Exhibit 10.17

EXECUTION VERSION

MEMBERSHIP INTEREST PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

VILLAGE FARMS INTERNATIONAL, INC., BALANCED HEALTH BOTANICALS, LLC AND

THE MEMBERS OF BALANCED HEALTH BOTANICALS, LLC AS SET FORTH ON SCHEDULE A

Dated August 16, 2021

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MEMBERSHIP INTEREST PURCHASE AGREEMENT1

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT1

ARTICLE 1 PURCHASE AND SALE OF TARGET SECURITIES1

ARTICLE 2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS AND BUYER5

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ARTICLE 4 POST-CLOSING COVENANTS35

ARTICLE 5 CLOSING DELIVERIES40

ARTICLE 6 REMEDIES FOR BREACHES OF THIS AGREEMENT43

ARTICLE 7 TAX MATTERS49

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ARTICLE 8 [RESERVED]51

ARTICLE 9 DEFINITIONS51

ARTICLE 10 MISCELLANEOUS66

Schedule A Schedule B Schedule C Schedule D Schedule 5.1(g)

Schedule 6.1(a)(v) Special Indemnity Matters Schedule 9 Pro Rata Shares

Disclosure Schedules

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MEMBERSHIP INTEREST PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into on August 16, 2021, by and among Village Farms International, Inc. a Canadian federal corporation (“Buyer”), Balanced Health Botanicals, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (the “BHB”), and the members of BHB as set forth on Schedule A hereto (each a “Seller” and, collectively, the “Sellers”). Buyer, BHB, and each Seller are referred to collectively herein as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party”. Unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the definitions set forth in ARTICLE 9.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

Sellers collectively own all of the outstanding equity interests of BHB (collectively, the “Target Securities”). BHB owns all of the outstanding equity interests in each of the Subsidiaries of BHB as set forth on Schedule B (each a “Company”, collectively the “Companies” or the “Company Group”). Sellers desire to sell to Buyer the Target Securities and Buyer desires to purchase from Sellers all (but not less than all) of the Target Securities, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. The acquisition of the Target Securities shall be effected through the purchase thereof by Buyer, with cash funded by Buyer and Buyer Shares issued by Buyer.

AGREEMENT

Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises herein made, and in consideration of the representations, warranties, and covenants herein contained, the Parties agree as follows.

ARTICLE 1

PURCHASE AND SALE OF TARGET SECURITIES

1.1Basic Transaction. In accordance with the terms and upon the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Sellers shall (a) sell to Buyer and transfer, assign, convey and deliver to Buyer all right, title and interest in and to all of the Target Securities, free and clear of all Liens, and (b) Buyer shall purchase, and shall accept delivery of and acquire from Sellers, all right, title and interest in and to all of the Target Securities, free and clear of all Liens.

1.2Purchase Price. The purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) for the Target Securities shall consist of:

(a)Cash in an amount equal to (i) Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00 USD), minus (iv) the Debt Amount, minus (v) the Transaction Expenses Balance, minus (vi) the Working Capital Deficit, if any, and minus (viii) the Representative Expense Fund Amount (collectively, the “Cash Payment”), all as subject to adjustment as provided in this ARTICLE 1; and

(b)4,707,113 Buyer Shares (the “Equity Consideration”), which the Parties acknowledge to be an amount of Buyer Shares equal to Forty-Five Million Dollars

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($45,000,000.00 USD) divided by the price per Buyer Share calculated based on the volume weighted average trading price of the Buyer Shares on Nasdaq for the ten (10) trading days ending one Business Day prior to the Closing Date.

1.3Estimated Cash Payment. Seller Representative has delivered to Buyer (a) a certificate signed by the Seller Representative setting forth Sellers’ best estimate of the Debt Amount, Transaction Expenses Balance, Working Capital as of the Closing Date, the Working Capital Deficit, if any, the Representative Expense Fund Amount in each case as of the Closing Date and, based on such estimates, a calculation of the Cash Payment (the “Estimated Cash Payment”) and (b) all records and work papers necessary to compute and verify the information set forth in such certificate.

(i)pay the Estimated Cash Payment to Sellers pursuant to Section 1.4(d), less the Indemnity Holdback and the Adjustment Holdback.

(ii)pay the Debt Amount, if any, pursuant to the payoff letters delivered by Seller Representative to Buyer pursuant to Section 5.1(i);

(iii)pay the Transaction Expenses Balance pursuant to the direction of Seller Representative;

(iv)deposit the Indemnity Holdback by wire transfer of immediately available funds into an account designated by the Escrow Agent (the “Escrow Account”);

(v)deposit the Representative Expense Fund Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds into the Representative Expense Fund; and

(b)Payment of Equity Consideration. At the Closing, Buyer shall issue the Equity Consideration to Sellers according to their respective Pro Rata Shares evidenced by restricted DRS advice statements from Buyer’s transfer agent (or Buyer shall alternatively provide evidence to Sellers of a signed and delivered irrevocable treasury direction of Buyer to its transfer agent to promptly issue such restricted DRS advice statements to Sellers) and such Buyer Shares shall remain Restricted Shares with the applicable legend(s) (as specified in Sections 2.1(g) and 2.1(h)) and a stop order placed thereon until the later of the date on which (i) the legend(s) thereon have been removed (or have expired) in accordance with the terms thereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with an effective Registration Statement) and (ii) they are no longer Restricted Shares.

(c)Cash Payment Adjustment. Within five (5) Business Days after the Cash Payment becomes final and binding in accordance with Section 1.5:

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(i)if the Cash Payment exceeds the Estimated Cash Payment, then such excess shall be paid by Buyer to Sellers in cash, and the Adjustment Holdback shall be released to Sellers pursuant to Section 1.4(d); or

(ii)if the Estimated Cash Payment exceeds the Cash Payment, then such excess shall be paid by Sellers, first from the Adjustment Holdback and then, if the Adjustment Holdback is not sufficient to cover such difference, then directly from Sellers to Buyer in cash pursuant to their respective Pro Rata Shares. In the event that a portion of the Adjustment Holdback remains subsequent to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 1.4(c)(ii), then any remaining amounts of the Adjustment Holdback shall be paid in cash to Sellers pursuant to Section 1.4(d).

(d)Payments. All payments to Sellers pursuant to this Section 1.4 shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Seller Representative in writing in accordance with such Seller’s Pro Rata Share. Seller Representative shall be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of all applicable Pro Rata Shares and wire instructions for the Members. All payments, if any, to Buyer pursuant to this Section 1.4 shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by Buyer in writing.

1.5Cash Payment Determination. Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, Buyer may, but shall not be required to, prepare and deliver to Seller Representative (a) a statement setting forth Buyer’s calculation of the Working Capital as of the Closing Date, the Working Capital Deficit, if any, and Debt Amount, Transaction Expenses Balance, the Representative Expense Fund Amount, and the Cash Payment (the “Closing Statement”), and (b) all records and work papers reasonably necessary, in the determination of Buyer, to compute and verify the information set forth in the Closing Statement to the extent such records and work papers differ from the ones previously delivered to Buyer. If Seller Representative, on behalf of Sellers, has any objections to the Closing Statement prepared by Buyer, then Seller Representative will deliver a detailed written statement (the “Objections Statement”) describing (a) which items on the Closing Statement have not been prepared in accordance with this Agreement, (b) the basis for Sellers’ disagreement with the calculation of such items, and (c) Sellers’ proposed dollar amount for each item in dispute, to Buyer within thirty (30) days after delivery of the Closing Statement. If Seller Representative fails to deliver an Objections Statement within such thirty (30) day period, then the Closing Statement shall become final and binding on all Parties. Sellers shall be deemed to have agreed with all amounts and items contained or reflected in the Closing Statement to the extent such amounts or items are not disputed in the Objections Statement. If Seller Representative delivers an Objections Statement within such thirty (30) day period, then Sellers and Buyer will use commercially reasonable efforts to resolve any such disputes, but if a final resolution is not obtained within thirty (30) days after Seller Representative has submitted any Objections Statements, any remaining matters which are in dispute will be resolved by RSM US LLP (the “Accountants”). The Accountants will prepare and deliver a written report to Buyer and Seller Representative and will submit a proposed resolution of such unresolved disputes promptly, but in any event within thirty (30) days after the dispute is submitted to the Accountants. The Accountants’ determination of such unresolved disputes will be final and binding upon all Parties; provided, however, that no such determination shall be any more favorable to Buyer than is set forth in the Closing Statement or any more favorable to Sellers than is proposed in the Objections

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Statement. The costs, expenses and fees of the Accountants shall be borne by the Party whose calculation of the Cash Payment has the greatest difference from the final Cash Payment as determined by the Accountants under this Section 1.5; otherwise, such costs, fees and expenses shall be borne equally by Buyer, on the one hand, and Sellers, pursuant to their Pro Rata Shares, on the other hand. The final Closing Statement, however determined pursuant to this Section 1.5, will produce the Working Capital Deficit, if any, Debt Amount, and Transaction Expenses Balance to be used to determine the final Cash Payment. If Buyer does not prepare a Closing Statement within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date, then the certificate provided by the Seller Representative pursuant to Section 1.3 shall be determinative of the final Cash Payment calculation.

1.6Calculations. All calculations of Working Capital under this Agreement, whether estimates or otherwise, shall be determined in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, specifically including any calculations or adjustments required by ASC 842 for a “public business entity” as defined therein.

1.7Closing. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall occur via electronic exchange of executed documents on the date hereof (the “Closing Date”). All transactions contemplated herein to occur on and as of the Closing Date shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously and to be effective as of 12:00 a.m. eastern time on such date (the “Effective Time”). At the Closing, the Parties shall make all of the deliveries set forth in ARTICLE 5.

1.8Withholding. The Parties and any other applicable withholding agent will be entitled to deduct and withhold from any amounts payable pursuant to or as contemplated by this Agreement any Taxes or other amounts required under the Code or any applicable Law to be deducted and withheld, and, to the extent that any amounts are so deducted or withheld, such amounts will be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.

1.9Allocation. The Parties agree that the Purchase Price (as adjusted herein), as increased by the liabilities of the Companies as of the Closing Date (to the extent properly taken into account pursuant to the provisions of Section 1060 of the Code, and any other items constituting consideration (to the extent known at such time) for applicable income Tax purposes pursuant to the provisions of Section 1060 of the Code), shall be allocated for income Tax purposes among the assets of the Companies in accordance with the methodology set forth on Schedule 1.9 (the “Allocation”). Each of Buyer and each Seller shall prepare and file all of their respective Tax Returns in a manner consistent with the Allocation and shall not agree to any proposed settlement or adjustment with respect thereto with any taxing authority unless required to do so by applicable Law.

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ARTICLE 2

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS AND BUYER

2.1Representations and Warranties of Seller. Each Seller, severally, and not jointly, represents and warrants to Buyer that the statements contained in this Section 2.1 are correct and complete as of the Closing Date as to such Seller (each, as applicable, a “Seller Party”):

(a)Organization, Qualification, and Power. Seller is a limited liability company, duly incorporated or organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of jurisdiction of its formation. Seller has full limited liability company power and authority and all Permits necessary to carry on the business in which Seller is engaged and to own, lease and use the properties owned, leased and used by Seller. Seller has delivered to Buyer correct and complete copies of Seller’s Organizational Documents. Seller is not in default under or in violation of any provision of its Organizational Documents.

(b)Authorization of Contemplated Transactions. Seller Party, has full power, authority and legal capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement to which such Seller Party is a party and to perform such Seller Party’s obligations hereunder and thereunder. This Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of such Seller Party, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies. Upon the execution and delivery by Seller Party of each Ancillary Agreement to which such Seller Party is a party, such Ancillary Agreement will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Seller Party, enforceable against such Seller Party in accordance with the terms of such Ancillary Agreement, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies. Seller Party is not required to give any notice to, make any filing with, or obtain any Consent of any Governmental Body or any other Person in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements to which such Seller Party is a party.

(c)Non-contravention. Neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement nor the Ancillary Agreements to which Seller Party is a party, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will (i) violate any provision of the Organizational Documents of Seller, (ii) violate or conflict with any Law or Order to which Seller Party is subject, (iii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify, or cancel, or require any notice under any Contract to which Seller Party is a party or by which he is bound or to which any of his assets is subject, or (iv) result in the imposition or creation of a Lien upon or with respect to the Target Securities.

(d)Brokers’ Fees. Except as listed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule, Seller Party has no liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder, or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.

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(e)Target Securities. Seller holds of record and owns beneficially all of the Target Securities set forth next to such Seller’s name on Schedule A free and clear of any Liens. Seller is not a party to any option, warrant, purchase right, or other Contract or commitment that could require Seller to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any Target Securities (other than this Agreement). Seller is not a party to any voting trust, proxy, or other Contract with respect to the voting of any Target Securities. On the Closing Date, upon payment of the Estimated Cash Payment (less the Indemnity Holdback and the Adjustment Holdback) and delivery of the Equity Consideration in accordance with Section 1.4(a) and Section 1.4(b), the Target Securities of such Seller will be acquired by Buyer free and clear of all Liens, and Buyer will have good, valid and marketable title to the Target Securities of such Seller.

(f)Ancillary Agreements. Seller Party has reviewed all Ancillary Agreements and had the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the terms, conditions and provisions of such Ancillary Agreements. Seller Party has had full access to such information and materials concerning Buyer as Seller Party has requested. Buyer has answered all inquiries that Seller Party has made to Buyer relating to Buyer, or the sale of the Buyer Shares under this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.

(g)U.S. Securities Regulation. Seller Party is acquiring the Buyer Shares to be issued to Seller Party in connection with this Agreement for Seller Party’s own account, and such Buyer Shares are being and will be acquired by Seller Party for the purpose of investment and not with a view to resale in connection with a distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act. Seller Party has had an opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the authorized representatives of Buyer and to review relevant documents and records concerning the business of Buyer and the terms and conditions of this investment in the Buyer Shares. Seller Party acknowledges that it has been called to Seller Party’s attention that this investment may involve a high degree of risk. Seller Party acknowledges that Seller Party can bear the economic risks of Seller Party’s investment in the Buyer Shares and that Seller Party has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of this investment in the Buyer Shares and protecting Seller Party’s own interests in connection with this investment. Seller Party hereby represents and warrants to Buyer that Seller Party is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined under Section 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. Seller Party understands that the Buyer Shares to be issued in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby may not be transferred or sold except pursuant to the registration provisions of the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable exemption therefrom. All certificates issued in respect of or exchange for the Buyer Shares that may be issued hereunder shall bear a legend (and Buyer will make a notation on its transfer books to such effect) prominently stamped or printed thereon reading substantially as follows, or the substance of which will otherwise be reflected on the books and records of the transfer agent of the Buyer Shares with respect to book-entry shares:

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “U.S. SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY U.S. STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF VILLAGE FARMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (THE

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“CORPORATION”) THAT THESE SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ONLY (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH (1) RULE 144A OR

(2) RULE 144 UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, OR (C) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, AND IN EACH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE U.S. STATE SECURITIES LAWS; PROVIDED THAT TRANSFERS UNDER CLAUSE (B)(2) OR (C) SHALL BE PERMITTED ONLY AFTER THE HOLDER HAS FURNISHED TO THE CORPORATION (AND IF APPLICABLE, THE CORPORATION’S TRANSFER AGENT) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OF RECOGNIZED STANDING OR OTHER EVIDENCE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION THAT SUCH EXEMPTION(S) FROM REGISTRATION ARE AVAILABLE.”

(i)Seller Party (A) acknowledges that the Equity Consideration has not been qualified for distribution to the public in Canada, (B) represents and warrants that it is not a resident of Canada nor acting for the account or benefit of a Canadian resident or Person in Canada, (C) acknowledges that the Equity Consideration was not offered to Seller Party in Canada, (D) represents and warrants that Seller Party was, at the time of agreeing to purchase the Equity Consideration, and will be at Closing, located outside of Canada, and (E) represents and warrants that Seller Party is purchasing the Equity Consideration hereunder as principal;

(ii)During the Canadian Restricted Period, all certificates issued in respect of or exchange for the Equity Consideration that may be issued hereunder shall bear a legend (and Buyer will make a notation on its transfer books to such effect) prominently stamped or printed thereon reading substantially as follows, or the substance of which will otherwise be reflected on the books and records of the transfer agent of the Buyer Shares with respect to book-entry shares:

“UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER CANADIAN SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE

December 17, 2021.”;

(iii)Seller Party acknowledges, agrees and covenants with the Buyer and also in favor of Buyer that once the resale of the Equity Consideration is registered with the SEC and the related registration statement of Buyer (including, but not limited to, the Registration Statement as contemplated in Section 4.5) has become effective with the SEC, Seller Party will only distribute the Equity Consideration during the period that is four months from the Closing Date either (i) to a purchaser that is not resident in Canada, or (ii)

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on or through the facilities of an exchange or market outside Canada where the Seller Party has no reason to believe that the purchaser is resident in Canada; and

(iv)Seller Party acknowledges that Buyer will be required to file a report of exempt distribution with applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities in respect of the issuance of the Equity Consideration and that Seller Party’s name, address, telephone number and other specified information, including the aggregate price per share, may be shared and disclosed among all Canadian securities regulatory authorities and may become available to the public in accordance with the requirements of applicable legislation and Seller Party consents to the disclosure of such information.

2.2Representations and Warranties of Buyer. Buyer represents and warrants to each Seller that the statements contained in this Section 2.2 are correct and complete as of the Closing Date.

(a)Organization of Buyer. Buyer is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, and has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets, properties and business and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Buyer is duly qualified or otherwise authorized as a foreign entity to transact business in each jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the conduct of business as now conducted therein requires it to so qualify, except where the failure to be so qualified would not materially impact its business. Complete and correct copies of the Organizational Documents of Buyer and all amendments thereto have been made available to the Sellers. Buyer is not in material violation of any of the provisions of its Organizational Documents.

(b)Authorization of Contemplated Transactions. Buyer has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. This Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of Buyer, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies. Upon the execution and delivery by Buyer of each Ancillary Agreement to which it is a party, such Ancillary Agreement will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of Buyer, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of such Ancillary Agreement, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies. Except as required to comply with applicable federal and state securities Laws and as set forth in this Agreement, Buyer is not required to give any notice to, make any filing with, or obtain any Consent of any Governmental Body in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements to which Buyer is a party. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement to which Buyer is a party have been duly authorized by Buyer.

(c)Non-contravention. Neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement nor the Ancillary Agreements to which Buyer is a party, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will (i) violate any provision of the Organizational Documents of Buyer, (ii) violate or conflict with any Law or Order to which Buyer is subject, or

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(iii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify, or cancel, or require any notice under any Contract to which Buyer is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its assets is subject.

(d)SEC Reports. Buyer has timely filed all forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents required to be filed by Buyer with the SEC since January 1, 2021 (collectively, the “Buyer SEC Reports”) under the Securities Exchange Act, together with any amendments, restatements or supplements thereto. As of the time it was filed with the SEC (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing), each of the Buyer SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and none of the Buyer SEC Reports at the time they were filed, or if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, on the date of the last such amendment or superseding filing prior to the date of this Agreement, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The certifications and statements required by (A) Rule 13a-14 or 15d-14 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act and (B) 18 U.S.C. §1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) relating to any Buyer SEC Reports (collectively, the “Certifications”) are accurate and complete and comply as to form and content with all applicable legal requirements, and no current or former executive officer of Buyer has failed to make the Certifications required of him or her. Buyer has made available to the Company true and complete copies of all correspondence, other than transmittal correspondence, between the SEC, on the one hand, and Buyer, on the other, since January 1, 2021, including all SEC comment letters and responses to such comment letters and responses to such comment letters by or on behalf of Buyer. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters received from the SEC or Nasdaq with respect to Buyer SEC Reports. To the Knowledge of Buyer, none of Buyer SEC Reports are the subject of ongoing SEC review and there are no inquiries or investigations by the SEC or any internal investigations pending or threatened, including with regards to any accounting practices of Buyer. As used in this Section 2.2(d), the term “file” shall be broadly construed to include any manner in which a document or information is furnished, supplied or otherwise made available to the SEC.

(e)Financial Statements. The financial statements (including any related notes) contained or incorporated by reference in the Buyer SEC Reports: (i) complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC applicable thereto; (ii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements or, in the case of unaudited financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain footnotes and are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that are not reasonably expected to be material in amount) applied on a consistent basis unless otherwise noted therein throughout the periods indicated; and (iii) fairly present the consolidated financial position of Buyer and the Buyer’s Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows of Buyer for the periods covered thereby. Other than as expressly disclosed in the Buyer SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof, there has been no material change in Buyer’s accounting methods or principles that would be required to be disclosed in Buyer’s financial statements in accordance

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with GAAP. The books of account and other financial records of Buyer and Buyer’s Subsidiaries are true and complete in all material respects. Buyer has designed and maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act, sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP.

(f)Accounting Practices. Since January 1, 2018, neither Buyer nor, to the Knowledge of Buyer, any manager, director, officer or employee of Buyer has received any written complaint, allegation, assertion or claim from any Governmental Body regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Buyer or its internal accounting controls, including any complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Buyer has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices.

(g)Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as and to the extent reflected or reserved against in the Buyer Financials, to the Knowledge of Buyer, Buyer has not incurred any material liabilities or obligations of the type required to be reflected on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP that is not adequately reflected or reserved on or provided for in the Buyer Financials, other than liabilities of the type required to be reflected on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP that have been incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

(h)Litigation. There is no Proceeding pending, or, to the Knowledge of Buyer, threatened against Buyer or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, rights or assets or, any of their respective officers, directors, partners, managers or members (in their capacities as such) that could adversely affect Buyer’s business or results of operation in a material manner. There is no Order binding against Buyer, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, rights or assets or any of their respective officers, directors, partners, managers or members (in their capacities as such) that would prohibit, prevent, enjoin, restrict or alter or delay any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or could adversely affect Buyer’s business or results of operation in a material manner.

(i)Legal Compliance. Buyer and each of its Subsidiaries, predecessors and other Affiliates, and each of their respective current and former directors, officers, managers, and employees, in the course of their respective duties, have at all times materially complied and are in material compliance with all applicable Laws and Orders as are applicable to Buyer and each such entities’ business, affairs and operations, including Laws and Orders applicable to the cultivation of hemp and cannabis, the extraction of CBD and tetrahydrocannabinol, and the manufacturing, transportation, distribution, advertisement, and sale of CBD Products and products containing any tetrahydrocannabinol, and no Proceeding has been filed or commenced and remains pending or, to the Knowledge of Buyer, is threatened alleging any failure so to comply. To the Knowledge of Buyer, neither Buyer nor any of its Subsidiaries, predecessors and other Affiliates has received any notice or communication from any Governmental Body alleging any non- compliance of the foregoing.

(j)Nasdaq Listing. The Buyer Shares are listed for trading on the Nasdaq. Except as set forth in the Buyer SEC Reports, there is no action or proceeding pending or, to the

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Knowledge of Buyer, threatened against Buyer by the Nasdaq with respect to any intention by such entity to prohibit or terminate the listing of the Buyer Shares on the Nasdaq.

(k)Brokers’ Fees. Buyer does not have any liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder, or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for which any Seller could become liable or obligated.

(l)Investment. Buyer is not acquiring the Target Securities with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act.

ARTICLE 3

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE COMPANIES

The Sellers, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to Buyer that the statements contained in this ARTICLE 3 are correct and complete as of the Closing Date.

3.1Organization, Qualification, and Power. Section 3.1(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation of each Company and each state or other jurisdiction in which such Person is licensed or qualified to do business. Each Company is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation. Each Company is duly authorized to conduct their business and are in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where such qualification is required. Each Company has full corporate power and authority and all Permits necessary to carry on the businesses in which it is engaged and to own, lease and use the properties owned, leased and used by them. Section 3.1(b) of the Disclosure Schedule lists the board of directors, managers, management board and officers, as the case may be, of each Company. Sellers have delivered to Buyer correct and complete copies of the Organizational Documents, the minute book and equity record books for each Company, each of which is correct and complete. No Company is in default under or in violation of any provision of their Organizational Documents. All actions of each Company have been duly authorized, approved, and taken in accordance with the Organizational Documents of such Company.

3.2Authorization of Contemplated Transactions. BHB has full power, authority and legal capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery by BHB of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party and the performance by BHB of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly approved by all requisite limited liability company action of BHB. This Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of BHB, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies. Upon the execution and delivery by BHB of each Ancillary Agreement to which it is a party, such Ancillary Agreement will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of BHB, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of such Ancillary Agreement, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,

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reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies.

(a)All of the Target Securities are owned beneficially and of record by Sellers in proportion to the Pro Rata Shares. The Target Securities represent 100% of the outstanding equity or other ownership interests in BHB. All of the Target Securities have been duly authorized, are validly issued, fully paid, and have no requirement of additional capital contributions and have been issued without violation of any preemptive right or other right to purchase. Sellers have good and indefeasible title to all of the Target Securities free and clear of all Liens. There are no other equity or other ownership interests in any Company, or outstanding securities convertible or exchangeable into equity or other ownership interests of any Company, and there are no options, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange rights, calls, puts, rights of first refusal or other Contracts that could require any Company to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding or to acquire, repurchase or redeem equity or other ownership interests in any Company. Section 3.3(b) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all of the outstanding or authorized equity appreciation, phantom equity, profit participation, payments triggered by a change of control of any Company or the occurrence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or similar rights with respect to any Company in effect immediately prior to the Closing, all of which will be terminated and of no further force or effect as of the Closing. There are no voting trusts, proxies, or other Contracts with respect to the voting of the stock or other ownership interests of any Company. Upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, Buyer will be the sole owner, beneficially and of record, of 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of BHB, free and clear of any Liens.

(b)All of the Subsidiaries, direct and indirect, of BHB are listed in Section 3.3(b) of the Disclosure Schedule. Section 3.3(b) of the Disclosure Schedule lists the entire authorized stock or other ownership interests of each such Subsidiary and the record and beneficial owner of such stock or other ownership interests, all of which have been duly authorized, are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and have been issued without violation of any preemptive right or other right to purchase. BHB owns, directly or indirectly, all of the stock or other ownership interests of the Subsidiaries listed in Section 3.3(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, free and clear of all Liens. No Company or Subsidiary of any Company owns any other stock or other ownership interests in any Person other than as listed on Section 3.3(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, and there are no outstanding securities convertible or exchangeable into stock or other ownership interests of any Subsidiary of any Company, and there are no options, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange rights, calls, puts, rights of first refusal or other Contracts that could require any such Subsidiary to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding or to acquire, repurchase or redeem stock or other ownership interests in any such Subsidiary. There are no outstanding or authorized equity appreciation, phantom appreciation, profit participation, or similar rights with respect to any Subsidiary listed on Section 3.3(b) of the Disclosure Schedule. There are no voting trusts, proxies, or other Contracts with respect to the voting of the stock or other ownership interests of any such Subsidiary.

3.4Non-contravention. Except as listed in Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement nor the Ancillary Agreements to which

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BHB is a party, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will (a) violate or conflict with any Law or Order to which any Company or any of the assets used by the Business is subject, (b) violate or conflict with any provision of the Organizational Documents of any Company, or (c) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify, or cancel, or require any notice or payment under any Contract, Permit, instrument, or other arrangement to which any Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its assets is subject (or result in the imposition of any Lien upon any of its assets). Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth each notice, filing, Consent, or Permit to or from any Governmental Body or other Person that BHB or any other Company is required to give, make, or obtain in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements to which BHB is a party.

3.5Brokers’ Fees. Except as listed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Company has any liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder, or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(a)The Company Group has good and marketable title to, or a valid leasehold interest or license in, the properties and assets (tangible and intangible) used by them, located on their premises, or shown on the Most Recent Balance Sheet or acquired after the date thereof, other than inventory sold in the Ordinary Course of Business, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens.

(b)The buildings, machinery, equipment, and other tangible assets that the Company Group owns and leases are free from material defects (patent and latent), have been maintained in accordance with normal industry practice, and are in good operating condition and repair (subject to normal wear and tear) and are suitable for the purposes for which they are presently used. The inventory of the Company Group (i) does not include any items that are obsolete or of a quantity or quality not usable or salable in the Ordinary Course of Business and

(ii) includes only items sold by the Company Group in the Ordinary Course of Business in the conduct of the Business. The inventory disposed of subsequent to the date of the Most Recent Fiscal Year End has been disposed of only in the Ordinary Course of Business. The assets, properties and rights owned by the Company Group are all the assets, properties and rights used by the Company Group in the operation of the Business or necessary to operate the Business (both actual and intended), consistent with past practice, and prior to or at the Closing, all of the assets of the Company Group will be owned by a Company, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens.

(a)Attached to Section 3.7(a) of the Disclosure Schedule are correct and complete copies of the following financial statements of BHB (collectively, the “Financial Statements”): (i) audited consolidated balance sheets, statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2020 (the “Most Recent Fiscal Year End”); and (ii) unaudited consolidated balance sheets, statements

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of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows (the “Most Recent Financial Statements”) as of and for the six (6) month period ended June 30, 2021 (the “Most Recent Fiscal Month End”). The Financial Statements are correct and complete and consistent with the books and records of each Company (which are in turn correct and complete), have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, and presented fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operation, changes in equity and cash flow of the Company Group as of and for their respective dates and for the periods then ending; provided, however, that the Most Recent Financial Statements are subject to normal, recurring year-end adjustments (none of which will be material individually or in the aggregate).

(b)Since the Most Recent Fiscal Year End, the business of the Company Group has been conducted in the Ordinary Course of Business, and there has not been any Material Adverse Change and no event has occurred which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, since the Most Recent Fiscal Year End, except as listed in Section 3.7(b) of the Disclosure Schedule no Company has:

(i)sold, leased, transferred or assigned any assets or property (tangible or intangible) with a value in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00 USD), other than sales of inventory in the Ordinary Course of Business;

(ii)experienced any damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) to its assets or property (tangible or intangible) in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00 USD);

(iii)received notice from any Person regarding the acceleration, termination, modification or cancelation of a Contract, which, if in existence on the date hereof, would be a Material Contract;