UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 16, 2022 |
NEPTUNE WELLNESS SOLUTIONS INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Quebec | 001-33526 | Not applicable | ||
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545 Promenade du Centropolis Suite 100 |
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Laval, Quebec, Canada |
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Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 450 687-2262 |
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Common Shares, no par value per share |
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| The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 16, 2022, Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc. (the “Company”) and two of the Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with PurCann Pharma, Inc. (“Purchaser”), pursuant to which Purchaser agreed to purchase substantially all of the Company's assets relating to its Canadian cannabis business, including the Company's cannabis processing plant located in Sherbrooke, Québec, the Mood Ring and PanHash brands and related assets (the "Transaction") for cash consideration of C$5,150,000.
As part of the Transaction, the Company has received an opinion from its financial advisor, Stifel GMP, that the consideration to be received by the Company as part of the Transaction is fair from a financial point of view. The closing of the Transaction is expected to occur on or before November 15, 2022, upon completion of standard closing conditions. The Purchase Agreement includes customary indemnification provisions and a number of other covenants and agreements of the parties concerning the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.
The preceding description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agreement which is filed as an Exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement have been made solely for the benefit of the parties to the Purchase Agreement and: (i) may be intended not as statements of fact but rather as a way of allocating risk among the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; and (ii) were made only as of the date of the Purchase Agreement or such other dates as may be specified in the Purchase Agreement and are subject to more recent developments. Accordingly, any such representations and warranties should not be relied upon as characterizations of the actual state of facts or affairs on the date they were made or at any other time.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On October 17, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing its entry into the Purchase Agreement. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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10.1* |
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99.1 |
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* The schedules and exhibits to the Asset Purchase Agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of such schedules and exhibits, or any section thereof, to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: | October 18, 2022 | By: | /s/ Raymond Silcock |
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| Raymond Silcock |