secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Vireo Growth Inc. (VREOF)
CIK:        0001771706
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-043175
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 1.01, 2.02, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Vireo Growth acquires Hawthorne Gardening, gains $110M cash+NWC, pays 213M shares + 80M warrants
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- Vireo issued 213M shares (deemed $0.60) and 80M warrants ($0.85 strike) to Good Dog (Scotts designee) for Hawthorne.
- Acquired ~$35M cash, ~$58M net working capital, and $20M inventory supply over 2 years from Hawthorne.
- Chris Hagedorn, Scotts EVP, nominated to Vireo board at May 29 AGM.
- Good Dog owns ~14% of Vireo; if warrants exercised would own ~19%.
- Lock-up: 10% at 6 months, 30% at 12/18/24 months.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771706/000110465926043175/0001104659-26-043175-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771706/000110465926043175/tm2611658d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-043175

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