BYND Cannasoft Enterprises Inc. Announces Closing of $7.0 Million Underwritten Public Offering | News Direct

BYND Cannasoft Enterprises Inc. Announces Closing of $7.0 Million Underwritten Public Offering

News release by BYND Cannasoft Enterprises

facebook icon linkedin icon twitter icon pinterest icon email icon Vancouver, British Columbia | March 14, 2024 12:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time

 

 ASHKELON, Israel and VANCOUVER, British Columbia – TheNewswire – March 14, 2024 - BYND Cannasoft Enterprises Inc. (Nasdaq:BCAN) (CSE:BYND) (“BYND Cannasoft” or the “Company”) an Israeli-based integrated software and cannabis company, today announced the closing of a firm commitment underwritten public offering with gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $7.0 million, before deducting underwriting fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. 

 

 The offering consisted of 116,666,667 Units, each consisting of one (1) Common Share or Pre-Funded Warrant to purchase one Common Share, one (1) Series A Warrants to purchase one (1) Common Share per warrant, and two (2) Series B Warrants to purchase, each to purchase one (1) Common Share. The public offering price per Unit is $0.06 (or $0.0599 for each Unit with a Pre-Funded Warrant, which is equal to the public offering price per Unit with a Common Share to be sold in the offering minus an exercise price of $0.0001 per Pre-Funded Warrant). The Pre-Funded Warrants will be immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until exercised in full. The initial exercise price of each Series A Warrant is $0.09 per common share or pursuant to an alternative cashless exercise option. The Series A Warrants are exercisable immediately and expire 30 months after the initial issuance date. The initial exercise price of each Series B Warrant is $0.102 per common share. The Series B Warrants are exercisable immediately and expire 60 months after the initial issuance date. 

 

 The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes and working capital. 

 

 In addition, the Company has granted Aegis Capital Corp. ("Aegis") a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the total number of Common Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants and/or Series A Warrants and/or Series B Warrants sold in the offering, solely to cover over-allotments, if any. On March 14, 2024, Aegis partially exercised its over-allotment option by purchasing 52,500,000 Series A and Series B Warrants. 

 

 Aegis Capital Corp. acted as the sole book-running manager for the offering. Louis A. Brilleman, Esq. acted as U.S counsel to the Company and Owen Bird Law Corporation acted as Canadian counsel to the Company. Kaufman & Canoles, P.C. acted as U.S. counsel to Aegis Capital Corp. 

 

 A registration statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-277464) previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on February 28, 2024, as amended, was declared effective by the SEC on March 11, 2024. The offering was made only by means of a prospectus. A final prospectus describing the terms of the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the final prospectus may be obtained, when available, by contacting Aegis Capital Corp., Attention: Syndicate Department, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 27th floor, New York, NY 10105, by email at syndicate@aegiscap.com, or by telephone at +1 (212) 813-1010. Before investing in this offering, interested parties should read in their entirety the prospectus, which provides more information about the Company and such offering. 

 

 This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. 

 

 About BYND Cannasoft Enterprises Inc. 

 

 BYND Cannasoft Enterprises is an Israeli-based integrated software and cannabis company. BYND Cannasoft owns and markets "Benefit CRM," a proprietary customer relationship management (CRM) software product enabling small and medium‐sized businesses to optimize their day‐to‐day business activities such as sales management, personnel management, marketing, call center activities, and asset management. Building on our 20 years of experience in CRM software, BYND Cannasoft is developing an innovative new CRM platform to serve the needs of the medical cannabis industry by making it a more organized, accessible, and price-transparent market. The Cannabis CRM System will include a Job Management (BENEFIT) and a module system (CANNASOFT) for managing farms and greenhouses with varied crops. 

 

 BYND Cannasoft owns the patent-pending intellectual property for the EZ-G device. This therapeutic device uses proprietary software to regulate the flow of low concentrations of CBD oil, hemp seed oil, and other natural oils into the soft tissues of the female reproductive system to potentially treat a wide variety of women's health issues. The EZ-G device includes technological advancements as a sex toy with a more realistic experience and the prototype utilizes sensors to determine what enhances the users' pleasure. The user can control the device through a Bluetooth app installed on a smartphone or other portable device. The data will be transmitted and received from the device to and from the secure cloud using artificial intelligence (AI). The data is combined with other antonymic user preferences to improve its operation by increasing sexual satisfaction. Commercialization of the EZ-G device is subject to receipt of regulatory approvals. 

 

 For Further Information please refer to information available on the Company’s website: www.cannasoft-crm.com, the CSE’s website: www.thecse.com/en/listings/life-sciences/bynd-cannasoft-enterprises-inc and on SEDAR+: www.sedarplus.ca. 

 

 Gabi Kabazo Chief Financial Officer Tel: (604) 833-6820 e‐mail: ir@cannasoft-crm.com 

 

 Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 

 

 This press release includes certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. When used in this press release, the words “may”, “would”, “could”, “will”, “intend”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward‐looking statements. Those forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the Company's expectations for the growth of the Company's operations and revenue. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual circumstances, events or results may differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. 

 

 Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual events or developments may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the Company’s actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the Company's current views with respect to future events and are subject to such risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made, including future financial performance, unanticipated regulatory requests and delays, final patents approval, and those factors discussed in filings made by the company with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities, including (without limitation) in the company's management's discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2022 and annual information form dated March 31, 2023, which are available under the company's profile at www.sedar.com, and in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year then ended that was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2023. Should one or more of these factors occur, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, or expected. We do not intend and do not assume any obligation to update these forward‐looking statements, except as required by law. Any such forward-looking statements represent management's estimates as of the date of this press release. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change. Shareholders are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward‐looking statements.