SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Smullen Richard Michael (Last) (First) (Middle) 415 NORTH DEARBORN STREET 4TH FLOOR (Street) CHICAGO IL 60654 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Verano Holdings Corp. [ VRNOF ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/25/2022
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Subordinate Voting Shares	07/01/2022		A		164,531	A	$0(1)	2,564,599	D
Class A Subordinate Voting Shares	07/01/2022		F		40,064(2)	D	$5.74(3)	2,524,535	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The Class A subordinate voting shares were issued as compensation pursuant to that certain Employment Agreement, dated March 31, 2021, entered into between the Issuer and the reporting person.

2. Represents shares withheld by the Issuer in connection with the reporting person's net share issuance to satisfy tax liabilities.

3. Represents the closing price of the Issuer's Class A subordinate voting shares on June 30, 2022, of $7.40 Canadian dollars, as converted to United States dollars.

	Jacob M. Phillips, Attorney-in-Fact for R. Michael Smullen	07/05/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24

 

Verano Holdings Corp.

 

Limited Power of Attorney

 

Pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney (this “Power of Attorney”) , I, R. Michael Smullen, do hereby make, constitute and appoint Darren Weiss, Laura Marie Kalesnik, Jacob M. Phillips and Kevan Fisher (individually and collectively, “my Attorney”), and each of them acting individually, with full powers of substitution, as my true and lawful attorneys for the purposes set forth herein, effective as of the date set forth below.

 

I hereby grant to my Attorney, for me and in my name, place and stead, the powers set forth below, granting unto my Attorney the authority to perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of such powers, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming any such action that my Attorneys, and any substitutes therefor, each acting alone, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof:

 

	1.	To execute, for and on my behalf, in my capacity as an “officer” (within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “Exchange Act”)) or director of Verano Holdings Corp. (the “Company”), Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5, and any amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act;
	2.	To execute, for and on my behalf, in my capacity as a “reporting insider” (within the meaning of National Instrument 55-104 – Insider Reporting Requirements and Exemptions) of the Company, System for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders (“SEDI”) the insider profile and insider reports, and any amendments thereto, required under applicable securities legislation;
	3.	To do and to perform all acts for and on my behalf that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, the insider profile and insider reports, and any amendments thereto, and to timely file such form or amendment with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), SEDI and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
	4.	To take any other action of any type that, in the reasonable determination of my Attorney, is necessary or desirable in connection with the foregoing grant of authority, it being understood that the documents executed by my Attorney pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as my Attorney may approve.

 

This Power of Attorney and the authority of my Attorney and any substitutes therefor hereunder shall not terminate on my disability but shall remain in full force and effect for so long as I am an officer, director or reporting insider of the Company and for such time thereafter as may be necessary to file any such Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, the insider profile and insider reports, and any amendments thereto, relating to the period during which I served as an officer, director or reporting insider of the Company, unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to each of my Attorneys and any substitutes therefor. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC or other applicable securities regulator as a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.

 

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 14th day of June, 2022.

 

	/s/ R. Michael Smullen
	R. Michael Smullen

 

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