Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news!

Subscribe I am already a subscriber

You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker).

As we provide the news for free, we are relying on revenues from our banners. So please disable your adblocker and reload the page to continue using this site.
Thanks!

Click here for a guide on disabling your adblocker.

Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news!

Subscribe I am already a subscriber

Aleafia to buy Emblem in $173M all-stock deal

Aleafia is acquiring Emblem in an all-stock deal worth $173 million, a deal that marks the first significant cannabis industry takeover since Canada legalized recreational pot in October.

​The deal will combine two mid-tier cannabis producers into a significant player in the medical marijuana space while providing Aleafia with an entry into the nascent recreational cannabis market that Emblem already operates in.

"There were other players out there in the market but some were more recreationally-focused or they weren't known for taking care of their patients," said Benjamin Ferdinand, chief financial officer at Concord, Ont.-based Aleafia, in a phone interview with BNN Bloomberg.

"On that basis, the ones that did fit were larger and in our view, we needed to consolidate to get there. With that said, Emblem was a natural fit."

Read more at BNN Bloomberg (David George-Cosh)

Publication date: