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CANN GROUP LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2021
Sep 12, 2021
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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT
13 September 2021
Share Purchase Plan opens
13 September 2021 – Cann Group Limited (ASX: CAN) ( Cann or the Company ) confirms that, in accordance with the announcement from 7 September 2021, the offer to eligible shareholders to purchase ordinary shares through the Company’s share purchase plan offer ( SPP Offer ) opens today, 13 September 2021.
A copy of the letter to shareholders and the SPP Offer documents are attached to this announcement.
For further information regarding the SPP Offer please contact Cann’s share registry, Link Market Services Limited on 1300 363 917 (within Australia) or +61 1300 363 917 (outside Australia) between 8.30am and 5.30pm (Melbourne time), Monday to Friday.
Authorised for release by the Company Secretary, Cann Group Limited.
For all media enquiries please contact:
Matthew Wright NWR Communications +61 451 896 420 [email protected]
For all other information please contact:
Peter Crock Clive Fanning CEO Head of Investor Relations Cann Group Limited Cann Group Limited +61 3 9095 7088 +61 3 9095 7088 [email protected] [email protected]
About Cann Group
Cann Group Limited (ABN 25 603 949 739) is building a world-class business focused on breeding, cultivating, manufacturing and supplying medicinal cannabis for sale and use within Australia and for approved overseas export markets. Cann also owns Satipharm, a Europe-based business exclusively licensed to manufacture, develop and market the proprietary Gelpell delivery system for cannabinoids. Cann has established research and cultivation facilities in Melbourne and is developing a state-of-the-art cultivation and manufacturing facility near Mildura, Victoria. Cann Group has established a leading position in plant genetics, breeding, extraction, analysis and production techniques required to facilitate the supply of medicinal cannabis for a range of diseases and medical conditions. The Company is commercialising a range of imported and locally sourced and manufactured medicinal cannabis products.
Learn more at: www.canngrouplimited.com | www.satipharm.com
Cann Group Limited ACN 603 949 739 4 Research Avenue, Bundoora, VIC 3083 Australia Ph: +61 3 9095 7088
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13 September 2021
Dear Shareholder
Cann launches Share Purchase Plan
Cann Group Limited (ACN 25 603 949 739) (ASX:CAN) ( Cann ) is pleased to offer eligible shareholders an opportunity to acquire additional Cann shares under a Share Purchase Plan Offer ( SPP Offer ).
Under the SPP Offer, each eligible Cann shareholder as at 7.00pm (Melbourne time) on Monday, 6 September 2021 ( Record Time ) has an opportunity to subscribe for a minimum of $500 and up to $30,000 of new Cann shares, without incurring brokerage or transaction costs.
Eligible Cann shareholders are holders of fully paid ordinary shares in Cann at the Record Time and whose address on the share register is in Australia, New Zealand or Ireland (provided that (1) such shareholder is not a US person or acting for the account or benefit of a person in the United States and (2) for shareholders with addresses in New Zealand, such persons must also hold fully paid ordinary shares in Cann as at 7.00pm (Melbourne time) on the date the SPP Offer opens, being Monday, 13 September 2021.
The intention to launch the SPP Offer was announced at the same time as the announcement of Cann’s recently completed placement ( Placement ) but required shareholder approval before it could be launched. That shareholder approval was received on Tuesday, 7 September 2021. The proceeds from the Placement and the SPP will be used to invest in initiatives which are expected to deliver substantial cost savings as Cann moves to large scale production with the commissioning of its new manufacturing facility near Mildura. Funding will be used to expedite and strengthen Cann’s in-house extraction, laboratory and manufacturing capabilities, which are expected to de-risk Cann’s supply chain and lower COGS by reducing the Company’s reliance on third party manufacturers and service providers. Proceeds will also be used to expand and grow the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary business, Satipharm, including fast-tracking the preparation of applications to register Satipharm’s low-dose CBD capsules on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods classed as Schedule 3 (Pharmacist Only Medicine).
The SPP Offer aims to raise up to $10.0 million and is not underwritten. To the extent that the SPP Offer results in acceptances in excess of $10.0 million, Cann will scale back acceptances on a pro rata basis, based on securities applied for under the SPP Offer.
The SPP offer price per share ( Offer Price ) is $0.275 per new Cann Share, which is a 27.6% discount to the closing price of Cann shares on 21 July 2021, being the last trading date before the Placement, and a 28.4% discount to the 10-day VWAP prior to that date.
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The SPP Offer opens today, Monday, 13 September 2021, and closes at 5.00pm (Melbourne time) on Tuesday, 5 October 2021, subject to the Company's right to close the SPP Offer early or to extend the SPP Offer period, in its absolute discretion.
Full details of the SPP Offer are available in the SPP Offer booklet (a copy of which is attached to this letter).
For further information regarding the SPP Offer please contact Cann’s share registry, Link Market Services Limited on 1300 363 917 (within Australia) or +61 1300 363 917 (outside Australia) between 8.30am and 5.30pm (Melbourne time), Monday to Friday.
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Allan McCallum AO Chairman, Cann Group Limited
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CANN GROUP LIMITED - 2021 SHARE PURCHASE PLAN OFFER BOOKLET
IMPORTANT NOTICE
If you apply to participate in the Cann Group Limited Share Purchase Plan by making a BPAY® payment or returning a completed Application Form with a cheque, you are accepting the risk that the market price of Cann Shares may change between the Record Date, the date on which you apply for New Shares and the Allotment Date. This means it is possible that up to or after the Allotment Date, you may be able to buy Cann Shares at a lower price on the ASX than the price you pay under the SPP Offer. Cann encourages you to seek professional financial and taxation advice regarding your participation in the SPP Offer.
1. WHAT IS THE SPP OFFER?
3. WHO IS AN ELIGIBLE SHAREHOLDER?
Eligible shareholders in Cann Group Limited ( Cann ) have the opportunity to participate in the Share Purchase Plan offer ( SPP Offer ) by subscribing for a minimum of $500 up to $30,000 of fully paid ordinary shares in Cann ( New Shares ) at a price of $0.275 per New Share ( Offer Price ) without incurring brokerage. Details of this offer and how to participate are set out below.
All New Shares issued under the SPP Offer will rank equally with, and carry the same voting rights, dividend rights and other entitlements as, existing fully paid ordinary shares in Cann ( Cann Shares ) from their date of issue.
The SPP Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of ASIC Corporations (Share and Interest Purchase Plans) Instrument 2019/547 ( INS 2019/547 ).
2. SPP OFFER KEY DATES*
| Event | Date |
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| Record Date | 6 September 2021 |
| SPP Offer opens | 13 September 2021 |
| SPP Offer closes | 5 October 2021 |
| Completion announcement date (and notice of scale backs, if any) |
11 October 2021 |
| Allotment Date | 12 October 2021 |
| Dispatch Holding Statements |
13 October 2021 |
You are eligible to participate in the SPP Offer ( Eligible Shareholder ) if you were a registered holder of Cann Shares at:
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(a) 7.00pm (Melbourne time) on Monday, 6 September 2021 ( Record Date ) with an Australian or Irish address (as shown on Cann’s share register); or
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(b) 7.00pm (Melbourne time) on the Record Date and 7.00pm (Melbourne time) on the date that the SPP Offer opens being Monday, 13 September 2021 with a New Zealand address (as shown on Cann’s share register)
and in either case, provided you:
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(c) do not hold Cann Shares on behalf of another person who resides outside Australia, New Zealand or Ireland, in which case you will not be eligible to participate in respect of the Cann Shares of that person; and
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(d) you are not, and are not acting for the account or benefit of, a U.S. Person ( U.S. Person ) as defined in Regulation S under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended ( US Securities Act ).
Cann has determined that it is not practical for holders of Cann Shares with addresses on the share register in jurisdictions outside Australia, New Zealand or Ireland to participate in the SPP Offer (see “ Foreign Securities Restrictions ” below for more information on restrictions on participation).
- dates are indicative only and subject to change at the discretion of the Company
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PARTICIPATION BY ELIGIBLE SHAREHOLDERS
Single holders – If you are the registered holder of a Cann Share, but you receive more than one offer under the SPP Offer (for example, due to multiple registered holdings), you may only apply for a minimum of $500 up to a maximum amount of $30,000 of New Shares.
Joint holders – If you are recorded with one or more other persons as the joint holder of a Cann Share, that joint holding is considered to be a single registered holding for the purpose of the SPP Offer and certifications or representations given by a joint holder are taken to have been given by all joint holders. Joint holders are only entitled to participate in the SPP Offer in respect of that single holding. If the same joint holders receive more than one offer under the SPP Offer due to multiple identical holdings, the joint holders may only apply for one amount between $500 and $30,000 of New Shares.
Custodians – If you hold Cann Shares as a custodian (as defined in INS 2019/547) for one or more Beneficiaries (as defined below), the SPP Offer is made to the custodian and, subject to a number of conditions, the custodian has the discretion to extend the SPP Offer to the Beneficiaries. The custodian may apply for a minimum of $500 up to a maximum amount of $30,000 of New Shares for each Beneficiary, however, Cann will not issue New Shares unless the custodian certifies the matters set out in paragraph 8 of INS 2019/547 in a certificate ( Custodian Certificate ) which it will need to provide to Cann's share registry, Link Market Services Limited ( Share Registry ) so that it is received by 5.00pm (Melbourne time) on the closing date of Tuesday, 5 October 2021.
A Beneficiary is a person who resides in Australia, New Zealand or Ireland (and is an Eligible Shareholder) for whom a custodian held Cann Shares on behalf of the Beneficiary on the Record Date, and who is not, or is not acting for the account or benefit of, a U.S. Person.
Custodians can obtain a Custodian Certificate by emailing
[email protected] Applications received from custodians must be accompanied by a duly completed and signed Custodian Certificate.
Custodians will not be entitled to participate in the SPP Offer if their participation would be in breach of INS 2019/547.
4. HOW TO APPLY FOR NEW SHARES
The SPP Offer opens on Monday, 13 September 2021. Under the SPP Offer, you may apply for new Cann Shares with a minimum value of $500 up to a maximum value of $30,000.
Apply using BPAY
For Eligible Shareholders with an Australian bank account, you may apply for New Shares under the SPP Offer by making a BPAY payment on the internet or by telephone by using the BPAY Biller Code and your personalised customer reference number shown on your Application Form, which is required to identify your holding. If you make your payment using BPAY you do not need to return a copy of the Application Form, but are taken to make the certifications and representations described in this booklet.
Apply using a printed Application Form
Alternatively, a completed Application Form may be returned together with your cheque made payable to ‘Cann Group Limited’ drawn on an Australian bank and in Australian dollars for the correct amount, to the Share Registry.
General information
Applications must be received by 5.00pm (Melbourne time) on Tuesday, 5 October 2021. Applications received after that time may not be accepted.
Applications with a cheque payment can be posted to:
Cann Group Limited C/- Link Market Services Limited GPO Box 3560 Sydney NSW 2001
If the amount of your BPAY payment or the cheque tendered with your Application Form is:
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(a) greater than $30,000 – subject to scale back, Cann will allot the maximum number of New Shares to you and will refund the excess application money (greater than $2.00) to you; or
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(b) is not a multiple of the Offer Price (defined below in section 8) or subject to scale back, Cann will allot to you the number of
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New Shares that would have been allotted had you applied for a multiple of the Offer Price that is nearest to but less than the amount of your BPAY payment or cheque and will refund the excess application money to you.
Cann will refund application monies received from ineligible shareholders, subject to compliance with its legal obligations.
If your cheque does not clear, your application will not be accepted and you agree to be responsible for any dishonour fees or other costs incurred. If your cheque is dishonoured, it will not be represented.
If your Application Form is incomplete, contains errors or is otherwise invalid or defective, Cann may, in its sole discretion, accept, reject, correct or amend your application, issue such number of New Shares to you as it considers appropriate, refund your application money, or take any combination of these actions. Any refund will be paid to you shortly after the close of the SPP Offer.
No interest will accrue or be paid to applicants on any application money, whether refunded or not.
Applications and payments under the SPP Offer may not be withdrawn once they have been received by Cann. Do not forward cash . Receipts for payment will not be issued.
5. PARTICIPATION IS OPTIONAL
Participation in the SPP Offer is entirely optional (subject to the eligibility criteria set out in this booklet).
The offer to acquire New Shares is not a recommendation or other financial advice.
If you are in any doubt about the SPP Offer, whether you should participate in the SPP Offer or how participation will affect you, you should seek professional financial and taxation advice before making a decision as to whether or not to accept this offer.
6. APPLICATIONS MAY BE SCALED BACK
If applications for New Shares under the SPP Offer exceed $10.0 million, Cann will allocate to you less than the number of New Shares you have applied for (scale back). If there is a scale
back, it will be on a pro rata basis, based on securities applied for under the SPP Offer.
If there is a scale back you may receive less than the parcel of New Shares for which you have applied. If a scale back produces a fractional number of New Shares when applied to your parcel, the number of New Shares you will be allocated will be rounded down to the nearest whole number of New Shares. In the event of a scale back, the difference between the application monies received, and the number of New Shares allocated to you multiplied by the Offer Price, will be refunded to you (as described below), without interest payable to you, as soon as practicable following allotment.
7. HOW WILL APPLICATION MONIES BE REFUNDED?
Any application monies refunded by Cann will be paid by direct credit or cheque (the payment method will be determined by Cann in its absolute discretion) in Australian currency.
By applying for New Shares, each shareholder authorises Cann to pay any monies to be refunded by using the payment instructions of the shareholder recorded in the Share Registry’s records if Cann elects to pay in this manner.
8. OFFER PRICE
Under the SPP Offer, Eligible Shareholders have an opportunity to subscribe for New Shares at an offer price per New Share) of $0.275.
You should note that the price of Cann Shares on ASX may rise or fall between the date of the SPP Offer, the date of your acceptance of the SPP Offer and the date when New Shares are allotted and issued to you under the SPP Offer.
The price you pay per New Share pursuant to this offer may be either higher or lower than the Cann Share price at the time of the offer or at the time the New Shares are issued and allotted to you under the SPP Offer. Cann recommends that you monitor the Cann Share price and any Cann announcements, which can be found on the ASX website at www.asx.com.au (ASX code: CAN) or (for announcements only) on Cann’s website at https://investors.canngrouplimited.com/Investors/.
9. HOW MUCH CAN YOU INVEST?
The SPP Offer is required to comply with INS 2019/547. Under that instrument, shareholders
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may only acquire up to a maximum of $30,000 of shares under a share purchase plan or similar plan in any 12 month period, noting that this SPP Offer is for a minimum of $500 up to a maximum of $30,000 per Eligible Shareholder (except in certain circumstances as described in “ Participation by Eligible Shareholders ” above).
This limitation applies, for example, even if you receive more than one Application Form or if you hold Cann Shares in more than one capacity – e.g., if you are both a single and joint holder of Cann Shares, as set out in “ Participation By Eligible Shareholders ”. An Eligible Shareholder may apply on different Application Forms for New Shares but may not apply for New Shares with an aggregate amount of less than $500 or more than $30,000. The $500 minimum and the $30,000 maximum applies irrespective of the number of Cann Shares you hold on the Record Date.
10. EFFECT OF APPLYING TO PARTICIPATE
If you apply to participate in the SPP Offer by submitting a BPAY payment or completing and returning the Application Form, you will be deemed to have represented to Cann, on behalf of each person on whose account you are acting, that:
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(a) you acknowledge that you are, and each person on whose account you are acting is, an Eligible Shareholder;
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(b) you agree that your application is made on, and you agree to be bound by, the terms and conditions of the SPP Offer set out in this booklet, and Cann’s constitution;
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(c) you declare that all details and statements in your Application Form are true and complete and not misleading;
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(d) your application is irrevocable and unconditional;
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(e) you acknowledge that the New Shares have not, and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdictions in the United States, or in any other jurisdiction outside Australia and accordingly, the New Shares may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred except in accordance with an available exemption from, or in a transaction not
subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws;
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(f) you are not a U.S. Person and you have not and will not send any materials relating to the SPP Offer to any person in the United States or that is, or is acting for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person;
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(g) that the total of the application price for the following does not exceed $30,000:
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(i) the New Shares the subject of your BPAY payment or Application Form;
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(ii) any other New Shares applied for by you under the SPP Offer or any similar arrangement in the 12 months before the application;
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(iii) any other New Shares which you have instructed a custodian to acquire on your behalf under the SPP Offer; and
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(iv) any other New Shares which were issued to a custodian on your behalf, under the SPP Offer or any similar arrangement in the 12 months before the application, as a result of an instruction given by you,
even though you may have received more than one offer under the SPP Offer or received offers in more than one capacity under the SPP Offer;
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(h) you are in compliance with all relevant laws and regulations (including, without limitation, section 1043A (insider trading) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and laws and regulations designed to restrict terrorism financing and/or money laundering);
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(i) you are not a “designated person” or “designated entity” (or other like term) for the purpose of any domestic or international law or regulation implementing United Nations sanctions; and
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(j) you acknowledge that the price of Cann Shares on ASX may rise or fall between the date of this offer, the date of your application and the date when New Shares are allotted and issued to you and
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that the price you pay per New Share pursuant to this offer may exceed the price of Cann Shares on ASX at the time the New Shares are issued and allotted to you under the SPP Offer.
11. CALCULATION OF THE NUMBER OF NEW SHARES TO BE ISSUED TO YOU
If you apply for New Shares under the SPP Offer, you will apply for a certain value, rather than a certain number, of New Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions in this booklet, the number of New Shares you are issued will be determined by:
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(a) if there is no scale back, dividing the aggregate application money that you pay in applying for New Shares by the Offer Price; or
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(b) if there is a scale back, dividing the value of the parcel of New Shares allocated to you by the Offer Price.
Any fractions of a New Share will be rounded down to the nearest whole number of New Shares.
12. ALLOTMENT AND QUOTATION DATES
New Shares are expected to be allotted under the SPP Offer on Tuesday, 12 October 2021 and Cann expects to apply for those New Shares to be listed for quotation on ASX on Tuesday, 12 October 2021.
Cann expects to dispatch a holding statement or confirmation advice in respect of the New Shares allotted to you under the SPP Offer on Wednesday, 13 October 2021. You should confirm your holding before trading in any New Shares you believe have been allotted to you under the SPP Offer.
In advance of receiving your written confirmation of issue of New Shares, you can check the number of New Shares issued under the SPP Offer by using the Share Registry website linkmarketservices.com.au and following the security access instructions.
13. FOREIGN SECURITIES RESTRICTIONS
General
This document has been issued for the personal use of the recipient only and exclusively for the purpose set out in this document. Accordingly, the
information contained in this document may not be used for any other purpose nor may it be disclosed to any other party, and it is strictly nontransferable.
This document does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, securities in the United States or any other place other than Australia, New Zealand or Ireland. The New Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act, or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States or any other place and may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, in, or to persons in, the United States or any other place, except in accordance with an available exemption from registration.
Because of these legal restrictions, and consistent with the representations contained in this booklet, you must not:
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(a) send copies of this booklet or any other material relating to the SPP Offer to any person in the United States or any other place or who is, or is acting for the account or benefit of, U.S. Persons; or
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(b) make payment by BPAY or submit an Application Form or otherwise for New Shares for any person in the United States or any other place or who is, or is acting for the account or benefit of, U.S. Persons.
These documents have been prepared for publication in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland only and may not be released elsewhere. Failure to comply with these restrictions may result in violations of applicable securities laws.
Ireland
This document is not intended to be and is not a prospectus for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 14, 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, (as amended) (the EU Prospectus Regulation ), or the European Union (Prospectus) Regulations of Ireland 2019. This offer for New Shares does not, and is not intended to, constitute an offer of securities to the public within the meaning of applicable EU Prospectus Regulations. The New Shares are not offered in any jurisdiction in circumstances that would require a prospectus to be prepared pursuant to the EU Prospectus Regulation.
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This document has not been, and it is not intended that it will be, reviewed, approved or disapproved by the Central Bank of Ireland nor by any other competent or supervisory authority of any other member state of the European Economic Area for the purposes of the EU Prospectus Regulation, nor has any such authority passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this document nor is it intended that the Central Bank of Ireland or any such authority will do so.
No offer of securities to the public is being, or shall be, made in Ireland or any other member state of the European Economic Area on the basis of this document.
14. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The offer to purchase New Shares under the SPP Offer is non-renounceable. This means that you cannot transfer your right to purchase New Shares under the SPP Offer to anyone else. The entitlement to participate in the SPP Offer is in respect of fully paid ordinary Cann Shares only. No brokerage is payable by you in respect of the issue of New Shares under the SPP Offer.
Cann reserves the right to waive strict compliance with any provision of the terms and conditions in this booklet, to amend or vary these terms and conditions and to suspend or terminate the SPP Offer at any time. Any amendment, variation, suspension or termination will be binding on all Eligible Shareholders even where Cann does not
notify you of that event. Cann may make determinations in any manner it thinks fit, including in relation to any difficulties, anomalies or disputes which may arise in connection with or by reason of the operation of the SPP Offer, whether generally or in relation to any participant or application. Any determination by Cann will be conclusive and binding on all Eligible Shareholders and other persons to whom the determination relates. Cann’s rights may be exercised by the Board or any delegate of the Board.
All amounts are in Australian dollars, unless otherwise stated. For details regarding Cann’s privacy policy and how your personal information is managed, go to
https://canngrouplimited.com/privacy-policy.
This offer is governed by the law in force in Victoria, Australia. By accepting this offer, you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria, Australia.
15. FURTHER INFORMATION
If you have any questions in respect of the SPP Offer, please contact the Share Registry, Monday to Friday, 8.30am and 5.30pm (Melbourne time) on:
Telephone: 1300 363 917 (within Australia)
Telephone: +61 1300 363 917 (outside Australia).
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