Wayland Seeks Creditor Protection to Pursue Restructuring Plan
December 02 2019 - 7:56PM
Wayland Group Corp. (CSE:WAYL) (“
Wayland” or the
“
Company”) today announced that the Company,
Maricann Inc. and NanoLeaf Technologies Inc. (collectively, the
“
Wayland Group”) have been granted an order (the
“
Initial Order”) from the Ontario Superior Court
of Justice (Commercial List) under the Companies’ Creditors
Arrangement Act (the “
CCAA”).
The Initial Order provides for, among other
things, a stay of proceedings in favour of the Wayland Group and
certain of its affiliates, and the appointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. as monitor of the Wayland Group.
The Wayland Group sought creditor protection
under the CCAA in order to receive a short term stay of proceedings
that will provide additional time to consider potential financing
arrangements and restructuring transactions. The Wayland Group is
in advanced discussions regarding potential arrangements for
debtor-in-possession financing and it intends to continue its work
with the monitor and its advisors in connection with these
potential arrangements and in connection with its consideration of
potential restructuring transactions. Wayland anticipates
providing a further update once additional details regarding the
potential financing arrangements are available, though it can offer
no assurance that any financing arrangements will be available on
terms acceptable to the Wayland Group and the court, or at all.
Wayland also confirmed that it has been delayed
in filing its interim financial statements for the quarter ended
September 30, 2019, together with the related management’s
discussion and analysis and the certificates of its CEO and CFO,
with Canadian securities regulators. Wayland continues to be
delayed in the filing of its 2018 audited annual financial
statements together with the Company’s first and second quarter
interim financial statements and all associated materials.
About Wayland Group Corp.
Wayland is a vertically integrated cultivator
and processor of cannabis. Wayland was founded in 2013 and is based
in Burlington, Ontario, Canada and Munich, Germany, with production
facilities in Langton, Ontario where it operates a cannabis
cultivation, extraction, formulation, and distribution business
under federal licenses from the Government of Canada. Wayland also
has production operations in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Regensdorf,
Switzerland, and Allesandria, Piedmont, Italy.
Forward Looking Information
This news release includes forward-looking
information and statements, which may generally be identified by
the use of the words “will”, “continues”, “anticipates” and
“intends” and variations or similar expressions which include, but
are not limited to, information and statements regarding or
inferring the future business, operations, financial performance,
prospects, and other plans, intentions, expectations, estimates,
and beliefs including, without limitation, the consideration and
availability of debtor-in-possession or other financing
arrangements; the date of any future court appearance or update;
the Company’s ability to operate as a going concern while under
CCAA protection; and the Company’s plans with respect to potential
restructuring transactions.
Forward-looking information and 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 Wayland to be materially
different from future events, results, performance, and
achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking information
and statements herein. Such assumptions, risks, uncertainties and
other factors include, but are not limited to, that
debtor-in-possession or other financing arrangements will be
available to Wayland on a timeline and terms acceptable to Wayland
or at all, that the terms of any such financial arrangement will be
approved by the court, that the stay will have the effect
contemplated by Wayland in providing it with additional time to
consider potential financing arrangements and restructuring
transactions and that changes in the CCAA proceedings, the
restructuring process and Wayland’s ability to meet its obligations
proceed on the basis anticipated by Wayland or at all.
Although Wayland believes that any forward-looking information and
statements herein are reasonable, in light of the use of
assumptions and the significant risks and uncertainties inherent in
such information and statements, there can be no assurance that any
such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be
accurate, and accordingly readers are advised to rely on their own
evaluation of such risks and uncertainties and should not place
undue reliance upon such forward-looking information and
statements. In particular, Wayland can offer no assurance that any
financing will be made available to the Company on terms acceptable
by the Company and by the court or at all. Any forward-looking
information and statements herein are made as of the date hereof,
and except as required by applicable laws, Wayland assumes no
obligation and disclaims any intention to update or revise any
forward-looking information and statements herein or to update the
reasons that actual events or results could or do differ from those
projected in any forward looking information and statements herein,
whether as a result of new information, future events or
results, changes in the CCAA proceedings or otherwise, except as
required by applicable laws.
The Canadian Securities Exchange has not
reviewed, approved or disapproved the content of this news
release.
For more information regarding the
Company’s CCAA Proceedings
A copy of the Initial Order and other
information will be available on the Monitor’s website at
www.pwc.com/ca/wayland
Additional enquiries for the Monitor may be
directed to:
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.In its capacity as Court-appointed
Monitor of Wayland Group Corp., Maricann Inc., and NanoLeaf
Technologies Inc.
Telephone:Email:Contact: |
416-687-8534cmt_processing@ca.pwc.comTammy Muradova, PwC |
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