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FORM 8-K

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 15, 2025

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 909-5564

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
On May 15, 2025, Blum Management Holdings, Inc. (“Blum Management” or the “Manager”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Blum Holdings, Inc. ("Blüm" or the “Company”) entered into a Management Service Agreement (the "MSA") with a licensed commercial cannabis retail operator located in the Bay Area (the “Target”) pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Binding Letter of Intent dated May 13, 2025 (the “A&R LOI”).

 

Under the MSA, Blum Management has been granted exclusive operational and economic control of the Target’s licensed retail cannabis business, while the Target remains the license holder of record. In consideration for these management services, Blum Management shall receive 100% of the economic benefit of the business, and is responsible for the payment of all operating expenses, including rent, payroll, insurance, inventory, and taxes.

 

The MSA provides the Company with full authority to operate the business in compliance with state and local law, manage bank accounts, oversee staffing and inventory, and administer all day-to-day operations. The agreement includes standard representations, warranties, and indemnification provisions and may be terminated under certain conditions, including consummation of a stock acquisition of the Target by the Company.

 

The execution of the MSA triggered the release of $800,000 in cash consideration to the seller as outlined by the A&R LOI. This payment was made in connection with the grant of operational control under the MSA and will be credited toward the total consideration in the contemplated stock acquisition of the Target by a newly formed subsidiary of the Company (“Blüm Acquisition Co.”).

 

The foregoing summaries of the MSA and A&R LOI are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the documents, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

The Company has determined that, as a result of the MSA described in Item 1.01 above, it has acquired a controlling financial interest in the Target under the Variable Interest Entity (“VIE”) model set forth in ASC 810. Accordingly, the Company will consolidate the Target’s operations into its financial statements effective as of May 15, 2025. Although no equity interests have been acquired to date, the Company has obtained the rights and responsibilities necessary to control the Target’s operations and financial outcomes under U.S. GAAP. 

 

 

On May 21, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing a binding term sheet dated May 12, 2025 to acquire 100% of the membership interest in a separate entity. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The information provided under this Item 7.01 and in the accompanying Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

 

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.