SAN DIEGO, June 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Salona Global Medical Device Corporation (“Salona Global” or the ‎‎“ Company”) (TSXV:SGMD), ‎an acquisition-oriented medical device company serving the global injury and surgery recovery (known as recovery science) market, announced today it has executed a non-binding agreement (“Agreement”) to acquire a cash flow positive medical device business it plans to close with its current balance sheet.

As a reminder, the Company announced an update call by Chairman and interim CEO Les Cross on June 9, 2022 at 5pm (eastern time), on the one year anniversary of the Salona Global’s listing on the TSX-V. The dial in information is below:

Fiscal Year End February 28, 2022, Update Call Dial In: +1 (866) 518-6930
Passcode: SALONA

The Company has come to financial terms to acquire a company focused on designing, producing and selling specialty plastics in several markets including the medical device market (“Acquisition Target”).

According to current due diligence, the Acquisition Target has unaudited annual revenues of approximately US$5M with 40% gross margins. According to the Agreement, Salona Global would pay US$6,500,000 or just over 1.2 times annual revenues, made up of an initial cash payment of US$3,000,000 and the issuance of up to 1,600,000 shares on closing, and US$2,500,000 in deferred payments upon performance.

This potential acquisition would build upon the strategy to create a fully integrated global medical device company and, if completed, would continue to add cash flow as well as production expertise and capabilities of the Company providing the opportunity for further organic growth as Salona Global builds out its medical device product portfolio, either through acquisition or product development.

“With this acquisition we would add more products and specialty production capacity, as well as revenue and cash flow,” said Les Cross, Chairman of Salona Global. “Our goal for 2022 is simple: Acquire more businesses and build out our product portfolio, both by acquisition and internal product development. As with our previous acquisitions, this potential deal would add revenue and cash flow, as well as a strong team of professionals with expertise we can expand. We are optimistic we will finalize the acquisition in due course now that we have an outline on the financial terms for the acquisition. We are fortunate enough to have a strong balance sheet and cash flow profile so that we may close this deal without need of any equity financing.”

The investor presentation can be found at www.salonaglobal.com/downloads

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For more information please contact:

Les Cross
Chairman of the Board and Interim Chief Executive Officer
Tel: 1 (800) 760-6826
Email: Info@Salonaglobal.com

Additional Information

Readers are cautioned that the financial information regarding the Acquisition Target disclosed herein is unaudited and ‎derived as a result of the Company’s due diligence, including a review of the Acquisition Target’s bank statements and tax returns.

There can be no assurance that the potential acquisition by the Company will ‎be completed as proposed or at all and no definitive agreement has been executed. Completion of the acquisition will be subject to applicable director, shareholder and regulatory (including the TSX Venture Exchange) approvals.‎

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of ‎the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.‎

Certain statements contained in this press release constitute “forward-looking ‎information" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform ‎Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws. These statements can ‎be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “expects” ‎‎“believes”, “estimates”, “may”, "would”, “could”, ‎‎“should”, “potential”, ‎‎‎‎‎“will”, ‎‎“seek”, “intend”, “plan”, and “anticipate”, and similar expressions as they ‎relate ‎‎‎‎to the Company, including: the timing and potential closing of the acquisition; the financial impact to the Company of acquiring the Acquisition Target; and the Company acquiring more businesses and building out its product portfolio in 2022, both by acquisition and internal product development. All ‎statements ‎other than ‎statements of ‎historical fact ‎may be forward-‎looking ‎information. Such statements reflect the Company’s ‎current views and intentions with respect to future ‎events, and current ‎information available to the Company, and are subject to certain risks, ‎‎uncertainties and assumptions, including, without limitation: the Acquisition Target achieving results at least as good as its historical performance; the financial information ‎regarding the Acquisition Target being verified when included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements; and the Company successfully identified, negotiating and completing additional acquisitions. The Company cautions that the forward-‎looking statements contained herein are qualified by important factors that ‎could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected by such ‎statements. Such factors include but are not limited to the ‎‎general business ‎and ‎‎economic ‎conditions in the regions in ‎which the Company operates; the ‎ability of the Company to execute on key ‎‎priorities, ‎including the successful ‎completion of acquisitions, business ‎retention, and ‎‎strategic plans and to ‎‎‎attract, develop ‎and retain key executives; difficulty integrating newly ‎acquired businesses; ‎‎the ability to ‎‎‎implement business ‎strategies and ‎pursue business opportunities; ‎‎disruptions in or ‎‎attacks (including ‎cyber-‎attacks) on the Company’s information ‎technology, internet, network ‎‎access ‎or other ‎‎voice or data ‎communications systems or services; the evolution of ‎various types of fraud or other ‎‎‎criminal ‎‎behavior to which ‎ the Company is ‎exposed; the failure of third parties to comply with their obligations to ‎‎ the ‎Company or its ‎affiliates; the ‎impact of new and changes to, or application of, ‎current laws and regulations; ‎granting of permits and licenses in a highly ‎regulated business; the ‎overall difficult ‎‎‎‎‎litigation environment, including in ‎the United States; increased competition; changes in foreign currency rates; ‎‎increased ‎‎‎‎funding ‎costs and market volatility due to market illiquidity and ‎competition for funding; the ‎availability of funds ‎‎‎‎and resources to pursue ‎operations; critical ‎accounting estimates and changes to accounting ‎‎standards, policies, ‎‎‎‎and methods used by the Company; the occurrence of ‎natural and unnatural ‎‎catastrophic ‎events ‎and claims ‎‎‎‎resulting from such ‎events; and risks related to COVID-19 including various ‎recommendations, ‎‎orders ‎and ‎‎‎measures ‎of governmental ‎authorities ‎to try to limit the pandemic, ‎including travel ‎restrictions, border ‎closures, ‎‎‎‎non-essential business ‎‎closures, ‎quarantines, ‎self-isolations, shelters-in-place and ‎social distancing, ‎‎disruptions ‎‎‎to ‎markets, economic ‎activity, ‎financing, supply chains and sales ‎channels, and a ‎‎deterioration of ‎general ‎‎‎economic ‎conditions ‎including a ‎‎possible national or global recession‎; as well as those ‎risk factors ‎discussed ‎or ‎‎‎referred to in the Company’s disclosure ‎documents filed with United States ‎Securities and ‎Exchange ‎Commission and available at www.sec.gov, and ‎with the securities regulatory authorities in certain ‎provinces of ‎Canada and ‎available at www.sedar.com. Should any factor affect the Company in an ‎unexpected ‎‎‎manner, ‎or ‎should ‎assumptions ‎underlying the forward-looking ‎information prove incorrect, the actual results or ‎‎‎events ‎may ‎differ ‎materially ‎‎from the results or events predicted. Any such forward-looking information is ‎‎‎‎expressly ‎qualified ‎in its ‎entirety by ‎this cautionary statement. Moreover, the ‎Company does not assume ‎‎‎responsibility for the ‎‎accuracy or ‎‎completeness of ‎such forward-looking information. The forward-looking ‎‎‎information included in ‎the ‎investor call ‎is ‎made as of the date of the investor call and the Company ‎undertakes ‎‎‎no obligation to publicly ‎update or ‎revise ‎any ‎forward-looking ‎information, other than as required by applicable ‎‎‎law.‎

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy ‎any ‎securities in any jurisdiction. The securities issuable have not and are not currently contemplated to be ‎registered under the United States Securities Act of ‎‎1933, as amended (the “1933 ‎Act”), or state securities laws. Accordingly, ‎such securities will not be offered or sold to U.S. persons except ‎pursuant to applicable exemptions from ‎the registration requirements of the 1933 Act ‎and applicable state securities laws.‎