We are a cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and distribution company whose mission is to provide premium quality medical cannabis products to patients worldwide. We cultivate and process natural cannabis at our facilities in the Kingdom of Lesotho, Africa and intend to supply medicinal-grade cannabis biomass, cannabis flower and cannabis concentrates to wholesalers in international markets. We also import and sell medical cannabis-based products to the domestic market in the United Kingdom. We are an early stage, emerging growth company headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. We have a limited operating history and minimal revenues to date. We require funding from this offering to expand and further develop our operations in the Kingdom of Lesotho and to develop sales channels in international markets and in particular, in Europe, the United Kingdom and Africa. Our Lesotho Operations Our cultivation operations at Bophelo in the Kingdom of Lesotho were initially established in 2018, with initial non-commercial harvests undertaken in 2019, 2020 and 2021 as part of the establishment and set-up of our cultivation facility in the Kingdom of Lesotho. While we have successfully cultivated cannabis at our Lesotho site, we have not yet achieved any revenues from the sale of cannabis and we have not exported medical cannabis flower or biomass to the United Kingdom or any other country. To date, our Lesotho operations have yielded less than 1,500kg of dried cannabis flower. The cultivation of cannabis at our Lesotho operations is subject to a number of risks, such as the seasonality of our cannabis production. Additionally, our ability to successfully cultivate cannabis is subject to emerging market related risks, exchange control restrictions, high domestic inflation and interest rates, as well as socio-political risk inherent in Southern African jurisdictions. Our operations in Lesotho are dependent on access to land that is leased from a local non-profit development trust which is jointly controlled by our Executive Chairman. Our United Kingdom Operations Our distribution operations in the United Kingdom were established in 2019 and are at a very early stage. Our revenues from the sale and distribution of medical cannabis in the United Kingdom have not exceeded more than $20,000 in any 12 month period since the inception of our operations in the United Kingdom. The medical cannabis market in the United Kingdom is still emerging and a number of local companies are competing to supply this market. We have recently entered into a non-binding agreement to acquire Cellen Life Sciences Limited, a United Kingdom based digital pain clinic that prescribes and provides cannabis based medical products to patients in the United Kingdom, for a total purchase consideration of £10 million (US$13.361 million) to be settled through an issue of common shares of the Company. Furthermore, we have entered into a bridge loan facility with Cellen. In terms of the bridge loan facility, we will extend a line of credit of up to $500,000 in secured bridge finance to Cellen Life Sciences Limited. We are also working towards expanding sales of cannabis products produced by Bophelo to international markets, subject to regulatory conditions in such countries. — Akanda Corp. was incorporated on July 16, 2021 in the Province of Ontario, Canada under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario). Our principal executive offices and mailing address are located at London, the United Kingdom, and our telephone number is +44 (203) 488-9514. Our website is www.akandacorp.com.
