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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): January 31, 2022 (December 21, 2021)

 

Medicine Man Technologies, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Nevada   000-55450   46-5289499
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

4880 Havana Street, Suite 201

Denver, Colorado

80239
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
   
(303) 371-0387
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
   
Not Applicable
(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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of Each Exchange On Which Registered
Not applicable   Not applicable   Not applicable

 

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).

Emerging growth company                  

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information set forth in Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 3.02 by reference.

 

As previously disclosed, on December 21, 2021, Medicine Man Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) issued 100,000 shares of common stock as part of the purchase price (the “Smoking Gun Shares”) for assets purchased under the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated November 13, 2021, by and among the Company, Double Brow, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, Smoking Gun, LLC, Smoking Gun Land Company, LLC, and Deborah Dunafon, Ralph Riggs, George Miller, Lindsey Mintz, Terry Grossman and Annette Gilman.

 

On December 20, 2021, the Company issued 245,017 shares of common stock (the “Conversion Shares”) upon the voluntary conversion of 272 shares of the Company’s Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock held by an investor who originally received the shares of preferred stock on December 18, 2020 at the closing of an asset acquisition by the Company.

 

The issuances of the Drift Shares (as defined in Item 8.01) and the Smoking Gun Shares were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The Company issued such shares in privately negotiated transactions, and such shares were acquired for the recipients’ accounts for investment purposes. A legend was placed on the certificates representing shares of common stock referencing the restricted nature of the shares.

 

The issuance of the Conversion Shares was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act. The Company issued the Conversion Shares in exchange for other Company securities held by the recipient upon the voluntary conversion of such other Company securities and no commission or other remuneration was paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting such exchange.

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On January 26, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Asset Purchase. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information under Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 are being furnished by the Company pursuant to Item 7.01. In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information under Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. In addition, this information shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On January 25, 2022, the Company completed its previously announced asset purchase from BG3 Investments, LLC, dba Drift (“BG3”), and Black Box Licensing, LLC (“Black Box”, and together with BG3, individually, “Seller” and collectively, “Sellers”), pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2021, together the “APA”), dated June 25, 2021, by and among the Company, Double Brow, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Purchaser”), BG3, Black Box, and Brian Searchinger, the sole equityholder of BG3 and an equityholder of Black Box (the “Equityholder”).

 

 

 

 

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At the closing, the Purchaser (i) purchased the Sellers’ assets used in or held for use in or related to the operation of the Sellers’ business of distributing, marketing and selling recreational cannabis products, including certain intellectual property rights and the leases for two dispensary retail stores located in Boulder, Colorado, other than certain excluded assets (the “Asset Purchase”), and (ii) assumed obligations under contracts acquired as part of the Asset Purchase, in each case, on the terms and conditions set forth in the APA.

 

The aggregate closing consideration for the Asset Purchase was (i) $1,915,750 in cash, of which $15,750 was a reimbursement for security deposits on the Leased Real Property (as defined in the APA); $266,190.50 was paid to BG3, and $1,418,559.50 was paid to Black Box, and (ii) 912,666 shares of the Company’s common stock issued to BG3 (the “Drift Shares”). The Company may be required to issue up to 154,000 additional shares of common stock as consideration, which the Company is holding back as collateral for indemnification from the Sellers and Equityholder under the APA. Any portion of the held-back stock consideration not used to satisfy indemnification claims will be released as follows: (i) 50% of the held-back stock consideration will be released on June 30, 2022; and (ii) 50% of the held-back stock consideration will be released on December 31, 2022. The Company funded the cash portion of the closing consideration from cash on hand.

 

The Company entered into a lock-up agreement with BG3 and the beneficial owners of the Drift Shares providing limitations on the resale of the Drift Shares.

 

The descriptions of the APA and the transactions contemplated thereby contained in Item 1.01 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 1, 2021 (the “Prior 8-K”) is incorporated herein by reference. The summary of the APA and the transactions contemplated thereby contained in the Prior 8-K and above does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the APA (including the amendment), filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Prior 8-K and incorporated herein by reference and Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No. Description
   
99.1 Asset Purchase Agreement, dated June 25, 2021, by and among Double Brow, LLC, Medicine Man Technologies, Inc., BG3 Investments, LLC, Black Box Licensing, LLC, and Brian Searchinger (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Medicine Man Technologies, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 1, 2021 (Commission File No. 000-55450)*
99.2 Amendment No. 1 to Asset Purchase Agreement, dated October 28, 2021, by and among Double Brow, LLC, Medicine Man Technologies, Inc., BG3 Investments, LLC, Black Box Licensing, LLC, and Brian Searchinger.
99.3 Press Release, dated January 26, 2022
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

*       Certain exhibits and schedules to the agreement have been omitted pursuant to Instruction 4 to Item 1.01 of Form 8-K and Item 601(a)(5), as applicable, of Regulation S-K. The Company hereby undertakes to supplementally furnish copies of any omitted schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  MEDICINE MAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
   
  By:  /s/ Daniel R. Pabon                                

Date:  January 31, 2022

 

  Daniel R. Pabon
General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made as of October 28, 2021 (the “Effective Date”) by and between (i) Double Brow, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (“Purchaser”), (ii) Medicine Man Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Parent”), (iii) BG3 Investments, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (“BG3”), (iv) Black Box Licensing, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (“Black Box”, and together with BG3, individually, “Seller” and collectively, “Sellers”), and (v) Brian Searchinger, an individual residing in Boulder, Colorado, the sole equityholder of BG3, and an equityholder of Black Box (“Searchinger” or “Equityholder”). Purchaser, Parent, each Seller and the Equityholder are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Parties entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated June 25, 2021 (the “Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend certain provisions of the Agreement as set forth below.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants contained in this Amendment and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1. Purchase Price. Section 2.1(a) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and amended and restated to read in full as set forth below:

 

The aggregate purchase price for the Purchased Assets (the “Purchase Price”) will consist of the assumption by Purchaser of the Assumed Liabilities as set forth in Section 1.3 and the payment, in the form set forth herein, by Purchaser to Sellers or such other Persons as set forth herein, of an amount (the “Closing Purchase Price”) equal to (i) $3,500,000 plus (ii) $15,750 as reimbursement for security deposits on the Leased Real Property, plus or minus (iii) subject to Section 2.3, the Inventory Adjustment Amount.

 

2. Holdback Consideration. The definition of “Holdback Consideration” set forth on Exhibit A attached to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and amended and restated to read in full as set forth below:

 

“Holdback Consideration” means that number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000.00) divided by the Per Share Price.

 

3. Closing Shares. Section 2.2(c) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and amended and restated to read in full as set forth below:

 

Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2, at the Closing, Purchaser will cause Parent to issue a number of shares of the common stock of Parent (the “Parent Common Stock”) to BG3 equal to (i) (A) forty-five point seven percent (45.7%) multiplied by (B) the Closing Purchase Price divided by (ii) the Per Share Price less (iii) the Holdback Consideration (the “Stock Consideration”).

 

4. Release of Holdback Consideration. Section 2.2(d) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and amended and restated to read in full as set forth below:

 

Within three (3) days following the applicable Holdback Release Date, Purchaser will transfer and deliver or cause to be transferred and delivered to BG3 the portion of the Holdback Consideration payable on such applicable Holdback Release Date as set forth in Section 7.1(c) which has not been used to satisfy any adjustments or obligations pursuant to Article VII. Any amount of Holdback Consideration that is the subject of a dispute on a Holdback Release Date will continue to be Holdback Consideration and will not be released to BG3 until such dispute is finally resolved, as set forth in Section 7.1(c).

 

 

 

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5. Holdback. Section 7.1(c)(i) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and amended and restated to read in full as set forth below:

 

The Holdback Consideration, less any amounts that have been released to compensate any Purchaser Indemnified Persons for Damages as provided in this Article VII will be issued or released, as applicable, in the amounts and on the dates as set forth in this Section 7.1(c), to Sellers within ten (10) Business Days after the applicable release date (each, a “Holdback Release Date”); provided, that any portion of the Holdback Consideration that is necessary to satisfy any pending Claims specified in a written notice delivered to Seller prior to 11:59 p.m., Mountain Time on the applicable Holdback Release Date will not be payable to Sellers hereunder until final resolution of all such Claims, at which time the amount of the Holdback Consideration, as applicable, held back to satisfy such pending Claims, to the extent not released to compensate any Purchaser Indemnified Persons for Damages as provided in this Article VII will be issued and/or released to Sellers pursuant to Section 2.2(d). Subject to the terms of this Section 7.1(c), the Holdback Release Dates and the corresponding amounts to be released on each such Holdback Release Date are as follows: (A) thirty-four percent (34%) of the Holdback Consideration shall be released and transferred on January 1, 2022, (B) thirty-three percent (33%) of the Holdback Consideration shall be released and transferred on June 30, 2022, and (C) thirty-three percent (33%) of the Holdback Consideration shall be released and transferred on December 31, 2022.

 

6. No Other Changes. Except as set forth in Sections 1 through 5 above, no other amendments are made to the Agreement and all other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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Executed by the undersigned as of the date first written above.

 

PURCHASER:

 

DOUBLE BROW, LLC

 

By: Medicine Man Technologies, Inc.

Its: Sole Member

 

By: _______________________________

Name: Justin Dye

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

PARENT:

 

MEDICINE MAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

By: ___________________________________

Name: Justin Dye

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

SELLERS:

 

BG3 INVESTMENTS, LLC

 

By: ___________________________________

Name: Brian Searchinger

Title: Sole Member

 

BLACK BOX LICENSING, LLC

 

By: ___________________________________

Name: Brian Searchinger

Title: Manager

 

EQUITYHOLDER:

 

Brian Searchinger

 

_______________________________________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Asset Purchase Agreement

     

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release OTCQX: SHWZ

 

SCHWAZZE CLOSES ACQUISITION OF DRIFT

 

Expanding Retail Footprint in Boulder County, Colorado

 

DENVER, CO – January 26, 2022 – Schwazze, (OTCQX:SHWZ) ("Schwazze" or the “Company"), is pleased to announce that it has closed the transaction to acquire the assets of BG3 Investments, LLC dba Drift which consists of two cannabis dispensaries located in Boulder, Colorado. This purchase continues Schwazze’s expansion plan in Colorado, adding to the Company’s current dispensary footprint, and bringing the total number of dispensaries to twenty. As part of the purchase, Schwazze will also acquire the assets of Black Box Licensing, LLC, which contains certain intellectual property.

 

“We look forward to adding these dispensaries to our portfolio. The Company remains focused on bringing excellent shopping experiences to all areas of Colorado by providing a wide assortment of quality products along with great service that our customers have come to expect from our brands.  We are excited to bring that experience to our customers in Boulder,” said Nirup Krishnamurthy, Schwazze’s COO.

 

The consideration for the acquisition was $3.5 million and was paid as $1.9 million in cash, and $1.6 million in common stock.

 

Corporate Update

Since April 2020, Schwazze has announced and/or acquired a total of 32 cannabis dispensaries, including the ten R. Greenleaf New Mexico dispensaries. The Company has also announced and/or acquired in 2021 a total of seven cultivation facilities, three in Colorado - SCG Holding LLC, Brow 2 LLC and Star Buds - and four licensed by Medzen and RGO in New Mexico. The R. Greenleaf acquisition will add a New Mexico manufacturing asset, Elemental Kitchen & Laboratories, LLC, to the Company’s manufacturing plant, Purplebee’s in Colorado.

 

In May 2021, Schwazze announced its BioSciences division and in August 2021 it commenced home delivery services in Colorado.

 

About Schwazze

Schwazze (OTCQX: SHWZ) is building a premier vertically integrated regional cannabis company with assets in  Colorado and New Mexico and will continue to take its operating system to other states where it can develop a differentiated regional leadership position.  Schwazze is the parent company of a portfolio of leading cannabis businesses and brands spanning seed to sale. The Company is committed to unlocking the full potential of the cannabis plant to improve the human condition. Schwazze is anchored by a high-performance culture that combines customer-centric thinking and data science to test, measure, and drive decisions and outcomes. The Company's leadership team has deep expertise in retailing, wholesaling, and building consumer brands at Fortune 500 companies as well as in the cannabis sector. Schwazze is passionate about making a difference in our communities, promoting diversity and inclusion, and doing our part to incorporate climate-conscious best practices. Medicine Man Technologies, Inc. was Schwazze’s former operating trade name. The corporate entity continues to be named Medicine Man Technologies, Inc.

 

Schwazze derives its name from the pruning technique of a cannabis plant to enhance plant structure and promote healthy growth.

 

 

 

 

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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements.” Such statements may be preceded by the words “may,” “estimates”, “predicts,” or similar words. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, are based on certain assumptions, and are subject to various known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s control and cannot be predicted or quantified. Consequently, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with (i) our inability to manufacture our products and product candidates on a commercial scale on our own or in collaboration with third parties; (ii) difficulties in obtaining financing on commercially reasonable terms; (iii) changes in the size and nature of our competition; (iv) loss of one or more key executives or scientists; (v) difficulties in securing regulatory approval to market our products and product candidates; (vi) our ability to successfully execute our growth strategy in Colorado and outside the state, (vii) our ability to identify and consummate future acquisitions that meet our criteria, (viii) our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and realize synergies therefrom, (ix) the actual revenues derived from the Company’s Star Buds assets, (x) the Company’s actual revenue and adjusted EBITDA for 2021, (xi) the Company’s ability to generate positive cash flow for the rest of 2021 (xii) the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, (xiii) the timing and extent of governmental stimulus programs, and (xiv) the uncertainty in the application of federal, state and local laws to our business, and any changes in such laws. More detailed information about the Company and the risk factors that may affect the realization of forward-looking statements is set forth in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Investors and security holders are urged to read these documents free of charge on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Company assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise its forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as required by law.

 

Investors

Joanne Jobin

Investor Relations

Joanne.jobin@schwazze.com

647 964 0292

 

Media

Julie Suntrup, Schwazze

Vice President | Marketing & Merchandising

julie.suntrup@schwazze.com

303 371 0387

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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