TORONTO, Aug. 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wayland Group (CSE:WAYL) (“Wayland”) and Cryptologic Corp. (CSE: CRY) (“Cryptologic”) are pleased to announce that Wayland has now received the previously announced $5 million bridge loan from Cryptologic, which has been advanced in connection with the proposed sale of Wayland’s Canadian business to Cryptologic.
“This bridge loan will allow Wayland to continue the build out of Wayland’s state-of-the-art EU-GMP certified facility in Langton, Ontario and to satisfy certain of the company’s existing liabilities. We intend to maintain a focus on financial and operational discipline in connection with our ongoing build-out of the Langton facility, and we thank our stakeholders for working with us through this phase in our development.”, said Paul Pathak, Chair of the Board.
The bridge loan is subordinate to Wayland’s existing secured convertible debentures, and Cryptologic will hold second-lien security over the assets to be purchased by Cryptologic in the proposed transaction.
About Wayland Group
Wayland is a vertically integrated cultivator and processor of cannabis. The Company was founded in 2013 and is based in Oakville, Ontario, Canada and Munich, Germany, with production facilities in Langton, Ontario where it operates a cannabis cultivation, extraction, formulation, and distribution business under federal licenses from the Government of Canada. The Company also has production operations in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Regensdorf, Switzerland and, Allesandria, Piedmont, Italy. Wayland will continue to pursue new opportunities globally, including in Argentina and Colombia, in its effort to enhance lives through cannabis.
About Cryptologic Corp.
Cryptologic Corp. is currently a cryptocurrency mining company that is focused on divesting of its crypto mining assets and exploring acquisition opportunities in sectors outside of cryptocurrency mining.
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Corporate Headquarters (Canada)
Wayland Group Corp. (Toronto)
2381 Bristol Circle
Door D, Suite 102
Oakville, Ontario
Canada L6H 5S9
289-288-6274
European Headquarters (Germany)
Wayland (Deutschland) GmbH
c/o Wayland
Max Joseph Str. 7
80333 Munich