Goodness Growth Holdings Announces Closing of Recently Announced Non-Brokered Private Placement

– Company also receives short extension of its credit agreement until July 31, 2024 –

MINNEAPOLIS, June 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Goodness Growth Holdings, Inc. (“Goodness Growth” or the “Company”) (CSE: GDNS; OTCQX: GDNSF), a cannabis company committed to providing safe access, quality products and great value to its customers, today announced that it completed the previously announced non-brokered private placement of its subordinate voting shares on June 14, 2024.

In aggregate, the Company issued 1,300,078 subordinate voting shares at a 30-day volume weighted average price (VWAP) of US $0.5384 as of May 17, 2024, representing gross proceeds of US $700,000. As previously disclosed, proceeds from the transaction will be utilized in connection with a mortgage note that’s supporting the relocation of one of the Company’s retail dispensaries in Minnesota.

The Company also announced today that it executed an eighth amendment to its credit agreement with its senior secured lender, Chicago Atlantic Admin, LLC, an affiliate of Green Ivy Capital. While the parties are working toward finalizing a longer-term extension of the credit agreement, the eighth amendment extends the maturity date on the term loan until July 31, 2024, matching all other terms of the existing agreement.

Goodness Growth Holdings Chief Executive Officer Josh Rosen commented, “While the timing of today’s announcements of the closing of our previously announced private placement and temporary extension of our credit agreement are unrelated, it is important to highlight that both of these developments were completed with the continued support of our senior secured lender. The private placement was completed essentially at market to help us execute a high ROI investment opportunity and prepare our business for the launch of adult-use sales in Minnesota. We expect to complete a long-term extension of our credit agreement soon and we appreciate the collaborative support from our lender.”

About Vireo & Goodness Growth

Vireo (Goodness Growth) was founded as a pioneer in medical cannabis in 2014 and we are fueled by an entrepreneurial drive that sustains our ongoing commitment to serve and delight our key stakeholders, most notably our customers, our employees, our shareholders, our industry collaborators, and the communities in which we live and operate. We work every day to get better and our team prioritizes 1) empowering and supporting strong local market leaders and 2) strategic, prudent capital and human resource allocation. For more information, please visit www.vireohealth.com.

Goodness Growth Holdings Contact Information

Investor Inquiries:
Sam Gibbons
Investor Relations
investor@vireohealth.com
(612) 314-8995

Media Inquiries:
Amanda Hutcheson
Senior Manager, Communications
amandahutcheson@goodnessgrowth.com   
(919) 815-1476

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Although the Company believes that the expectations and assumptions on which such forward-looking information is based are reasonable, the reader should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking information because the Company can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those contemplated by these statements. Forward-looking information is subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: risks related to the timing and content of adult-use legislation in markets where the Company currently operates; current and future market conditions, including the market price of the subordinate voting shares of the Company; risks related to epidemics and pandemics; federal, state, local, and foreign government laws, rules, and regulations, including federal and state laws and regulations in the United States relating to cannabis operations in the United States and any changes to such laws or regulations; operational, regulatory and other risks; execution of business strategy; management of growth; difficulties inherent in forecasting future events; conflicts of interest; risks inherent in an agricultural business; risks inherent in a manufacturing business; liquidity and the ability of the Company to raise additional financing to continue as a going concern; the Company’s ability to meet the demand for flower in Minnesota; risk of failure in the lawsuit with Verano and the cost of that litigation; our ability to dispose of our assets held for sale at an acceptable price or at all; and risk factors set out in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, which is available on EDGAR with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and filed with the Canadian securities regulators and available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

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