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Clever Leaves Holdings Inc.: restructuring charge — Clever Leaves winds down Portugal ops; cuts 21% workforce, expects $19-21M charges
Clever Leaves Holdings Inc.
- 63 employees dismissed in Portugal; 96% of Portugal workforce and 21% of total workforce eliminated.
- Expected charges: $19M-$21M ($0.7M-$0.9M severance, $12M-$13M real estate/equipment exit, $6M-$7M inventory write-off).
- Only $1.5M-$2.0M of total charges are cash; balance is non-cash write-offs of prior investments.
- Annualized cost savings of ~$7M expected by year-end 2023; company to consolidate cultivation in Colombia.
- Colombia operations: 1.8M sq ft, EU-GMP certified; dry flower sales from Colombia expected to commence in Q1 2023.