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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On July 6, 2023, Verano Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the grand opening of MÜV Fort Pierce on Friday, July 7, 2023, bringing the Company’s total dispensary count to 70 in Florida and 131 nationwide. A copy of such press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
The information furnished under this item 8.01, including Exhibit 99.1 incorporated by reference herein, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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| 99.1 | Press Release Issued on July 6, 2023 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURE
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.
| VERANO HOLDINGS CORP. | ||
| Date: July 6, 2023 | By: | /s/ Laura Kalesnik |
| Name: | Laura Kalesnik | |
| Title: | Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary | |
Exhibit 99.1
Verano Announces the Opening of MÜV Fort Pierce, the Company’s 70th Florida
Dispensary and 131st Retail Location Nationwide
| ● | MÜV Fort Pierce is located at 1006 South U.S. Highway 1, a busy thoroughfare with an average daily traffic count of 31,000 vehicles1 |
| ● | The dispensary is located in St. Lucie County, a growing region with a population of over 358,0002 |
| ● | Verano’s active operations span 13 states, comprised of 131 dispensaries and 14 cultivation and processing facilities with more than 1 million square feet of cultivation capacity |
CHICAGO, July 6, 2023 – Verano Holdings Corp. (CSE: VRNO) (OTCQX: VRNOF) (“Verano” or the “Company”), a leading multi-state cannabis company, today announced the opening of MÜV Fort Piece on Friday, July 7, the Company’s 70th Florida dispensary and 131st location nationwide. MÜV Fort Pierce is located at 1006 South U.S. Highway 1, and will be open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., local time.
According to Florida’s Office of Medical Marijuana Use, there are currently over 830,000 qualified medical cannabis patients in the state. Florida medical cannabis sales are projected to potentially reach $2.6 billion by 2027, as reported by MJBiz Factbook 2023.
“We’re excited to open MÜV Fort Pierce, our second dispensary location in St. Lucie County on Florida’s beautiful Treasure Coast, where area patients will be greeted by our signature retail experience and knowledgable team members,” said John Tipton, President of the Southern Region. “MÜV Fort Pierce provides area patients with another convenient location to access our array of high quality products, and we look forward to serving Florida’s growing medical marijuana community as we continue our retail expansion across the state.”
As a demonstration of Verano’s commitment to provide a convenient and reliable experience for Florida patients, MÜV dispensaries feature online menus for effortless browsing of their extensive, award-winning product selection, including the Company’s signature Verano Reserve, MÜV and Sweet Supply flower, Encore edibles, and Savvy flower and extracts. The Company also offers one-on-one virtual and in-store consultations at no cost to patients and provides patient-centric concierge services via phone, email, web chat and text to address patient questions and inquiries. For additional convenience and accessibility, patients can choose to order ahead at muvfl.com or through the MÜV mobile application available in the Google Play and Apple App stores for express in-store pickup.
1 Florida Department of Transportation
2 U.S. Census Bureau
MÜV’s comprehensive product selection includes edibles, chocolates and lozenges, flower, pre-rolls, an array of vaporizer pens, concentrates, metered-dose inhalers, topicals and oral sprays; along with patented encapsulation formulations in its EnCaps™ capsules, tinctures, 72-hour transdermal patches and transdermal gels.
For more information about MÜV Fort Pierce medical cannabis dispensary, visit muvfl.com.
About Verano
Verano Holdings Corp. (CSE: VRNO) (OTCQX: VRNOF), one of the U.S. cannabis industry’s leading companies based on historical revenue, geographic scope and brand performance, is a vertically integrated, multi-state operator embracing a mission of saying Yes to plant progress and the bold exploration of cannabis. Verano offers a superior cannabis shopping experience in medical and adult use markets under the Zen Leaf™ and MÜV™ dispensary banners and produces a comprehensive suite of high-quality, regulated cannabis products sold under its diverse portfolio of trusted consumer brands including Verano™, MÜV™, Savvy™, BITS™, Encore™, and Avexia™. Verano’s active operations span 13 U.S. states, comprised of 14 production facilities with over 1,000,000 square feet of cultivation capacity. Learn more at www.verano.com.
Contacts:
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Grace Bondy
Senior Manager, Communications
Grace.Bondy@verano.com
Investors
Verano
Julianna Paterra, CFA
Vice President, Investor Relations
Julianna.Paterra@verano.com
Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are not representative of historical facts or information or current condition, but instead represent only the Company’s beliefs regarding future events, plans or objectives, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the Company’s control. Generally, such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “budget”, “future”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “projects” “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or may contain statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will be taken”, “will continue”, “will occur” or “will be achieved”. Forward-looking statements involve and are subject to assumptions and known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause actual events, results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future events, results, performance, and achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking statements herein, including, without limitation, the risk factors described in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information or forward-looking statements that are contained or referenced herein, except as may be required in accordance with applicable securities laws. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking information and statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf is expressly qualified in its entirety by this notice regarding forward-looking information and statements.
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