Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Indiva Limited Q2 2022 earnings conference call. If at any time during this call you need assistance, please press star zero for the operator. This call is being recorded today, Tuesday, August 16, 2022. I would now like to turn the conference over to Niel Marotta, CEO of Indiva. Please go ahead, sir. Thank you, operator. Welcome, everyone. Thank you for joining us this morning to discuss Indiva's financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022. Matters discussed in this conference call include forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in such statements. Certain material factors and assumptions were considered and applied in making these forward-looking statements. Additional information regarding these forward-looking statements factors and assumptions is available in our earnings press release issued today, as well as in the Risk Factors section of the quarterly MD&A and other public disclosure documents, which will be available on Indiva's SEDAR profile. We're pleased to report second quarter financial results for our quarter ended June 30, 2022, including improved gross margins despite weakness in net revenue year-over-year. As per our press release dated June 27, 2022, the weakness in revenue in the second quarter is primarily due to delays in provincial deliveries to beyond the end of the quarter, as well as delays in fulfilling POs on certain new products. On the year-to-date basis, we're very pleased to report record revenue and record gross profit. We're poised to resume sequential and year-over-year net revenue growth in the third quarter, driven by new product introduction, including the highly anticipated debut of our new gummy product, Pearls by Grön, where we've delivered initial quantities to Ontario and expect to deliver to additional provinces before the end of the month. We also begin shipping new products under the Indiva Life brand in the third quarter, including our lemon and cherry-flavored lozenges, as well as our double stuffed sandwich cookies, which come in vanilla and fudge flavors. Initial POs for Indiva Life products have been received from provincial wholesalers. We expect to begin shipping Dime Vapes to provincial wholesalers late in the third quarter as well. Feedback on Indiva Life, Pearls, and Dime products from key accounts, provincial wholesalers, and budtenders across the country has been very positive, and we expect to expand our distribution of all new products to all 13 provinces and territories in the coming months. In addition to our national distribution platform in the recreational category, we continue to distribute nationally through medical platforms, including Medical Cannabis by Shoppers and Abba Medix. We've recently added a new medical channel partner, bringing our total to 4, and initial POs have been fulfilled. Indiva's market share in the adult rec channel remained robust in the second quarter. As per Hifyre data, Indiva continues to lead the edibles category with 32% market share, holding the number one market share position in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. Despite the entrance of several new products and SKUs in the gummies subcategory, Wana Sour Gummies continue to lead the edibles category with 26% category share and 34% subcategory share. The brand continues to lead the chocolate category with 38% subcategory share. Product ranking in Q2 2022 showed the top six of the top 10 edibles SKUs are from Indiva. Looking back at Q2 2022 highlights, Indiva signed an exclusive licensing and manufacturing agreement with Dime Industries. The agreement is a five-year term, which automatically renews for three additional five-year terms. Indiva intends to launch Dime's proprietary and innovative vape products, including disposable vapes, 510 thread carts, and custom batteries beginning in late Q3 2022, marking Indiva's first entrance into the vape category. Our Artisan Batch was awarded Best in Grow from Cannabis New Brunswick for best indica flower, namely Sour Glue, produced by Purple Thumb Genetics. New gummy SKUs hit shelves across Canada, including Wana Lemon Iced Tea and Wana Quick Rise and Shine Clementine with CBG. We also launched Indiva capsules with new formulations, including CBG and CBN. Indiva introduced its new consumer brand called Indiva Life at the 2022 Lift & Co. conference. Initial cannabis products have been launched under the Indiva Life brand, will include edibles and extracts, all of which have received acceptance from provincial wholesalers. Subsequent to quarter end, Indiva was awarded 25 additional SKU listings at the Ontario Cannabis Store. These additional listings bring Indiva's OCS listings to a total of 60 SKUs. Newly accepted SKUs are across six brands, Indiva Life, including lozenges, cookies, and chocolates, Artisan Batch, Pearls by Grön, including three SKUs in addition to the initial four Pearls SKUs delivered in late July, Pips by Grön, Dime Vapes, and Bhang Chocolate. All SKUs are expected to launch in Ontario in September and October 2022, with deliveries to additional provinces beginning in September 2022. We would expect Pips by Grön to launch later in the year. Indiva completed an agreement with Kronic Relief of Toronto, Ontario, to bring its premium craft flower to market under the Artisan Batch brand. The OCS has accepted this cultivar, and 3.5-gram jars of Kronic Relief flower are expected to hit shelves in Ontario in the fourth quarter. Indiva introduced its new consumer brand, Indiva Life, at the 2022 Lift & Co. conference, and the initial products to be launched will include chocolate edibles, multi-pack lozenges, and cookies, all of which have received acceptance from provincial wholesalers, and we've now received POs. Looking forward, the company expects that net revenue in Q3 will be higher sequentially, driven by the introduction of Indiva Life products, Pearls by Grön, and Dime Vapes. We expect the second half of 2022 to be significantly stronger, and we continue to expect record net revenue for the full fiscal year of 2022, as well as continued margin improvement, driven respectively by new product introduction and the implementation of automation in the production and packaging of edible products. I'd like to thank all of Indiva's employees for their hard work, including all of our staff at our facility in London, Ontario, and all of our remote team across the country. Thank you. I'm sure cannabis enthusiasts everywhere in Canada thank you too. I'll now turn it over to Indiva's Chief Financial Officer, Jennifer Welsh, to review the financial results in greater detail. Thank you, Niel. I'll review the financial performance for Indiva for fiscal Q2 ended June thirtieth, 2022. Gross revenue in the second quarter declined 9.9% year-over-year and declined 8.3% sequentially to CAD 8.9 million. Year to date, gross revenue increased by 11% year-over-year to a record CAD 18.6 million. Net revenue declined 9.7% year-over-year and declined 8.5% sequentially to CAD 8.1 million in this quarter due to difficult comparisons versus the introduction of Wana Quick in Q2 2021 and delays in provincial deliveries of new and existing products, causing revenue to slip into the third quarter. Year to date, net revenue increased 12.1% year-over-year to a record CAD 17 million. The strong year-over-year growth was driven by the introduction of new edible SKUs into the recreational market. Overall, edibles represented 89% of net revenue in Q2 and 93% year to date. In Q2 2022, Indiva sold products containing 44.2 million mg of distillate, the active ingredient in edible products, which represents a 19% decrease when compared to the 54.5 million mg in products sold in Q1 2022, and a 16% decrease compared to 52.5 million mg sold in Q2 2021. Gross profit before fair value adjustments and impairments was CAD 2.7 million in Q2 2022, a decrease of 11% year-over-year and an improvement of 2% sequentially despite lower revenues. Year to date, gross profit increased by 27% to a record CAD 5.3 million. Operational gross margin, defined as gross margin before fair value adjustments and impairments, increased 33.1% versus 30.1% in Q2 2021 and also improved sequentially from 29.6% in Q1 2022. Margins improved due to lower material cost on certain inputs, improved production efficiencies, and lower returns and impairments to inventory, offset by lower revenues and lower overhead absorption on goods sold in the quarter. The company expects margins to improve in the second half of 2022 as new automation for production and packaging comes online. Operating expenses in the quarter decreased 0.4% sequentially, representing 42.9% of net revenue versus 39.4% in Q1 2022 and 34.4% in Q2 2021. Operating expenses declined due to lower general and administrative costs, which were down 19% year-over-year and down 6% sequentially, offset by higher marketing costs and sales commissions. Year to date, operating expenses increased by 31.2% to CAD 7 million due entirely to higher marketing costs and sales commissions. Adjusted EBITDA improved sequentially in Q2 2022 to a loss of CAD 0.15 million versus a loss of CAD 0.38 million in Q1 2022, and declined versus a profit of CAD 0.49 million in Q2 2021 due to lower revenue and higher marketing expenses, offset by lower cost of sales or cost of goods. Year to date, Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of CAD 0.53 million versus CAD 0.01 million in the corresponding period last year. Comprehensive net loss of CAD 2.5 million included one-time expenses and non-cash charges for impairment of inventory and property, plant, and equipment totaling CAD half a million dollars. Excluding these charges, comprehensive loss declined to CAD 2 million versus an adjusted loss of CAD 2.02 million in Q1 2022 and CAD 0.72 million in Q2 2021. Cash balance at the end of the quarter was CAD 2.5 million. Thank you, Jen. Operator, I think with that, we'll open it up to questions, please. Thank you, sir. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin the question-and-answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star followed by the number 1 on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, please press star followed by the number 2. Please stand by for your first question. Your first question comes from Andrew Semple of Echelon. Please go ahead. Good morning, congrats on the Q2 results. Thanks, Andrew. First question. Hi. Good morning. First question, just want to ask about expectations for the second half of this year. Indiva is hovering pretty close to EBITDA breakeven within the second quarter. With the outlook suggesting both higher revenues and margins in the second half, and the management team continuing to monitor and control SG&A expenses fairly carefully, is it fair to say it's the management's expectation that the second half would also bring Indiva into positive EBITDA territory? Yeah. Hi, Andrew. Thanks for the question. I think the short answer is yes. You know, we're pretty bullish based on POs that we've received and the feedback that we've received on all the new products that we're launching. It is a pretty big number. I mean, to go from 35 to 60 SKUs in Ontario, that's a big jump. Not all SKUs are created equal, but you know, the Pearls have a terrific niche and should be margin accretive over the long term as automation comes online. I'd say the same for the other products that we're launching. The lozenges in particular, you know, coming in a 10, 25, and 50 pack, those are really interesting SKUs. As we talk to budtenders across the country, you know, they're very excited to see a product like that come to market. You know, we certainly expect revenue to pick up, and we are gonna be very conscious of our SG&A spend. Yeah, we would expect EBITDA to go into positive territory in the second half. Great. Appreciate you clarifying that. Second question. You know, in the outlook, you stated plans to fulfill OCS and other provincial orders despite some delays in receiving some machinery from overseas. Would this delay in equipment expected arriving at the facility defer some of the anticipated margin expansion in the second half of the quarter into 2023? Given that you might have to involve some workarounds in order to get some of the product out the door in the third and fourth quarter. I guess, what is the updated timing for that equipment to reach Indiva and be installed and operational? Yeah, sure. I think the short answer is yes. You know, obviously there are certain pieces of equipment we would have expected to arrive significantly earlier. The good news is that it feels like when it rains, it pours. Over the next few weeks, most, if not all of the automation and all of the equipment required, let's say, for us to be fully operational, all these products, will be commissioned, installed, and up and running. Certainly by mid-September, I would think all of it'll be up and running, Andrew. You know, that might have delayed some of the margin improvement into Q4, but we're still very bullish on where our margins will go, you know, based on product mix and based on overhead leverage. I don't think we're expecting any significant decline in margins of any kind. If it takes an extra quarter to get that margin realization, you know, to where we'd really like it to be, then, you know, so be it. We're, you know, as focused on executing. You know, the worst thing we can do as an LP, and the biggest complaint we get from retailers is when companies stock out. If occasionally you have to sacrifice some margin, maybe you need to hand bomb something instead of automating it in order to fulfill a PO, that's crucial. You know and not having that product in market is a kind of a cardinal sin. We'll do everything we can to keep the margins going north. You know, unfortunately, some of the supply chain delays globally have hurt us in terms of getting that automation equipment in time. Most, if not all of that equipment has now landed in North America and on its way to the facility or has arrived, so that makes us feel a lot better about it. Great. That's helpful. You know, just maybe building on that and one more question, if I may. You pointed to edible sales being up about 9% quarter-over-quarter in some of the key markets that you ship to. Although Indiva shipments were down sequentially in part due to the logistical challenges at the provincial distributors that you noted pushed CAD 1 million of revenue into Q3. Is there likely to be an inventory replenishment tailwind in Q3 2022 as some of the provincial distributors get caught up on their inventory levels? How might that play out? Well, there's a lot of moving parts. As you know, we've had a bit of a snafu with a couple of provincial wholesalers, very recently, both in Ontario and BC. I don't have any additional color there, but, you know, that would be, let's say, an outlier that could hurt. Certainly hope the strike out west gets solved quickly and that the OCS gets back to 100% quickly as well. I mean, one of the interesting things we're seeing in the market is, you know, as far as replenishment goes, is what happens to inventory in certain markets when some retailers struggle. I think over time I would expect the slack to kind of go away. Part of the beauty of launching all these new products is, you know, we have ample opportunity to replenish and grow in addition to what's already in market. You know, as far as detail on whether replenishment would be higher in Q3 versus other quarters, I think really it's only seasonality that would play a role. Typically the fourth quarter and maybe late in the third quarter are our strongest periods of the year. Yeah, we think that's bullish for net revenue in the second half. Great. Appreciate you taking my questions. Back to you. Thank you. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, once again, if you would like to ask a question, please press star one now. There are no further questions. I'll turn the conference back to Mr. Marotta for any closing remarks. Okay. Well, thank you everyone for attending the call. You know, we're very excited about all these products we're launching. I would encourage you to go to your local store and talk to your budtenders about the Pearls and the Indiva Life products that are coming up and as well as the Dime Vapes. In the meantime, we're gonna get back to work and look forward to speaking with everyone again here when we release our third quarter results in mid-November. Thanks, everybody. Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes your conference call for this morning. We would like to thank you all for participating and ask you to please disconnect your lines.
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