UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported): November 6, 2023 (
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Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 6, 2023, 4Front Ventures Corp. (the “Company”) entered into the Amendment No. 1 to Convertible Promissory Note Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment”), by and among the Company, Navy Capital Green Fund, LP (the “Lead Investor”), Navy Capital Green Co- Invest Fund, LLC (“Navy Co-Invest”) and HI 4Front, LLC (“HI 4Front” and, together with the Lead Investor and Navy Co-Invest, the “Investors”). The Amendment amended the Convertible Promissory Note Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement), dated as of October 6, 2021, by and among the Company and the Investors.
Pursuant to the Amendment, (i) interest payment obligations due to the Investors on October 6, 2023 will be deferred from October 6, 2023 to October 6, 2024 (the “Deferred Interest”), (ii) the Deferred Interest will be convertible into Class A subordinate voting shares of the Company (“Class A Shares”), (iii) the interest rate on the notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the “Notes”) has been revised from 6% per annum to 10% per annum, and (iv) the conversion price of the Notes has been decreased from US$1.03 to US$0.23 per Class A Share.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which will be filed subsequent to this filing.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information contained in Item 1.01 above is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01 Exhibits
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: November 6, 2023
| 4FRONT VENTURES CORP. | |
| By: | /s/ Leonid Gontmakher |
| Leonid Gontmakher | |
| Chief Executive Officer and Director | |