# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001584549
**File Stem:** 0000950170-23-001920
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 10783
**Document Hash:** c1865dec9355dd87cb7a3d57aef21d2e
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000950170-23-001920.hdr.sgml**: 20230207

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000950170-23-001920

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230207

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Regulation FD Disclosure

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230207

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230207

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Village Farms International, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001584549
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION - CROPS [0100]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** Z4
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-38783
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23592886

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4700 - 80TH STREET
- **CITY:** DELTA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
- **STATE:** Z4
- **ZIP:** V4K 3N3
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 732-676-3008

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4700 - 80TH STREET
- **CITY:** DELTA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
- **STATE:** Z4
- **ZIP:** V4K 3N3

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**UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

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**FORM** 8-K

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**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):** February 07, 2023<br>

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VILLAGE FARMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

**(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)**

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| Canada | 001-38783 | Not applicable |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)** |
| 4700-80th Street<br>British Columbia Canada |  |  |
| Delta**,** British Columbia**,** Canada |  | V4K 3N3 |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** |  | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:** (604) 940-6012<br>

**(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)**

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**

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| **<br>Title of each class** | **Trading<br>Symbol(s)** | **<br>Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Shares, without par value | VFF | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.**

On February 7, 2023, Village Farms International, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release (the "Press Release") announcing that it will release its 2022 fourth quarter and year end financial results on March 9, 2023. A copy of the Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K under Item 7.01, including the attached Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and 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 liabilities of that section. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K under Item 7.01, shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

**Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

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| **Exhibit**<br>**Number** | **Description** |
| 99.1 | [<u>Press Release dated February 7, 2023</u>](vff-ex99_1.htm). |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**SIGNATURES**

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 thereunto duly authorized.

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|  |  |  | **Village Farms International, Inc.** |
| Date: | February 7, 2023 | By:  | /s/ Stephen C. Ruffini |
|  |  |  | Stephen C. Ruffini<br>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

![img264507375_0.jpg](img264507375_0.jpg)

**Exhibit 99.1**

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

**Village Farms International to Report Fourth Quarter and Year End 2022 Financial Results on Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. ET; Conference Call to be Held Same Day at 8:30 a.m. ET**

**Vancouver, BC, February 7, 2023 –** Village Farms International, Inc. ("Village Farms" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: VFF) today announced it will host a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and year end financial results on **Thursday, March 9, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. ET**. Participants wanting to access the conference call by telephone must register in advance at Village Farms Fourth Quarter 2022 Conference Callto receive the telephone dial-in information.

The live question and answer session will be limited to analysts, however others are invited to submit their questions ahead of the conference call via email atinvestorrelations@villagefarms.com. Management will address questions received via email as part of the conference call question and answer session as time permits.

The Company expects to report its fourth quarter and year end 2022 financial results via news release on **Thursday, March 9, 2023, at 7:00 a.m. ET**.

**Conference Call Archive Access Information**

For those unable to participate in the conference call at the scheduled time, it will be archived for replay beginning approximately one hour following completion of the call on Village Farms' web site at http://villagefarms.com/investor-relations/investor-calls.

**About Village Farms International, Inc.**

Village Farms leverages decades of experience as a large-scale, Controlled Environment Agriculture-based, vertically integrated supplier for high-value, high-growth plant-based Consumer Packaged Goods opportunities, with a strong foundation as a leading fresh produce supplier to grocery and large-format retailers throughout the US and Canada, and new high-growth opportunities in the cannabis and CBD categories in North America and selected markets internationally.

In Canada, the Company's wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, Pure Sunfarms, is one of the single largest cannabis operations in the world, the lowest-cost greenhouse producer and one of Canada's best-selling brands. The Company also owns 70% of Québec-based, Rose LifeScience, a leading third-party cannabis products commercialization expert in the Province of Québec.

In the US, wholly-owned Balanced Health Botanicals is one of the leading CBD brands and e-commerce platforms in the country. Subject to compliance with all applicable US federal and state laws and stock exchange rules, Village Farms plans to enter the US high-THC cannabis market via multiple strategies, leveraging one of the largest greenhouse operations in the country (more than 5.5 million square feet in West Texas), as well as the operational and product expertise gained through Pure Sunfarms' cannabis success in Canada.

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Internationally, Village Farms is targeting selected, nascent, legal cannabis and CBD opportunities with significant medium- and long-term potential, with an initial focus on the Asia-Pacific region and Europe.

**Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information**

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The Company has based these forward-looking statements on factors and assumptions about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon assumptions that management believes are reasonable based on information currently available to management, there can be no assurance that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control, which may cause the Company's or the industry's actual results, performance, achievements, prospects and opportunities in future periods to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the factors contained in the Company's filings with securities regulators, including this press release. In particular, we caution you that our forward-looking statements are subject to the ongoing and developing circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, operations and future financial results.

When relying on forward-looking statements to make decisions, the Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on these statements, as forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties and should not be read as guarantees of future results, performance, achievements, prospects and opportunities. The forward-looking statements made in this press release relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this press release. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

**Contact Information**

Lawrence ChamberlainInvestor RelationsLodeRock Advisors(416) 519-4196lawrence.chamberlain@loderockadvisors.com

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