Village Farms International's Common Shares to Commence Trading on Nasdaq on Thursday, February 21, 2019
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Village Farms International, Inc.
Feb 19, 2019, 15:03 ET
VANCOUVER, Feb. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - Village Farms International, Inc. ("Village Farms" or the "Company") (TSX:VFF; OTCQX:VFFIF) today announced that its common shares will commence trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "VFF" on Thursday, February 21, 2019. Village Farms' common shares will continue to be listed and trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), also under the symbol "VFF".
Concurrent with the commencement of trading of its common shares on Nasdaq, Village Farms will voluntarily delist its common shares from the OTCQX. Shareholders who have previously traded Village Farms common shares through the OTCQX will now be able to trade those shares through Nasdaq.
In conjunction with this Nasdaq listing, Village Farms' common shares will become Direct Registration System (DRS) eligible for U.S. shareholders.
About Village Farms International, Inc.
Village Farms is one of the largest and longest-operating vertically integrated greenhouse growers in North America and the only publicly traded greenhouse produce company in Canada. Village Farms produces and distributes fresh, premium-quality produce with consistency 365 days a year to national grocers in the U.S. and Canada from more than nine million square feet of Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) greenhouses in British Columbia and Texas, as well as from its partner greenhouses in British Columbia, Ontario and Mexico. The Company is now leveraging its 30 years of experience as a vertically integrated grower for the rapidly emerging global cannabis opportunity through its 50% ownership of British Columbia-based Pure Sunfarms Corp., one of the single largest cannabis growing operations in the world. The Company also intends to pursue opportunities to become a vertically integrated leader in the U.S. hemp and CBD markets, subject to compliance with all applicable U.S. federal and state laws.
