It’s time for your Daily Hit of cannabis financial news for September 9, 2019.

On the Site

Medicine Man Technologies

Medicine Man Technologies, Inc. (OTCQX: MDCL) has been on a dispensary buying binge this past couple of weeks. Today the company has added to that list of newly acquired properties. The company said it would be buying four additional dispensaries in Colorado from a leading cannabis retailer. The company’s total dispensary count will grow to 27 upon the successful closing of all the pending acquisitions.

Cannabis Meets Fashion At New York Fashion Week

Fashion met cannabis this past weekend as Project Runway Allstar, Korto Momolu, partnered with Women Grow, the largest network of women in the cannabis and hemp industries for a runway show spectacular. The combination of high fashion and activewear emblazoned with the Women’s Grow logo was well-received by an enthusiastic audience.

Medical CCAs 101 (Cannabis Cooperative Associations)

This article describes the additional financial benefits of moving flower from cultivator to consumer through a CCA as medical cannabis rather than as adult-use cannabis.

In Other News

Aurora Cannabis

Aurora Cannabis Inc. (NYSE: ACB) has closed its previously announced amended and upsized credit facilities with a syndicate of lenders led by the Bank of Montreal. This consist of C$160 million in term loans and a feature enabling to company to upsize the facility by approximately C$40 million, in addition to the original C$200 million in credit facilities. “We are very pleased to now have three of the five largest Schedule 1 Canadian banks in our syndicate, along with increased participation from other key syndicate partners,” said Terry Booth, CEO of Aurora.

Tilray

Tilray Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement with Privateer Holdings, which is the company’s largest stockholder. Under the agreement, the parties will effect a downstream merger of Privateer with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tilray, with the Tilray subsidiary surviving the merger, and the issuance by Tilray to Privateer equity holders of newly issued and registered shares of Tilray common stock and options to purchase shares of Tilray common stock in an aggregate amount equal to the number of Tilray common shares currently held by Privateer.

Sunniva

Sunniva Inc. (CSE: SNN) (OTCQB: SNNVF) announced that its that its wholly owned subsidiary, Natural Health Services Ltd. (NHS) has been named in a class action lawsuit filed in connection with a previously reported privacy breach of the Electronic Medical Record system used by NHS. “From the time we initially became aware of this issue, we have taken all the necessary steps to prevent a situation like this from happening again in the future,” said Dr. Mark Kimmins, President of NHS. “We continue to work with law enforcement and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta in the ongoing investigation into this matter.”