European operations
within the anticipated timeframe or at all; Flowr’s ability to
establish further sales and distribution channels in Europe to
deliver medicinal cannabis to underserviced markets; future
legislative and regulatory developments in Canada, in Europe and
elsewhere; the cannabis industry in Canada and Europe, generally;
the ability of Flowr to implement its business strategies; and the
ability of can be identified by the use of forward-looking
terminology such as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “believe”, “estimate”,
“plan”, “could”, “should”, “would”, “outlook”, “forecast”,
“anticipate”, “foresee”, “continue” or the Flowr to produce or sell
premium quality cannabis. Particularly, information regarding our
expectations of future results, targets, performance achievements,
prospects or opportunities is forward-looking information. Often,
but not always, forward-looking statements negative of these terms
or variations of them or similar terminology. Forward-looking
information is current as of the date it is made and is based on
reasonable estimates and assumptions made by us at the relevant
time in light of our experience and perception of historical
trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as
well as other factors that we believe are appropriate and
reasonable in the circumstances. To the extent any forward-looking
information in this press release constitutes “future oriented
financial information” or “financial outlooks”, within the meaning
of applicable securities laws, the purpose of such information
being provided is to demonstrate the potential of the Company and
readers are cautioned that this information may not be appropriate
for any other purpose. However, we do not undertake to update any
such forward-looking information whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as required under
applicable securities laws in Canada.
There can be no assurance that such estimates
and assumptions will prove to be correct. Many factors could cause
our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements
or future events or developments to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by the forward-looking information as
discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s 2020
Annual Information Form dated April 28, 2021 (the
“AIF”). A copy of the AIF and the Company’s other
publicly filed documents can be accessed under the Company’s
profile on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and
Retrieval (“SEDAR”) at www.sedar.com. The Company
cautions that the list of risk factors and uncertainties described
in the AIF is not exhaustive and other factors could also adversely
affect its results. Readers are urged to consider the risks,
uncertainties and assumptions carefully in evaluating the
forward-looking information and are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on such information.
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