RICHMOND, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Altria Group, Inc (NYSE:MO) at the moment introduced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Altria Summit LLC, has notified Cronos Group Inc. (Cronos) of its irrevocable abandonment of (i) its warrant to buy extra widespread shares of Cronos (the Warrant) and (ii) all rights that it might have held within the Warrant or any widespread shares underlying the Warrant for no consideration.

In March 2019, Altria acquired, by its subsidiaries, a forty five% possession curiosity in Cronos and the Warrant. The Warrant was exercisable till March 8, 2023 at an train worth of CAD$19.00 per widespread share. Previous to abandonment of the Warrant, Altria, by its subsidiaries, owned 156,573,537 widespread shares of Cronos (representing roughly 41% of the Cronos widespread shares issued and excellent) and, by totally exercising the Warrant, may enhance its possession by 84,243,223 Cronos widespread shares to 240,816,760 Cronos widespread shares (representing roughly 52% of the Cronos widespread shares that will be issued and excellent following full train of the Warrant).

The closing share worth of Cronos widespread shares on December 15, 2022 was CAD$3.81 and the Cronos widespread shares haven’t traded above CAD$6.00 over the previous 12 months. Given the Cronos buying and selling ranges and the March 2023 expiry of the Warrant, Altria elected to desert the Warrant on December 16, 2022. On account of the Warrant abandonment, Altria expects to assert a capital lack of $483 million on its U.S federal consolidated revenue tax return for 2022. Altria continues to personal 156,573,537 widespread shares of Cronos.

Altria, by its subsidiaries, holds the Cronos widespread shares for funding functions. Altria will proceed to guage Cronos’s enterprise and prospects and all different elements it deems related in figuring out whether or not it or its associates will purchase extra widespread shares of Cronos or eliminate widespread shares of Cronos within the open market, in privately negotiated transactions (which can be with Cronos or with third events) or in any other case.

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