Canopy Growth has sold off it鈥檚 Aldergrove and Delta cannabis growing facilities for a fraction of what it paid to buy them.
In a Feb. 9 filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission signed by Chief Executive Officer David Klein and Chief Financial Officer Michael Lee, the Ontario-based company said it completed the sale of the two B.C. facilities in December and January respectively for $40.7 million.
In the report the company said it was recording $400 million in 鈥渁sset impairment and restructuring costs鈥 as well as a 鈥渨rite-down of inventory in the amount of $15.6 million.鈥
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In March 2020, the company had announced the shuttering of both facilities, putting 500 people out of work.
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In Aldergrove, the 1.3 million sq. ft. greenhouse complex on 4th Avenue near 264th Street generated many complaints from local residents about the odour and the noise from the former vegetable hothouses, which had been converted to cannabis production.
They won the support of then-91原创 East MLA Rich Coleman, in arguing their case to government.
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In November, the idled in a two-alarm fire.
Canopy told the U.S. regulator that it has 鈥渟ufficient liquidity available from cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments on hand鈥 of $825 million and $768.6 million.
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