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 Registrants 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 Registrants 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
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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 | ||||
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(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 registrants 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. |
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 |
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Name: Torsten Kuenzlen |
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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 |
Exhibit 23.1
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 Companys 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.
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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