Target holds equity and management rights for multiple cannabis entities in California
LOS ANGELES, March 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, INC. (OTC Grey: PNPL) (the “Company” or “Pineapple Express”), a publicly traded company that offers consulting, technology, investments, turn-key property rentals and branding concepts to businesses in the legal cannabis industry, today announced that effective March 19, 2019, it has entered into a share exchange agreement to acquire a majority stake in Pineapple Ventures, Inc. (“PVI”).
PVI holds various equity interests in multiple California-based cannabis delivery, manufacturing, cultivation, and distribution companies and/or licenses, including 30% minority equity interests in two California-based cannabis retail dispensary, consumer delivery, production, and distribution licensees, as well as additional minority 15% equity interests in three cannabis production and distribution licensees. PVI also maintains a 10% revenue share relative to management services being rendered to two separate dispensary and retail delivery licensees In addition, PVI owns a hemp CBD product distribution company (www.PineappleExpressWellness.com). Additionally, PVI holds the right and title to the profits of a cannabis lease and sublease at a 38,000 SF building in Chatsworth, California being subleased to various legally permitted cannabis operators.
The acquisition will take place in two tranches for a total of up to 80% of PVI to be acquired by the Company in exchange for an aggregate of 5 million shares of Series A Preferred Stock of Pineapple Express. The first tranche of 20% of PVI was acquired upon execution of the share exchange agreement and the remaining 60% of PVI shall be acquired within 6 months, subject to certain closing conditions including that the Company resumes, and becomes current in its filing obligations with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company must also structure payment arrangements with all creditors that are owed money by it.
“In bringing the wealth of assets from Pineapple Ventures to Pineapple Express, we are embarking on a new course for the Company,” said Shawn Credle, CEO of Pineapple Express. “We will continue to develop and strengthen our assets at both Pineapple Express and Pineapple Ventures while steps are being taken to finalize the acquisition with executing on tranche number two over the next few months. That final share exchange will happen when debts are retired or adequately structured, and the Company becomes current in its filing obligations with the SEC. For now, we will be launching our statewide cannabis delivery service within the next few weeks using the www.PineappleExpress.com web portal.”
About Pineapple Express, Inc.
Pineapple Express, Inc. is based in Los Angeles, California. Through our operating subsidiary Pineapple Express Consulting, Inc., we provide capital to our canna-business clientele, lease real properties to those canna-businesses, and provide consulting and technology to develop, enhance, or expand existing and newly formed infrastructures. We intend to create a nationally branded chain of cannabis retail stores under the "Pineapple Express" name, which we intend to be supported by Company-owned cultivation and processing facilities, and will feature products from Company-owned manufacturers. We currently engage in product licensing, leasing to and investing in existing and new canna-businesses, selling industry specific technology, and providing ancillary support services. We believe that our competitive advantages include our wealth of experience, business model, exclusive proprietary technology and intellectual property, and key industry contacts in an industry that is foreign to most. It is our expectation that these factors will set us apart from most of our competitors.
Forward-Looking Statements:
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Company Contact:
Matthew Feinstein, Director
Pineapple Express, Inc.
Office: 877-310-PNPL