AWH Announces Share Purchase Made by Every Independent Director on the Board of Directors

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Ascend Wellness Holdings (AAWH) announced that its directors, Emily Paxhia, Scott Swid, and Joseph Hinrichs, collectively purchased approximately 60,352 Class A Common Shares between July 5 and July 6, 2022. This follows earlier purchases by CEO Abner Kurtin and President Frank Perullo. The company reassured stakeholders about its growth prospects despite market challenges, with the Board expressing confidence in Ascend's trajectory and the cannabis industry.

Positive

• Directors' share purchases indicate confidence in the company's future.
• Reassurance from the Board about growth prospects amidst market dislocations.

Negative

• Market fundamentals remain dislocated from valuations.

-  Emily Paxhia, Scott Swid, and Joseph Hinrichs purchase approximately 60,352 Class A Common Shares in aggregate   -

NEW YORK, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc ("AWH", "Ascend", or the "Company") (CSE: AAWH.U) (OTCQX: AAWH), a multi-state, vertically integrated cannabis operator, announced that Directors, Emily Paxhia, Scott Swid, and Joseph Hinrichs, each made individual purchases of Class A Common Shares "Shares" in the open market totaling 60,352 shares between July 5^th and July 6^th. This follows an announcement by AWH that Abner Kurtin, CEO, Chairman, and Founder, and Frank Perullo, President and Co-Founder, made purchases of AWH Shares earlier this week.

 "Although the fundamentals remain dislocated from valuations, the Board is confident in the trajectory of the Company and the industry as a whole and remains dedicated to supporting Ascend," said Emily Paxhia, Lead Independent Director for Ascend Wellness Holdings.

About AWH:

AWH is a vertically integrated multistate cannabis operator with licenses and assets in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. AWH owns and operates state-of-the-art cultivation facilities, growing award-winning strains and producing a curated selection of products for retail and wholesale customers. AWH produces and distributes its in-house Simply Herb, Ozone, and Ozone Reserve branded products. For more information, visit www.awholdings.com.

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange, nor its Regulation Services Provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release includes forward-looking information and statements, which may include, but are not limited to, information and statements regarding the plans, intentions, expectations, estimates, and beliefs of the Company. Words such as "expects", "continue", "will", "anticipates" and "intends" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current projections and expectations about future events and financial trends, and on certain assumptions and analysis made by the Company in light of experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments and other factors management believes are appropriate.

Forward-looking information and statements involve and are subject to assumptions and known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause actual events, results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future events, results, performance, and achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking information and statements herein. Such factors include, among others: the risks and uncertainties identified in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and in the Company's other reports and filings with the applicable Canadian securities regulators and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Although the Company believes that any forward-looking information and statements herein are reasonable, in light of the use of assumptions and the significant risks and uncertainties inherent in such information and statements, there can be no assurance that any such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, and accordingly, readers are advised to rely on their own evaluation of such risks and uncertainties and should not place undue reliance upon such forward-looking information and statements. Any forward-looking information and statements herein are made as of the date hereof, and except as required by applicable laws, the Company assumes no obligation and disclaims any intention to update or revise any forward-looking information and statements herein or to update the reasons that actual events or results could or do differ from those projected in any forward-looking information and statements herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or results, or otherwise, except as required by applicable laws.

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SOURCE Ascend Wellness Holdings, LLC

FAQ

What recent share purchases were made by Ascend Wellness Holdings' directors?

Directors Emily Paxhia, Scott Swid, and Joseph Hinrichs purchased approximately 60,352 Class A Common Shares between July 5 and July 6, 2022.

What does Ascend Wellness Holdings say about its business prospects?

The Board expresses confidence in the company's trajectory despite market challenges.

Who are the key executives that previously purchased shares of Ascend Wellness Holdings?

CEO Abner Kurtin and President Frank Perullo made share purchases earlier in the same week.

What is Ascend Wellness Holdings' stock symbol?

The stock symbol for Ascend Wellness Holdings is AAWH.