0001193125-19-209094.txt : 20190731 0001193125-19-209094.hdr.sgml : 20190731 20190731183852 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-19-209094 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: F-1MEF PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 333-232573 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190731 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190731 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20190731 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sundial Growers Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001766600 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MEDICINAL CHEMICALS & BOTANICAL PRODUCTS [2833] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: A0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: F-1MEF SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-232929 FILM NUMBER: 19990233 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 919 11 AVENUE SW STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: CALGARY STATE: A0 ZIP: T2R1P3 BUSINESS PHONE: 14039485227 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 919 11 AVENUE SW STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: CALGARY STATE: A0 ZIP: T2R1P3 F-1MEF 1 d782257df1mef.htm F-1MEF F-1MEF

As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2019

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM F-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Sundial Growers Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Not Applicable

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

 

Province of Alberta   2833   Not Applicable

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

#200, 919 – 11 Avenue SW

Calgary, AB T2R 1P3

(403) 948-5227

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Corporation Service Company

1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 210

New York, NY 10036-8401

Telephone: +1 800 927 9801

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Jason Lehner

Merritt Johnson

Shearman & Sterling LLP

199 Bay Street

Toronto, ON M5L 1E8

(416) 360-8484

 

Rima Ramchandani

Janan Paskaran

Torys LLP

79 Wellington Street West

Toronto, ON M5K 1N2

(416) 865-0040

 

Rob Lando

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

620 8th Avenue, 36th Floor

New York, NY 10018

(212) 867-5800

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:

As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.  ☐

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☒    File No. 333-232573

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.

Emerging Growth Company  ☒

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

 

 

The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of each class of

securities to be registered

 

Amount to be

Registered(1)

 

Proposed

Maximum

Offering Price

Per Share(2)

 

Proposed

maximum

aggregate

offering price(2)

 

Amount of

registration fee

Common shares, no par value

  1,150,000   $13.00   $14,950,000   $1,811.94

 

 

(1)

Represents only the additional number of shares being registered and includes 150,000 additional common shares that the underwriters have the option to purchase solely to cover over-allotments, if any. Does not include the securities that the registrant previously registered on the registration statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-232573).

(2)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee under Rule 457(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The registrant previously registered securities with a proposed maximum aggregate offering price not to exceed $161,000,000 on a registration statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-232573), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2019. Pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the amount of securities being registered hereunder at the proposed maximum aggregate offering price per share represents no more than 20% of the maximum aggregate offering price of the securities initially registered pursuant to the registrant’s registration statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-232573).

 

 

THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON FILING WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 462(b) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Sundial Growers Inc., or the Registrant, is filing this registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission, pursuant to Rule 462(b) and General Instruction V of Form F-1, both promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Pursuant to Rule 462(b), the contents of the registration statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-232573), of the Registrant, including the exhibits thereto, which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2019, are incorporated by reference into this registration statement.

The required opinions and consents are listed on an exhibit index attached hereto and filed herewith.


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Exhibit Description

  5.1*    Opinion of Torys LLP as to the validity of the shares
23.1    Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2    Consent of KPMG LLP (U.K.)
23.3*    Consent of Torys LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*    Power of Attorney (included on signature page)

 

*

Filed as part of the registration statement on Form F-1 (Registration No. 333-232573) on July 5, 2019.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-1 and has duly caused this registration statement on Form F-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York, New York, on July 31, 2019.

 

By:  

/s/ Torsten Kuenzlen

Name:   Torsten Kuenzlen
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Torsten Kuenzlen

  

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  July 31, 2019
Torsten Kuenzlen

/s/ James Keough

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  July 31, 2019
James Keough

/s/ Edward Hellard

   Executive Chairman and Director   July 31, 2019
Edward Hellard     

*

   Non-Executive Chairman and Director   July 31, 2019
Greg Mills  

*

   Director   July 31, 2019
Gregory Turnbull     

*

   Director   July 31, 2019
Lee Tamkee     

*

   Director   July 31, 2019
Elizabeth Cannon     

*By:    /s/ Torsten Kuenzlen                                                 

    

Name: Torsten Kuenzlen

    

Title:   Attorney-in-fact

    


Signature of Authorized U.S. Representative of Registrant

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Sundial Growers Inc., has signed this registration statement on July 31, 2019.

 

By:  

/s/ Donald J. Puglisi

Name:   Donald J. Puglisi
Title:   Managing Director, Puglisi & Associates
EX-23.1 2 d782257dex231.htm EX-23.1 EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

 

LOGO

KPMG LLP

205 5th Avenue SW

Suite 3100

Calgary AB

T2P 4B9

Telephone (403) 691-8000

Fax (403) 691-8008

www.kpmg.ca

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors of Sundial Growers Inc.

We, KPMG LLP, consent to the use of our report dated July 22, 2019, on the consolidated financial statements of Sundial Growers Inc. (the “Company”), which comprise the consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2018, February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, the related consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss, changes in equity and cash flows for the ten month period ended December 31, 2018 and the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017 and the related notes, which is included in Amendment No. 2 to the registration statement on Form F-1 (No. 333- 232573) of the Company and incorporated by reference in this registration statement, and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in Amendment No. 2 to the registration statement incorporated by reference in this registration statement.

Our report dated July 22, 2019 contains an explanatory paragraph that states that the Company has no revenue and incurred losses since inception, and has net current liabilities at December 31, 2018. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustment that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

Chartered Professional Accountants
Calgary, Canada
July 31, 2019

KPMG LLP is a Canadian limited liability partnership and a member firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. KPMG Canada provides services to KPMG LLP.

EX-23.2 3 d782257dex232.htm EX-23.2 EX-23.2

Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Auditors

The Board of Directors

Project Seed Topco Limited:

We consent to the use of our report dated April 29, 2019, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Project Seed Topco Limited as of June 30, 2018 (Successor) and June 30, 2017, June 30, 2016 and July 1, 2015 (Predecessor), and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the period from June 5, 2017 to June 30, 2018 (Successor), for the period from July 1, 2017 to August 10, 2017 (Predecessor), for the year ended June 30, 2017 (Predecessor), and for the year ended June 30, 2016 (Predecessor) and the related notes, which report appears in Amendment No. 2 to the registration statement on Form F-1 of Sundial Growers Inc. dated July 30, 2019 and incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus forming part of such registration statement, incorporated by reference in this registration statement.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP
Nottingham, United Kingdom
July 31, 2019

 

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