LAS VEGAS and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TAAT® GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES INC. (CSE: TAAT) (OTCQX: TOBAF) (FRANKFURT: 2TP) (the “Company” or “TAAT®”) is pleased to announce that it has accepted an invitation from multinational investment bank Jefferies Group (“Jefferies”) to present at the Jefferies Cannabis Summit on Thursday, June 2, 2022 (revised from the original date of Wednesday, March 2, 2022). Taking place at the InterContinental Barclay in New York City, the Jefferies Cannabis Summit is a one-day live event with global virtual attendance options in which cannabis industry players will deliver their respective corporate presentations and engage in one-on-one meetings. The Jefferies Cannabis Summit is an invitation-only event, attended exclusively by Jefferies clients who are mostly institutional equity investors. Although TAAT® is primarily positioned in the USD $812 billion global tobacco industry, its use of hemp in the tobacco-free and nicotine-free Beyond Tobacco™ base material qualifies the Company for attendance at this event.
In 2021, Jefferies initiated coverage of seven cannabis companies in the United States, placing a “Buy” rating on each, describing this as a potential “generational wealth opportunity” in a report to its clients. At the same time Jefferies estimated that the U.S. cannabis sector will grow at a 14 percent rate from 2020 to 2030. Jefferies stated that it believes a limiting factor on the valuation of U.S. cannabis companies is the lack of institutional support. By its estimations, Jefferies calculated institutional ownership of shares of U.S. cannabis companies at 4% compared to 15% for the Canadian cannabis space1.
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On Thursday, June 2, 2022, TAAT® will be presenting at the Jefferies Cannabis Summit; an invitation-only event for clients of Jefferies (a multinational investment bank), who are mostly institutional equity investors. Following the delivery of the Company’s investor presentation, individual attendees can engage in one-on-one meetings with TAAT® to learn more about the Company and its journey towards capturing market share in the USD $812 billion global tobacco industry. The current version of the TAAT® investor presentation can be accessed by clicking here.
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TAAT® Founder Joe Deighan commented, “We are grateful that we were invited to the Jefferies Cannabis Summit in New York City, because it validates us as a prominent name in a space about which Jefferies is clearly very enthusiastic. The scope of the cannabis industry is immense, and our novel approach to leveraging hemp as a base material for a nicotine-free and tobacco-free alternative to tobacco cigarettes is a testament to just how versatile of a biomass it is. I consider this to be a very unique opportunity for us, as institutional investors comprise a significant portion of the shareholder base of major tobacco companies (e.g., over 75% of shares in Philip Morris International are held by more than 2,400 different institutions2), and putting TAAT® in front of an institutional investor audience could be extremely beneficial for us as we seek to grow and fortify our profile in the capital markets.”
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2 - https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/PM/holders?p=PM (data from Tuesday, March 29, 2022)
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company,
TAAT® GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES INC.
“Setti Coscarella”
Setti Coscarella, CEO and Director
For further information, please contact:
TAAT® Investor Relations
1-833-TAAT-USA (1-833-822-8872)
investor@taatglobal.com
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About TAAT® Global Alternatives Inc.
The Company has developed TAAT®, which is a tobacco-free and nicotine-free alternative to traditional cigarettes offered in "Original", "Smooth", and "Menthol" varieties. TAAT®'s base material is Beyond Tobacco™, a proprietary blend which undergoes a patent-pending refinement technique causing its scent and taste to resemble tobacco. Under executive leadership with "Big Tobacco" pedigree, TAAT® was launched first in the United States in Q4 2020 as the Company seeks to position itself in the $812 billion1 global tobacco industry.
For more information, please visit http://taatglobal.com.
References
1 Statista: Consumer Markets - Tobacco Products
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