UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of May, 2019
Commission file number: 001-38783
Village Farms International, Inc.
(Translation of Registrants name into English)
4700-80th Street
Delta, British Columbia Canada
V4K 3N3
(Address of principal executive office)
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CONTENTS
The following document of the Registrant is submitted herewith:
99.1 | Press release dated May 7, 2019. |
SIGNATURES
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, thereunto duly authorized.
Village Farms International, Inc. | ||||||
(Registrant) | ||||||
By: | /s/ Stephen C. Ruffini | |||||
Stephen C. Ruffini | ||||||
Date: May 7, 2019 | Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit 99.1 | Press release dated May 7, 2019. |
Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Village Farms International to Present at Canaccord Genuitys
3rd Annual Cannabis Conference in New York City
on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 12:20 p.m. ET
Presentation Available Via Live Webcast and Will be Archived for Replay
Vancouver, British Columbia, May 7, 2019 Village Farms International, Inc. (Village Farms or the Company) (TSX: VFF) (NASDAQ: VFF) today announced Michael DeGiglio, Chief Executive Officer, will present at Canaccord Genuitys 3rd Annual Cannabis Conference on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at the Grand Hyatt New York in New York City at 12:20 p.m. ET.
Village Farms presentation will be available via a live webcast at http://wsw.com/webcast/canaccord34/vff/. For those unable to listen to the presentation live, the archived presentation will be available for replay at http://wsw.com/webcast/canaccord34/vff/ until August 12, 2019.
Mr. DeGiglio and Village Farms Chief Financial Officer, Stephen Ruffini, are also available for one-on-one meetings at the conference. Interested parties should contact their Canaccord Genuity representative to arrange a one-on-one meeting.
Canaccord Genuity Cannabis 100 CEO Summit
The Company also announced that Mr. DeGiglio will attend the Canaccord Genuity Cannabis 100 CEO Summit on June 9-11, 2019 in Half Moon Bay, California. Mr. DeGiglio will join the CEOs of some of North Americas leading cannabis companies for a unique and exclusive event focused on the issues and opportunities facing the industry.
About Village Farms International, Inc.
Village Farms is one of the largest and longest-operating vertically integrated greenhouse growers in North America and the only publicly traded greenhouse produce company in Canada. Village Farms produces and distributes fresh, premium-quality produce with consistency 365 days a year to national grocers in the U.S. and Canada from more than nine million square feet of Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) greenhouses in British Columbia and Texas, as well as from its partner greenhouses in British Columbia, Ontario and Mexico. The Company is now leveraging its 30 years of experience as a vertically integrated grower for the rapidly emerging global cannabis opportunity through its 50% ownership of British Columbia-based Pure Sunfarms Corp., one of the single largest cannabis growing operations in the world. The
Company also intends to pursue opportunities to become a vertically integrated leader in the U.S. hemp-derived CBD market, subject to compliance with all applicable U.S. federal and state laws. Village Farms has established a joint venture, Village Fields Hemp USA, LLC, for multi-state outdoor hemp cultivation and CBD extraction and plans to pursue controlled environment hemp production at its Texas greenhouse operations, which total 5.7 million square feet of production area, subject to legalization of hemp in Texas.
Cautionary Language
Certain statements contained in this press release constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws (forward-looking statements). Forward-looking statements may relate to the Companys future outlook or financial position and anticipated events or results and may include statements regarding the financial position, business strategy, budgets, litigation, projected production, projected costs, capital expenditures, financial results, taxes, plans and objectives of or involving the Company. Particularly, statements regarding future results, performance, achievements, prospects or opportunities for the Company, Pure Sunfarms, the greenhouse vegetable industry or the cannabis and hemp industries are forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by such terms as outlook, may, might, will, could, should, would, occur, expect, plan, anticipate, believe, intend, estimate, predict, potential, continue, likely, schedule, objectives, or the negative or grammatical variation thereof or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts.
Although the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon assumptions that management believes are reasonable based on information currently available to management, there can be no assurance that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Companys control, that may cause the Companys or the industrys actual results, performance, achievements, prospects and opportunities in future periods to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the factors contained in the Companys filings with U.S. and Canadian securities regulators, including as detailed in the Companys annual information form and managements discussion and analysis for the year-ended December 31, 2018.
When relying on forward-looking statements to make decisions, the Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on these statements, as forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties and should not be read as guarantees of future results, performance, achievements, prospects and opportunities. The forward-looking statements made in this press release only relate to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this press release. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Contact Information
Lawrence Chamberlain Investor Relations (416) 519-4196 lawrence.chamberlain@loderockadvisors.com |