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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-066709"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VFF"
cik: "0001584549"
company_name: "Village Farms International, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T07:23:53.418585+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Village Farms boosts Rose LifeScience stake to 80% for C$4.1M; deal immediately accretive

## Summary
- Acquired additional 10% interest in Rose LifeScience for C$4.1 million cash, raising ownership to 80%.
- Rose sales have grown more than 300% since Village Farms' initial 70% acquisition in late 2021.
- Purchase is immediately accretive to Adjusted EBITDA and Net Income per the press release.
- Co-founders Davide Zaffino and Brian Stevenson sold their shares but remain as CEO and COO, jointly retaining 20%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-066709
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VFF
- cik: 0001584549
- company_name: Village Farms International, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584549/000095017024066709/0000950170-24-066709-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584549/000095017024066709/vff-20240529.htm

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