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Vireo Growth to Acquire FLUENT in All-Stock Transaction
MINNEAPOLIS and TAMPA, Fla., April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vireo Growth Inc. (CSE: VREO) (OTCQX: VREOF) (“Vireo”), a multi-state cannabis operator, and FLUENT Corp. (CSE: FNT.U) (OTCQB: CNTMF) (“FLUENT” or the “Company”), a vertically-integrated, multi-state cannabis company, today announced that they have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) pursuant to which Vireo will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of FLUENT (after convers
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