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Veritas Farms Announces Securities Purchase Agreement, Resignation of Current CEO and Appointment of New CEO
Veritas Farms Announces Securities Purchase Agreement, Resignation of Current CEO and Appointment of New CEO.
About this update from Veritas Farms Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire -- Veritas Farms, Inc. (OTCQB: VFRM) (“Veritas Farms” or the “Company”), a vertically integrated CBD and Wellness company focused on the production of full spectrum hemp oil products with naturally occurring cannabinoids, announces that on May 11, 2021, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with an existing shareholder, pursuant to which the Company contemporaneously sold to the Purchaser an aggregate of (a) 2,000,000 shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, and (b) 1,000,000 shares of its Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, and as a result of the transaction and the voting rights accorded the preferred stock issued, the Purchaser now holds approximately 88% of the voting power of the Company and accordingly, a “Change in Control” has occurred. For more information, please refer to the Form 8-K that the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in relation to the transaction. Pursuant to the SPA, the Company announces the resignation of Alexander Salgado, CEO and Co-Founder. Mr. Salgado set out on a mission several years ago to produce the best and purest quality hemp products on the market, with the goal of offering customers a natural remedy for their ailments. He led the company to scalability by expanding to 8,000 retail stores and navigating Veritas Farms to continued success via their D2C e-commerce website in 2020 when the pandemic hit. Mr. Salgado will be devoting more time to his family and other endeavors in the wellness community. Alexander Salgado, CEO, and Co-Founder of Veritas Farms, said, “I am proud to have led Veritas Farms for so many years. I am looking forward to my next path and am honored to pass the torch to the new management team that I know will grow the company to even greater success.” Veritas Farms has named Stephen Johnson as the new CEO.  Mr. Johnson has over 20 years of executive management experience, including as CEO of OmniComm Systems, a publicly held health sciences company focusing on the delivery of technology products for clinical research.  Prior to that Mr. Johnson held management positions in sales and marketing for Oracle Corporation, PHT, Inc. and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.  “...