Village Farms International Announces that Emerald Shareholders Have Voted in Favour of the Sale of Emerald's Stake in Pure Sunfarms to Village Farms

Oct 30, 2020

VANCOUVER, BC - Village Farms International, Inc. ("Village Farms" or the "Company") today announced that the shareholders of Emerald Health Therapeutics, Inc. ("Emerald"), at Emerald's annual and special meeting earlier today voted in favour of the sale of Emerald's 36,958,500 common shares of Pure Sunfarms Corp. ("Pure Sunfarms"), representing approximately 41.3% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Pure Sunfarms, to Village Farms (the "Pure Sunfarms Transaction").

With the Pure Sunfarms Transaction approved by Emerald's shareholders, Village Farms expects to complete the Pure Sunfarms Transaction in the coming days, once Emerald receives formal TSX-V approval and all the other closing conditions have been satisfied. Upon completion of the Pure Sunfarms Transaction, Village Farms will own 100% of the common shares of Pure Sunfarms.

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