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Flora to be represented by President and CEO Luis Merchan and key division partners; Paulina Vega, Laura Londono, and Claudia Bahamon

When: Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 4:00 pm ET


Boustead Securities, LLC (“Boustead”) IPO client Flora Growth Corp. (NASDAQ: FLGC) (“Flora” or the “Company”), an all-outdoor cultivator and manufacturer of cannabis-derived products and brands, is pleased to announce it will ring the Nasdaq Closing Bell today, Thursday, May 20th.

Company executives will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York today to celebrate their recent IPO. In honor of the occasion, Flora Growth President and CEO, Luis Merchan will ring the closing bell, alongside key division partners; Paulina Vega, Laura Londono, and Claudia Bahamon.

Flora launched a US-based IPO on May 11 as the first known cannabis cultivator to list on the NASDAQ without using a SPAC, reverse merger or dual listing. Flora is also the first known all-outdoor grower ever listed on the NASDAQ and has the largest licensed cultivation footprint in Colombia.

“The Flora Growth team is thrilled to celebrate our listing on the NASDAQ last week by ringing the closing bell today,” Merchan said. “It is the culmination of tireless work from our team and today marks a key milestone for the Company. With our incredible team and collective vision, the future is extremely bright. Today is only the beginning.” Boustead Securities, LLC acted as the sole underwriter for the firm commitment IPO (the “Underwriter”) with MKM Partners acting as co-manager.

A registration statement relating to these securities was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and was declared effective on May 10, 2021. A copy of the prospectus can be found here.

 

A registration statement relating to these securities was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and was declared effective on May 10, 2021. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Flora Growth Corp. Flora Growth is a cannabis company that will leverage natural, cost-effective cultivation practices to supply cannabis derivatives to its diverse business divisions of cosmetics, hemp textiles, and food and beverage. As the operator of one of the largest outdoor cultivation facilities, Flora strives to market a higher-quality premium product at below market prices. By prioritizing natural ingredients and value-chain sustainability across its portfolio, Flora creates premium products that help consumers restore and thrive. Visit www.floragrowth.ca or follow @floragrowthcorp on social for more information. About Boustead Securities, LLC Boustead Securities, LLC is an investment banking firm that executes and advises on IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, capital raises and restructuring assignments in a wide array of industries, geographies and transactions, for a broad client base. Boustead’s core value proposition is the ability to create opportunity through innovative solutions and tenacious execution. With experienced professionals in the United States, Boustead’s team moves quickly and provides a broad spectrum of sophisticated financial advice and services. Boustead is a majority-owned subsidiary of Boustead & Company Limited, a diversified non-bank financial institution. For more information visit please visit: www.boustead1828.com For Underwriter Inquiries Please Contact: Boustead Securities, LLC Daniel J. McClory, Head of Equity Capital Markets Tel: +1 949 502 4408 Email: dan@boustead1828.com Form CRS/Reg BI Disclaimer: Boustead Securities, LLC, Sutter Securities Inc., and Sutter Securities Clearing, LLC (SSC) are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as broker-dealers and are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Brokerage and investment advisory services and fees differ and it is important for you to understand these differences. Free and simple tools are available to research firms and financial professionals at Investor.gov/CRS, which also provides educational materials about broker-dealers, investment advisers, and investing. When we provide you with a recommendation, we have to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. At the same time, the way we make money creates a conflict with your interests. Please strive to understand and ask us about these conflicts because they can affect the recommendations we provide you. There are many risks involved with investing. For Boustead Securities customers and clients, please see our Regulation Best Interest Relationship Guide on the Form CRS Reg BI page on our website at https://www.boustead1828.com/form-crs-reg-bi. For Sutter Securities’ and Sutter Securities Clearing’s customers and clients, please see the Form CRS on the website at https://suttersecurities.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Sutter-Form-CRS-combined-121020.pdf. For FlashFunders’ visitors, you may review the Form CRS of Boustead Securities, Sutter Securities and Sutter Securities Clearing under the Form CRS section. Please also carefully review and verify the accuracy of the information you provide us on account applications, subscription documents and others. Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements This document contains forward-looking statements. In addition, from time to time, we or our representatives may make forward-looking statements orally or in writing. We base these forward-looking statements on our expectations and projections about future events, which we derive from the information currently available to us. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future performance, including: our financial performance and projections; our growth in revenue and earnings; and our business prospects and opportunities. You can identify forward-looking statements by those that are not historical in nature, particularly those that use terminology such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “contemplates,” “estimates,” “believes,” “plans,” “projected,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “hopes” or the negative of these or similar terms. In evaluating these forward-looking statements, you should consider various factors, including: our ability to change the direction of the Company; our ability to keep pace with new technology and changing market needs; and the competitive environment of our business. These and other factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. Forward-looking statements are only predictions. The forward-looking events discussed in this document and other statements made from time to time by us or our representatives, may not occur, and actual events and results may differ materially and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us. We are not obligated to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this document and other statements made from time to time by us or our representatives might not occur.


Boustead Securities client, Jiuzi Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), a new energy vehicles franchisor and retailer under the brand name "Jiuzi" in China, today announced the pricing of its upsized initial public offering ("Offering") of 5,200,000 ordinary shares at a public offering price of US$5.00 per share. The ordinary shares have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and commenced trading on May 18, 2021 under the ticker symbol "JZXN".

The Company expects to receive aggregate gross proceeds of US$26 million from this Offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and other related expenses. The Offering is expected to close on or about May 20, 2021, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The Offering is being conducted on a firm commitment basis. Boustead Securities, LLC is acting as the sole underwriter for the Offering. Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP is acting as counsel to the Company, and Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP is acting as counsel to Boustead Securities, LLC.

A registration statement on Form F-1 relating to the Offering was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") (File Number: 333-248416) and was declared effective by the SEC on May 17, 2021, and a registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) (File No. 333-256223) became effective upon filing with the SEC. The Offering is being made only by means of a prospectus, forming a part of the registration statement. A final prospectus relating to the Offering will be filed with the SEC and may be obtained from Boustead Securities, by email at offerings@boustead1828.com, by calling +1 (949) 502-4408 or standard mail to Boustead Securities, LLC, Attn: Equity Capital Markets, 6 Venture, Suite 395, Irvine, CA 92618, USA. In addition, a copy of the prospectus relating to the Offering may be obtained via the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

 

Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and other documents the Company has filed or will file with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and the Offering. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the Company's securities, nor shall such securities be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of any of the Company's securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.


About Jiuzi Holdings, Inc. Jiuzi Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Hangzhou, China, and established in 2017, franchises and operates retail stores under the brand name "Jiuzi" to sell New Energy Vehicles ("NEVs") in third-fourth tier cities in China. The Company majorly sells battery-operated electric vehicles, and sources NEVs through more than twenty NEV manufacturers. It has 31 operating franchise stores and one company-owned store. For more information, visit the Company's website at http://www.zjjzxny.cn/.

About Boustead Securities, LLC

Boustead Securities, LLC is an investment banking firm that executes and advises on IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, capital raises and restructuring assignments in a wide array of industries, geographies and transactions, for a broad client base. Boustead’s core value proposition is the ability to create opportunity through innovative solutions and tenacious execution. With experienced professionals in the United States, Boustead’s team moves quickly and provides a broad spectrum of sophisticated financial advice and services. Boustead is a majority-owned subsidiary of Boustead & Company Limited, a diversified non-bank financial institution. For more information visit please visit: www.boustead1828.com

Form CRS/Reg BI Disclaimer:

Boustead Securities, LLC, Sutter Securities Inc., and Sutter Securities Clearing,LLC (SSC) are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as broker-dealers and are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Brokerage and investment advisory services and fees differ and it is important for you to understand these differences. Free and simple tools are available to research firms and financial professionals at Investor.gov/CRS, which also provides educational materials about broker-dealers, investment advisers, and investing. When we provide you with a recommendation, we have to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. At the same time, the way we make money creates a conflict with your interests. Please strive to understand and ask us about these conflicts because they can affect the recommendations we provide you. There are many risks involved with investing. For Boustead Securities customers and clients, please see our Regulation Best Interest Relationship Guide on the Form CRS Reg BI page on our website at https://www.boustead1828.com/form-crs-reg-bi. For Sutter Securities’ and Sutter Securities Clearing’s customers and clients, please see the Form CRS on the website at https://suttersecurities.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Sutter-Form-CRS-combined-121020.pdf. For FlashFunders’ visitors, you may review the Form CRS of Boustead Securities, Sutter Securities and Sutter Securities Clearing under the Form CRS section. Please also carefully review and verify the accuracy of the information you provide us on account applications, subscription documents and others.

Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements. In addition, from time to time, we or our representatives may make forward-looking statements orally or in writing. We base these forward-looking statements on our expectations and projections about future events, which we derive from the information currently available to us. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future performance, including: our financial performance and projections; our growth in revenue and earnings; and our business prospects and opportunities. You can identify forward-looking statements by those that are not historical in nature, particularly those that use terminology such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “contemplates,” “estimates,” “believes,” “plans,” “projected,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “hopes” or the negative of these or similar terms. In evaluating these forward-looking statements, you should consider various factors, including: our ability to change the direction of the Company; our ability to keep pace with new technology and changing market needs; and the competitive environment of our business. These and other factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. Forward-looking statements are only predictions. The forward-looking events discussed in this document and other statements made from time to time by us or our representatives, may not occur, and actual events and results may differ materially and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us. We are not obligated to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this document and other statements made from time to time by us or our representatives might not occur.


Boustead Securities, LLC (“Boustead”) client Flora Growth Corp. ("Flora" or the "Company") (proposed Nasdaq ticker symbol: "FLGC"), a vertically integrated cannabis company operating in Colombia and headquartered in Toronto, has filed a registration statement with the SEC for its planned IPO.

Boustead is the lead underwriter for the offering.

In its proposed IPO, the Company is offering 3,333,333 common shares. The IPO price is anticipated to be between US$4.00 and US$5.00. The offering size is US$13,333,332 to US$16,666,665.

The Company has applied to list on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FLGC".


The offering of these securities will be made only by means of a prospectus, which is a part of the registration statement filed with the SEC. Copies of the prospectus may be obtained from: Boustead Securities, LLC.

Email offerings@boustead1828.com or call +1 (949) 502-4408 or request by standard mail at Boustead Securities, LLC, Attn: Equity Capital Markets, 6 Venture, Suite 395, Irvine, CA 92618, USA.

 

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.

 

Form CRS/Reg BI Disclaimer:

Boustead Securities, LLC, Sutter Securities Inc., and Sutter Securities Clearing, LLC (SSC) are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as broker-dealers and are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Brokerage and investment advisory services and fees differ and it is important for you to understand these differences. Free and simple tools are available to research firms and financial professionals at Investor.gov/CRS, which also provides educational materials about broker-dealers, investment advisers, and investing. When we provide you with a recommendation, we have to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. At the same time, the way we make money creates a conflict with your interests. Please strive to understand and ask us about these conflicts because they can affect the recommendations we provide you. There are many risks involved with investing. For Boustead Securities customers and clients, please see our Regulation Best Interest Relationship Guide on the Form CRS Reg BI page on our website at https://www.boustead1828.com/form-crs-reg-bi. For Sutter Securities’ and Sutter Securities Clearing’s customers and clients, please see the Form CRS on the website at https://suttersecurities.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Sutter-Form-CRS-combined-121020.pdf. For FlashFunders’ visitors, you may review the Form CRS of Boustead Securities, Sutter Securities and Sutter Securities Clearing under the Form CRS section. Please also carefully review and verify the accuracy of the information you provide us on account applications, subscription documents and others.

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements. In addition, from time to time, we or our representatives may make forward-looking statements orally or in writing. We base these forward-looking statements on our expectations and projections about future events, which we derive from the information currently available to us. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future performance, including: our financial performance and projections; our growth in revenue and earnings; and our business prospects and opportunities. You can identify forward-looking statements by those that are not historical in nature, particularly those that use terminology such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “contemplates,” “estimates,” “believes,” “plans,” “projected,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “hopes” or the negative of these or similar terms. In evaluating these forward-looking statements, you should consider various factors, including: our ability to change the direction of the Company; our ability to keep pace with new technology and changing market needs; and the competitive environment of our business. These and other factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. Forward-looking statements are only predictions. The forward-looking events discussed in this document and other statements made from time to time by us or our representatives, may not occur, and actual events and results may differ materially and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us. We are not obligated to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this document and other statements made from time to time by us or our representatives might not occur.

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