RE: That rns must be worth more then 6 percent17 Jan 2023 12:42
From that RNS... the market will need confirmation of the renewal of the home office licence, as it expired on the 12th Jan 2023 before we see any real traction and interest.
Celadon will require receipt of confirmation from the Home Office that they have updated its current Home Office licence before they will be able to supply its GMP API to third parties. The Company is informing the Home Office of the receipt of its GMP registration. Celadon's current Home Office licence permits it to legally grow high-THC medicinal cannabis for the purpose of producing test batches of cannabis oil to support its application to the MHRA; during 2022, Celadon achieved seven successful harvests. Whilst there is no guarantee that the Home Office will update the current licence, nor any timeframe for this, the Directors are confident that the licence will be updated in due course. The Company has worked closely with the Home Office for four years, including securing updates to its licence, and had the conversation about updating the licence for GMP at the Home Office's last site inspection.
and from the proposed acquisition document dated 28th feb 2022.
On 23 July 2021, Vertigrow's subsidary, CPL received a Home Office Licence following approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (the "MHRA") to apply for the licence, allowing it to legally grow medicinal cannabis in the UK for the purpose of producing test batches of cannabis oil to support its application to the MHRA for registration as a manufacturer of medicinal product APIs. This licence was renewed on 12 January 2022 for a 12 month period and as part of that renewal CPL changed its analytical testing partner. The process of obtaining this licensing is complex, took over two years, required material investment and is technically extensive. The Directors and Proposed Directors believe this is one of the first such Home Office Licences granted in the UK. Following the satisfactory production of test batches of cannabis oil, Celadon will apply for MHRA registration and if this is successfully received, Celadon will also apply for a new licence from the Home Office. Once received, the new Home Office licence would be required to be renewed annually. The receipt of MHRA registration and a new Home Office licence will enable the business to then supply medicinal cannabis (in the form of an API to manufacturers of finished medicinal products, which in this case is an extracted oil used in the finished pharmaceutical product) with a high THC content in the UK, allowing it an opportunity to enter what is expected to be a substantial, extensively regulated and fast-growing UK market.