General Cannabis Corp (CANN) Announces 2019 Second Quarter Results

General Cannabis Corp (CANN) (“General Cannabis” or the “Company”), the comprehensive national resource to the regulated cannabis industry, today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.

Financial Highlights

The following table summarizes our results of operations:

“We have surpassed $1 million in revenue for the fifth consecutive quarter, with a 34% increase in year-to-date revenue in 2019 compared to 2018,” said Brian Andrews, Chief Financial Officer of General Cannabis.  “During the first six months of the year, we have increased our focus on securing significant consulting contracts in emerging markets across the country and providing wholesale products to new and existing customers. Both efforts have resulted in significant increases in Operations revenue compared to the prior year. Security revenues were negatively impacted by customers deciding to forego guard services and slower than expected growth in California.  We continue to explore additional revenue streams within the Security segment, such as camera monitoring design and installation, and product transport.  In response to lower revenues from Chiefton, within our Consumer Goods segment, over the course of the last three months we have eliminated annualized overhead by approximately $350,000 in order to better match our cost structure to estimated potential revenues,” continued Mr. Andrews.

Michael Feinsod, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of General Cannabis, stated, “It was a busy quarter with a focus on our existing businesses while making significant other operational and business improvements as described in this release.  We expect these steps to reap benefits over the near term.

“During the quarter, we completed a registered direct offering of our common equity and subsequently paid down the majority of our debt.

“We have recently opened our new CBD store and e-commerce website, STOA Wellness, which offers a curated collection of quality products designed for high performance athletes. We strive to offer high quality products derived from sustainably sourced plants. We believe this sets us apart and offers our customers a unique experience. We trust these factors will generate growing Consumer Goods revenue through the remainder of the year.

“In addition to growing our existing lines of business, we are excited to embark in the coming months on multiple potential acquisitions we have announced as HB-1090 is implemented. As of today, we have entered into non-binding term sheets for approximately 45,000 square feet of cultivation space, a processing facility and adult use (recreational) dispensaries. Our operating history and Colorado experience have proven to be strong attractions as we engage with potential Colorado partners. To date, each of the proposed transactions would keep existing management teams in place.  We look forward to moving forward with these transactions and integrating these new teams into our General Cannabis family.  We believe that upon completion, these strategic acquisitions will create synergistic opportunities that will allow us to leverage our skill sets to help our customers succeed.”

Mr. Andrews continued, “These new growth plans, both within existing business offerings and the new cultivation and distribution opportunities presented by HB-1090, has our team vitalized, motivated, and excited for the future of General Cannabis. We have a corporate platform of human resources, accounting, reporting that will enable us to quickly integrate with well-run acquisition candidates.  These skills and our reputation as one of the Best Places to Work in the Cannabis Industry by MG Magazine makes General Cannabis an attractive partner to work with in the consolidation of the Colorado market.  We believe our expansion into rapidly evolving markets, and continued focus on providing quality products and services, will continue to benefit the customers, shareholders, and employees of General Cannabis into the future.”