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Village Farms International Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2020 Financial Results: Generates EPS of $0.12 for the Quarter and $0.20 for 2020
-- Pure Sunfarms Sees 28% Sequential Growth in Fourth Quarter Retail Branded Sales and Remains Adjusted EBITDA Positive in Each of the Nine Quarters Since
About this update from Village Farms International, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"-- Pure Sunfarms Sees 28% Sequential Growth in Fourth Quarter Retail Branded Sales and Remains Adjusted EBITDA Positive in Each of the Nine Quarters Since Commencing Sales –\n VANCOUVER, BC, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Village Farms International, Inc. (\"Village Farms\" or the \"Company\") (NASDAQ: VFF) (TSX: VFF) today announced its financial results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2020. All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. \nThe Company's financial statements for the three months and year ended December 31, 2020, as well as the comparative periods for 2019, have been prepared and presented under United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principals (\"GAAP\"). On December 31, 2020, Village Farms owned 100% of Pure Sunfarms Corp. (\"Pure Sunfarms\"), as the full acquisition of the remaining interest in Pure Sunfarms occurred November 2, 2020. Accordingly, for the 60-day period from November 2 to December 31, 2020, Pure Sunfarms' financial results are consolidated with Village Farms results for both the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2020. For the October 1 to November 1 and January 1 to November 1, 2020 portions of the three-month and 12-month periods ending December 31, 2020, Pure Sunfarms is accounted for on a proportionate basis as \"Equity Earnings from Unconsolidated Entities\".\nPure Sunfarms' Fourth Quarter and Other Recent Highlights(Dollar Amounts are Before Village Farms' Proportionate Share)\nAchieved 28% sequential quarterly growth and 248% year-over-year growth in retail branded sales to provincial distributors to $15.5 million, following sequential quarterly growth of 40% from the second to the third quarter of 2020; Achieved its eighth consecutive quarter of net income (before the $3.3 million non-cash impact resulting from the write-up of inventory required under GAAP with the acquisition of the remaining interest in Pure Sunfarms on November 2, 2020) and its ninth consecutive quarter of positive Adjusted EBITDA; Was the top selling brand of dried flower products with the OCS (by kilograms sold and dollars sold) for both the quarter and year ended December 31, 2020, and remained the top-selling brand of dried flower products with the OCS (by kilograms sold and dollars sold) since launch in October 2019; Continued to roll out its first Cannabis 2.0 products,...