UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 9, 2025 (
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On May 7, 2025, the Ontario Securities Commission issued a failure-to-file cease trade order (the “Order”) against 4Front Ventures Corp. (the “Company”) as a result of the Company’s failure to file its: (i) audited annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024; (ii) management’s discussion and analysis relating to the audited annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024; and (iii) certification of the foregoing filings, each as required by the securities legislation of Ontario.
As a result of the Order, investors may not trade in or purchase securities of the Company in any Canadian jurisdiction where the Company is a reporting issuer for so long as the Order remains in effect.
Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Order provides an exception for beneficial owners of the Company’s securities who are not currently, and were not as of May 7, 2025, an insider or control person of the Company, and who sell securities acquired before May 7, 2025, if both of the following conditions are met: (i) the sale is made through a “foreign organized regulated market”, as defined in section 1.1 of the Universal Market Integrity Rules of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization; and (ii) the sale is made through an investment dealer registered in a jurisdiction of Canada in accordance with applicable securities legislation.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
SIGNATURE
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.
| 4FRONT VENTURES CORP. | ||||||
| Date: May 9, 2025 | /s/ Andrew Thut | |||||
| Andrew Thut | ||||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||