It’s time for your Daily Hit of cannabis financial news for July 31, 2019.

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Brightfield Group Names Top 5 CBD Companies

The CBD industry is becoming much more saturated than it was before the passing of the U.S. Farm Bill late last year, with new products entering the market, threatening to take a slice of the CBD pie that the early producers of CBD have enjoyed until this time…Brightfield Group listed the Top 5 CBD Companies that the research group says “continue to make a name for themselves” within the growing CBD market. Here’s what we know about these various companies…

TILT Holdings

Following the market close and at the end of the evening on Tuesday, TILT Holdings Inc.  (CSE: TILT) (OTCQB: SVVTF) said that it refiled amended and restated management’s discussion and analysis for the quarters and year ended December 31, 2018, and for the three month period ended March 31, 2019, and 2018  (the YE 2018 MD&A and the Q1 2019 MD&A together.  The documents were prepared following a continuous disclosure review by the British Columbia Securities Commission of the company’s disclosure records.

CannTrust

Following the disastrous revelation that the company began growing cannabis plants in grow rooms without licenses, CannTrust Holdings Inc. (TSX: TRST)(NYSE: CTST) said that its special committee has retained Greenhill & Co. Canada Ltd. as the Special Committee’s financial advisor, to assist in a review of strategic alternatives. Those options include a sale of the company, a merger or changes to the company’s strategy. The interim CEO has said the talks are happening at only a conversation level at this time.

In Other News

Harvest Health & Recreation

Harvest Health & Recreation, Inc. (CSE: HARV,) (OTCQX: HRVSF) announced that it has entered a term sheet for a secure term loan of up to $225 million. The loan comes from an investment fund managed by Torian Capital Partners, and will be made available to Harvest in three tranches of $75 million. Harvest will use the proceeds from the loan to fund expansion initiatives. “Harvest is in a strong financial position in the cannabis industry and this growth capital, which we believe is provided at an attractive financing cost will enable us to deliver on our commitment to enhance shareholder value,” said Steve White, CEO of Harvest. “With greater financial flexibility, we are better equipped to execute our strategy to aggressively expand our retail and wholesale footprint across the U.S. into key markets, while seeking to build and acquire brands for broad distribution,” White concluded.