Item 1. Business
Item 1. Business
Historical background
Target Group Inc. (“Target Group” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on July 2, 2013, under its original name of River Run Acquisition Corporation. Effective May 13, 2014, the Company changed its name to Chess Supersite Corporation. On July 3, 2018, the Company filed an amendment in its Certificate of Incorporation to change its name to Target Group Inc.
Effective July 1, 2025, the Company’s common stock is quoted on the Pink Limited Market operated by OTC Markets Group Inc, under the symbol “CBDY”.
Cannabis Business-Canada
The Company is engaged in the cultivation, processing and distribution of curated cannabis products for the medical and adult-use recreational cannabis market in Canada and continues to evaluate opportunities, where legalized by state legislation or related to rescheduling, in the United States. There continues to be a shift in the public’s perception of cannabis from a state of prohibition to a state of legalization across North America. In October 2018, Canada became the first major industrialized nation to legalize adult-use cannabis at the national federal level. Cannabis is still heavily regulated, however, the medical use of cannabis is now permitted in up to 29 countries and many more countries have reformed, or are considering reforming, their cannabis related laws to permit the medical and/or recreational production, distribution, sale and use of cannabis.
In the 2016 publication by Deloitte, Insights and Opportunities Recreational Marijuana, the project size of the Canadian adult-use market ranged from CDN$4.9 billion to CDN$8.7 billion annually. In the 2018 publication by Deloitte, A Society in Transition, an Industry Ready to Boom, the projected size of the Canadian adult-use market in 2019 ranged from CDN$1.8 billion to CDN$4.3 billion. According to a 2025 report published by the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) in collaboration with Deloitte Canada, the Canadian legal cannabis industry generated CDN$28.7 billion in cumulative nationwide sales from October 2018 through 2024, primarily driven by recreational products. The Canadian medical cannabis industry experienced substantial growth since 2014.
The Company is positioning itself with a core emphasis on wholesale and co-packaging services to accommodate all consumer-packaged goods intended for the sophisticated cannabis market and consumer in Canada and internationally. This strategy integrate cannabinoid research, analytical testing, product development and manufacturing.
Target Group’s product manufacturing includes, will include, but will not be limited to the following:
● Cannabis flower pods for vaporizer use
● Cannabis extract pods for vaporizer use
● Cannabis pre-rolls
● K-Cup infused coffee and tea pods
● Infused cannabis beverages
● Infused cannabis edibles
● Infused topical products and CBD wellness products.
As of the date of this report, the Company and its subsidiaries do not have any operations, employees or corporate offices based in United States.
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Acquisitions
Capitalizing on the opportunity resulting from the legalization of adult-use cannabis in Canada, the Company completed the following strategic acquisitions and entered into the following agreements as follows:
Visava Inc./Canary Rx Inc.
On June 27, 2018, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Share Exchange (“ Visava Exchange Agreement ”) with Visava Inc., a private Ontario, Canada corporation (“ Visava ”). Visava owns 100% of Canary Rx Inc, a Canadian corporation (“ Canary ”) that operates a 44,000 square foot facility located in Ontario’s Garden Norfolk County for the production of cannabis. Canary is a Canadian Licensed Producer under Health Canada’s Cannabis Act (“Bill C-45”). Canary expects to grow up to 4 million grams of cannabis annually out of its Simcoe facility once it is at full capacity. The Company is now growing premium cannabis in indoor grow rooms and each 2,200 square feet room gets up to 5.4 turns annually.
Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, the Company acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Visava in exchange for the issuance of 25,500,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock and issued to the Visava shareholders, pro rata Common Stock Purchase Warrants (“ Visava Warrants ”) purchasing an aggregate of 25,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a price per share of $0.10 for a period of two years following the issuance date of the Visava Warrants. As a result of this transaction, Visava became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and the former shareholders of Visava owned approximately 46.27% of the Company’s shares of Common Stock. The transaction was closed effective August 2, 2018. During the year ended, December 31, 2020, all of the Visava Warrants expired, none were exercised.
CannaKorp Inc.
Pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Share Exchange dated January 25, 2019 (“Cannakorp Exchange Agreement”) , on March 1, 2019, we completed the acquisition of Massachusetts –based CannaKorp Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CannaKorp”). CannaKorp developed a single-use pre-measured pod and vaporizer system for consumers interested in vaporizing natural herbs, including cannabis. The patent-pending system is known as The Wisp™ and Wisp Pods™. The Wisp™ vaporizer system extracts the medically beneficial compounds more efficiently while simultaneously offering a much safer and more enjoyable experience than other alternatives.
Under the terms of the Cannakorp Exchange Agreement, we the Company issued 30,407,712 shares of its common stock to the exchanging CannaKorp stockholders in exchange for 99.8% of the outstanding common stock held by the CannaKorp stockholders. CannaKorp will continue to operate as a subsidiary. During the year ended, December 31, 2021, all of the warrants expired, none were exercised.
Agreements
Serious Seeds B.V.
Effective December 6, 2018, the Company and Canary entered into a Distribution, Collaboration and Licensing Agreement (“Serious Agreement”) with Serious Seeds B.V. (“Serious Seeds”), incorporated in the Netherlands, and Simon Smit (“Smit”), President of Serious Seeds. Under the Agreement, Canary was appointed the exclusive distributor in Canada and all other legal markets globally of Serious Seeds’ proprietary cannabis seed strains and Serious Seeds’ cannabis cuttings, dried flowers, extracts and seeds. In addition, under the Serious Agreement, Canary and Serious Seeds will develop certain “Collaborative Products” (defined in the Serious Agreement as cannabis seed strains created collaboratively using Serious Seeds’ intellectual property. During the term of the Serious Agreement, Canary owns all of the intellectual property related to the Collaborative Products.
Under the Serious Agreement, Smit granted Canary an exclusive license in Canada and all legal markets globally to Serious Seeds’ intellectual property including the right to use the service mark of Serious Seeds and all of the names of Serious Seeds’ proprietary cannabis seed strains including but not limited to Chronic, AK-47, White Russian, Bubble Gum, Kali Mist, Warlock, Double Dutch, Biddy, Early, Motavation and Strawberry-AKeil.
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The initial term of the Serious Agreement is five (5) years and will be automatically renewed for consecutive five (5) terms subject to rights of termination upon one hundred and eighty (180) days prior notice. In consideration of the intellectual property rights granted by Smit to Canary, the Company will issue to Smit 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock on the effective date of the Agreement. In addition, on the thirteenth (13) month following the effective date of the Agreement of the initial term, the Company will issue to Smit 5,208 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of Target common stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share. Thereafter, from the fourteenth (14) month following the effective date of the Agreement and continuing through the sixtieth (60) month of the initial term, the Company will issue Smit 5,208 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 16,667 shares of Target common stock, each month, at varying exercise prices ranging from $0.20 to $0.35 per share. All of the above warrants must be exercised on or before the two (2) year anniversary date of each of the warrant issuance dates.
In consideration of Canary’s appointment as Serious Seeds’ exclusive distributor in Canada, Canary will pay Serious Seeds certain royalties as follows:
1 st year:
2.00% of gross sales
2 nd year:
2.25% of gross sales
3 rd year:
2.50% of gross sales
4 th year:
2.75% of gross sales
5 th and following years:
3.00% of gross sales
On October 8, 2019, Canary was granted licenses to cultivate, process and sell cannabis pursuant to the Cannabis Act (Bill C-45). These Standard Licenses enable Canary to produce approximately 3,600kg of dried cannabis flower per year. Canary has curated a bank of 3,500 seeds, comprised of more than 125 strains, including the entire Serious Seeds collection. The Company has the capacity to grow 8 different strains at a time, within the facility’s eight (8) separate indoor flower rooms.
CL Investors Debt Purchase and Assignment Agreement
On June 15, 2020, the Company, its first-tier subsidiaries Visava CannaKorp Inc, and the Company’s second-tier subsidiary, Canary, entered into a Debt Purchase and Assignment Agreement (“Debt Agreement”) with CL Investors Inc. (“CLI”), a corporation organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada. June 15, 2020 was the preliminary date of the Debt Agreement, and the Debt Agreement was not finalized until the later date as indicated below.
The CEO (and also a director) of the Company is the secretary and a shareholder of CLI plus the CEO’s brother is the President and sole director of CLI therefore the loan from CLI is classified under related party transactions.
CLI purchased from the Company for the sum of $2,115,840 (CAD 2,900,000) a debt obligation owing from Canary to the Company in the principal balance of $7,367,000 (CAD 10,600,000 (“Canary Debt”)). Upon receipt of the consideration, the Company loaned the full sum to Canary under terms of an unsecured, non-interest-bearing promissory note, subject to a covenant by the Company not to take any collection action so long as the Canary Debt remains unpaid to CLI. As of December 31, 2025, $3,648 (CAD 5,000) is still outstanding from CLI which is presented as other receivable on the consolidated balance sheet.
As a condition of the closing of the Debt Agreement, the terms of the Canary Debt were amended to provide for interest at 5% per annum with a maturity date of 60 months from the date of the Debt Agreement (“Term”). The Canary Debt will be repaid according to the following schedule:
a) In the first year of the Term, Canary will pay CLI the greater of $824,448 (CAD 1,130,000) and fifty percent (50%) of the Net Revenue (hereinafter defined), provided that where the latter amount exceeds the former amount, Canary will, by the end of such first year, pay CLI no less than the former amount and Canary will, within thirty (30) days following the end of such first year, pay CLI the balance of such amount owing for such first year;
b) In the second year of the Term, Canary will pay CLI the greater of $1,532,160 (CAD 2,100,000) and fifty percent (50%) of the Net Revenue, by way of twelve (12) consecutive monthly installments payable on the 14th day of each month commencing on
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August 14, 2021, provided that where the latter amount exceeds the former amount, Canary will, within thirty (30) days following the end of such second year, pay CLI the balance of such amount owing for such second year;
c) In the third year of the Term, Canary will pay CLI the greater of $2,349,312 (CAD 3,220,000) and fifty percent (50%) of the Net Revenue, by way of twelve (12) consecutive monthly installments payable on the 14th day of each month commencing on August 14, 2022, provided that where the latter amount exceeds the former amount, Canary will, by the end of such third year, pay CLI no less than the former amount and Canary will, within thirty (30) days following the end of such third year, pay CLI the balance of such payments owing for such third year;
d) In the fourth year of the Term, Canary will pay CLI the greater of $2,247,168 (CAD 3,080,000) and fifty percent (50%) of the Net Revenue, by way of twelve (12) consecutive monthly installments payable on the 14th day of each month commencing on August 14, 2023, provided that where the latter amount exceeds the former amount, Canary will, within thirty (30) days following the end of such fourth year, pay CLI the balance of such amount owing for such fourth year; and
e) In the fifth year of the Term, Canary will pay CLI the balance owing under this Note, by way of twelve (12) consecutive monthly installments payable on the 14th day of each month commencing on August 14, 2024, for an amount calculated by dividing twelve (12) into the sum of all amounts owing under this Note at the beginning of the fifth year of the Term on account of Principal and Interest, provided that where there are further amounts owing under this Note at the end of such fifth year, Canary will pay CLI all such further amounts within five (5) days following the end of such fifth year.
For the purposes of this Note, “Net Revenue” will mean any and all revenue generated from Canary’s Licensed Facility (hereinafter defined) to which it is entitled net of applicable taxes and third-party expenses.
The repayment of the Canary Debt, as amended, is guaranteed by Visava and the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary CannaKorp Inc. and secured by (i) a general security interest in the assets of the Company, Canary, Visava and CannaKorp, respectively; and (ii) a pledge by the Company of all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Canary, Visava and CannaKorp. held by the Company. In addition to the foregoing guarantees, security interest and stock pledge, CLI has been granted an option, in lieu of repayment of the amended Canary Debt, to demand, in its sole and absolute discretion the transfer, assignment and conveyance of 75% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Visava and Canary.
Furthermore, the President and sole director of CLI has been granted an option to acquire the remaining 25% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Visava and Canary.
Effective August 14, 2020, the Debt Agreement was amended (“Amendment”) to provide that CLI will purchase from Rubin Schindermann, a director of the Company, 500,000 shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock in consideration of the payment by CLI to Rubin Schindermann of $72,960 (CAD 100,000) and the issuance to Schindermann of 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. In consideration of the foregoing, Mr., Schindermann resigned as a director of the Company and from any and all administrative and executive positions with the Company’s subsidiaries Visava, Canary Rx. and CannaKorp, respectively. In addition, the Company issued Common Stock Purchase Warrant for 10,000,000 shares of Target common stock to CLI as consideration for the Debt Agreement. Refer to Note 19 for additional details on warrants. The combined impact of both transactions resulted in debt issuance cost of $251,518. This debt issuance cost will be amortized over the term of the debt on a straight-line basis.
The transactions contemplated by the Debt Agreement and the Amendment closed on August 14, 2020.
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