CUSIP: 68620P101
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This statement constitutes Amendment No. 2 (this “Amendment No. 2”) to the Schedule 13D (the “Initial Schedule 13D”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 10, 2021, as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 1” and, the Initial Schedule 13D as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1, the “Original Schedule 13D”) filed with the SEC on February 1, 2022 relating to the Common Shares of the Issuer. This Amendment No. 2 amends the Original Schedule 13D on behalf of the undersigned to furnish the information set forth herein. Except as set forth below, all Items of the Original Schedule 13D remain unchanged. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment No. 2 have the meaning assigned to them in the Original Schedule 13D.
The Initial Schedule 13D was filed with respect to Common Shares of the Issuer held by BT DE Investments Inc. (the “Purchaser”). The Purchaser is a wholly owned subsidiary of BATUS Holdings Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Louisville Securities Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of British-American Tobacco (Holdings) Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of B.A.T. Industries p.l.c., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Weston (2009) Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of British American Tobacco (2009) Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of British American Tobacco (2012) Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of British American Tobacco (1998) Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (“BAT”). BAT and the aforementioned wholly owned subsidiaries of BAT are collectively referred to herein as the “BAT Entities”.
Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration |
The information set forth in Item 4 of this Amendment No. 2 is incorporated by reference.
Item 4. | Purpose of the Transaction |
On November 5, 2023, the Purchaser executed and delivered a subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) with the Issuer to acquire Common Shares and Class A preferred shares to be newly created and issued (“Preferred Shares” and, together with the Common Shares, “Shares”) on a private placement basis (the “Private Placement”), increasing the Purchaser’s strategic investment in the Issuer completed on March 11, 2021.
The Private Placement will be undertaken in three (3) tranches, each subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. Under the first tranche (the “First Tranche”), which will close three (3) business days after the date on which the requisite conditions in the Subscription Agreement are met (provided that such date shall be no later than April 30, 2024 unless the Purchaser and the Issuer mutually so agree), 12,893,175 Shares will be issued to the Purchaser at a price of C$3.2203 per Share (the “Tranche Share Price”). The allocation of Common Shares and Preferred Shares issued as part of each tranche will be subject to a threshold on the issuance of Common Shares to the Purchaser of 30% of the aggregate number of Common Shares issued and outstanding, as described below.
Under the second tranche of the Private Placement (the “Second Tranche”), which will close on August 30, 2024 (or such earlier date as the Purchaser and Issuer may mutually agree), 12,893,175 Shares will be issued to the Purchaser at the Tranche Share Price. Under the third tranche of the Private Placement (the “Third Tranche”), which will close on February 28, 2025 (or such earlier date as the Purchaser and Issuer may mutually agree, provided such date is not earlier than closing of the Second Tranche), 12,893,175 Shares will be issued to the Purchaser at the Tranche Share Price.
The closing of the First Tranche, the Second Tranche, and the Third Tranche are conditional on, among other things, approval under the Canadian Competition Act R.S.C. 1985 c. C-34, as amended, applicable stock exchange approval, and approval of the Issuer’s shareholders.
The aggregate subscription price of the Shares acquired by the Purchaser as part of the First Tranche, the Second Tranche, and the Third Tranche will be C$124,559,674.36. The source of funds for such purchase was dividends from other U.S. subsidiaries of BAT.
In connection with the Private Placement and subject to approval by the Issuer’s shareholders, the Issuer will file articles of amendment (the “Articles of Amendment”) to create the new class of Preferred Shares to be issued in the Private Placement. Pursuant to the terms of the Subscription Agreement, Shares issued in the First Tranche, Second Tranche, and Third Tranche will be allocated between Common Shares and Preferred Shares such