Sundial Announces Anticipated Closing Date of Alcanna Acquisition and Late Filing of Annual Financial Statements and MD&A under Canadian Law

CALGARY, AB, March 28, 2022 /CNW/ – Sundial Growers Inc. (NASDAQ: SNDL) (“Sundial” or the “Firm“) currently declared that it expects the previously announced system of arrangement (the “Arrangement“) with Alcanna Inc. (“Alcanna“) to be completed on or about March 31, 2022. All regulatory prerequisites below applicable provincial liquor and cannabis legislation have now been glad and completion of the Arrangement continues to be issue only to customary closing disorders as even further described in the Arrangement Settlement. Sundial and Alcanna have mutually agreed to prolong the outside the house day for closing the transaction by one working day to March 31, 2022.

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Money Assertion Submitting Delay

The Firm also declared a delay in filing its audited consolidated money statements for the year ended December 31, 2021, annual management’s discussion and assessment for the exact period of time and management certifications of yearly filings (collectively, the “Filings“) past the deadline of March 31, 2022 prescribed by Canadian securities legal guidelines. Sundial expects to file its Annual Report on Type 20-F within just the relevant U.S. filing deadline. The Corporation now expects to report fourth quarter and complete 12 months 2021 earnings on or ahead of April 14, 2022. Up to date meeting simply call information will be supplied in a subsequent announcement.

Based mostly on unaudited financial statements ready by the management of the Business, Sundial expects to report report modified EBITDA from continuing operations for the entire calendar year 2021.

The principal rationale for the hold off is the major quantity of extra get the job done and in-depth methods demanded to be executed by the Company and its external auditor as 2021 is the first year that the Business is expected to have an auditor attestation report on its interior controls about fiscal reporting under Portion 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX“). This need to be SOX compliant is a purpose of the quick development in scale and stage of corporate exercise Sundial has realized about the very last two decades. SOX compliance necessitates heightened ranges of company controls and processes that will in the long run gain Sundial shareholders by way of very best procedures in possibility administration.

The Firm’s auditor is completing its external audit and will be unable to situation an audit feeling prior to the close of March 2022 as earlier expected. The Enterprise thinks that there will be no restatement of earlier released fiscal statements of Sundial.

The Corporation has educated the personnel of the Alberta Securities Fee (the “ASC“) about its expected hold off of the Filings and has applied to the ASC pursuant to Aspect 4 of Nationwide Coverage 12-203 – Administration Cease Trade Orders (“NP 12-203“) for a Administration Cease Trade Purchase (“MCTO“) pending the release of the Filings. If an MCTO is issued, Sundial intends to fulfill the provisions of the “option data tips” set out in NP 12-203, like the necessity to file bi-weekly standing reports in the form of information releases containing approved updating info, right until the Filings are created. An MCTO would not typically have an impact on the ability of people who are not directors, officers, or insiders of the Business to trade in securities of the Organization.

Sundial’s blackout coverage has restricted trading by administrators, officers, and other insiders of the Company for the total calendar calendar year hence much. The policy has also limited the Company’s skill to execute the repurchase of Sundial shares below its earlier announced share repurchase strategy. The Enterprise expects the investing window to open up subsequent to the filing of initially quarter monetary outcomes in Might.

ABOUT SUNDIAL GROWERS INC.

Sundial is a general public corporation whose shares are traded on Nasdaq underneath the image “SNDL”. Its business enterprise is noted and analyzed under 3 running segments: Cannabis Functions, Cannabis Retail, and Expense Operations. Next completion of the Arrangement, Sundial expects to insert a fourth section, Liquor Retail.

As a accredited producer that crafts little-batch hashish making use of state-of-the-artwork indoor amenities, Sundial’s ‘craft-at-scale’ modular expanding approach, award-profitable genetics, and seasoned growers set us aside. Sundial’s manufacturer portfolio contains Top rated Leaf, Sundial Cannabis, Palmetto, and Grasslands. Sundial also operates the Spiritleaf retail banner. Spiritleaf aims to be the most well-informed and trusted source of leisure cannabis by offering a high quality customer encounter and good quality curated hashish products.

Sundial’s expense functions look for to deploy strategic funds by immediate and indirect investments and partnerships in the course of the world-wide cannabis field.

Sundial is proudly Albertan, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, with functions in Olds and Rocky Perspective County, Alberta, Canada. For a lot more info on Sundial, please go to www.sndlgroup.com.

Forward-Wanting Statements

Particular statements in this push launch represent “ahead-on the lookout” statements that include recognised and mysterious hazards, uncertainties and other variables which might trigger the true final results, overall performance, objectives or achievements of Sundial or industry benefits, to be materially distinct from any future final results, general performance, targets or achievements expressed or implied by these kinds of forward-hunting statements. When applied in this press release, phrases these kinds of as “may”, “would”, “could”, “will”, “anticipate”, “foresee”, “estimate”, “believe that”, “intend”, “strategy”, and other equivalent expressions are supposed to recognize forward-seeking statements. Forward-hunting info in this information launch features, but is not limited to, statements with regards to: Sundial’s expectation that it will file its Yearly Report on Type 20-F in the applicable U.S. filing deadline and that it will report its fourth quarter and comprehensive year 2021 earnings on or just before April 14, 2022 Sundial’s expectation that it will report document Modified EBTIDA from continuing functions for the year finished December 31, 2021 and the expected closing day of the Arrangement. These statements reflect Sundial’s current views concerning potential gatherings and functioning efficiency, are dependent on info now readily available to Sundial, and speak only as of the date of this press release. These ahead-hunting statements contain a quantity of challenges, uncertainties and assumptions and should really not be read through as guarantees that future functionality or benefits will be achieved. Several elements could induce the true benefits, efficiency, aims or achievements of Sundial to be materially various from any future success, functionality, aims or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such forward-seeking statements. The principal components, assumptions and hazards that Sundial built or took into account in the preparing of these forward-wanting statements include: Sundial’s perception that its external auditor will full its audit and launch its audit viewpoint in a well timed way that will make it possible for Sundial to file its Annual Report on Kind 20-F inside the relevant U.S. filing deadline, that the unaudited economical statements well prepared by administration of the Corporation will not vary materially from audited fiscal statements once accessible, and that all situations to closing of the Arrangement will be pleased prior to the anticipated closing date. Extra elements that may possibly effect Sundial’s success are discussed in Sundial’s other publicly readily available disclosure paperwork, as filed by Sundial on EDGAR (www.sec.gov/edgar) and SEDAR (www.sedar.com). Really should one particular or a lot more of these pitfalls or uncertainties materialize, or must assumptions underlying the ahead-searching statements establish incorrect, genuine results may change materially from these described in this press release as meant, planned, predicted, considered, approximated or anticipated. The ahead-on the lookout information contained in this news launch is made as of the day hereof. Except if expected by applicable securities law, Sundial does not intend and does not believe any obligation to update these ahead-wanting statements, no matter whether as a result of new information, upcoming situations or otherwise.