HEXO Corp (HEXO)

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OTTAWA, Aug. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HEXO Corp. (“HEXO”, or the “Company”) (TSX: HEXO; NYSE: HEXO) today announced that it has completed its previously announced at-the-market equity program (the “ATM Program”). Under the ATM Program, the Company sold an aggregate of 33,921,979 common shares between June 18, 2020 and July 31, 2020 through the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and other marketplaces on which the common shares are listed, quoted or otherwise traded. The common shares were sold at prevailing market prices for gross proceeds of C$17,248,047 and US$12,751,168, or total gross proceeds of C$34,497,272 after applying applicable US$-C$ exchange rates.

Distributions of the common shares through the ATM Program were made pursuant to the terms of an equity distribution agreement dated June 16, 2020 among the Company, ATB Capital Markets Inc., as Canadian agent, and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., as U.S. agent.

The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the ATM Program for general corporate purposes, which may include: (i) working capital; (ii) capital expenditures; and (iii) debt repayments.

The offering under the ATM Program was made pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated June 16, 2020 (the "Prospectus Supplement") to the Company’s Canadian amended and restated short form base shelf prospectus dated December 14, 2018 (the "Base Shelf Prospectus"), and pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated June 16, 2020 (the "U.S. Prospectus Supplement") to the Company’s U.S. base prospectus (the "U.S. Base Prospectus") included in its registration statement on Form F-10 (the "Registration Statement") (File No. 333-228924) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2018. The Prospectus Supplement and the Base Shelf Prospectus are available on the SEDAR website maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators at www.sedar.com, and the U.S. Prospectus Supplement, the U.S. Base Prospectus and the Registration Statement are available on EDGAR at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.