Aphria says it will provide line-by-line rebuttal to short seller allegations

The CEO of Leamington cannabis producer Aphria — under siege from short-sellers claiming that backroom deals enriched insiders — said the company will release a report next week addressing every allegation.

Vic Neufeld said Aphria’s response will rebut the barrage of accusations levelled Monday that mostly focused on the company’s recent acquisitions in Latin America.

“You will find all of the 20-some allegations, line-by-line, point-by-point with pictures — real pictures, truthful pictures — on what we have called LATAM asset acquisition,” Neufeld told the Star on Friday. “Every point will be very informative and will shed the real light on the story.”

He said that rebuttal will likely be released Wednesday. Aphria announced Thursday it had appointed an independent committee to review the company’s recent acquisition of its Latin American holdings and confirm it was on the level.

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House Positions for C:APHA from 20181212 to 20181212

House	Bought	$Val	Ave	Sold	$Val	Ave	Net	$Net
7 TD Sec	2,921,495	23,509,827	8.047	2,213,945	17,831,250	8.054	707,550	-5,678,577
2 RBC	1,005,945	8,096,091	8.048	783,963	6,332,547	8.078	221,982	-1,763,544
9 BMO Nesbitt	401,399	3,223,430	8.03	305,830	2,468,526	8.072	95,569	-754,904
124 Questrade	365,763	2,946,350	8.055	276,536	2,222,471	8.037	89,227	-723,879
79 CIBC	3,685,536	29,704,071	8.06	3,617,514	29,121,271	8.05	68,022	-582,800
80 National Bank	328,182	2,650,739	8.077	289,417	2,337,535	8.077	38,765	-313,204
13 Instinet	404,565	3,247,668	8.028	366,350	2,947,103	8.045	38,215	-300,565
65 Goldman	37,484	304,859	8.133	2,100	16,737	7.97	35,384	-288,122
59 PI	34,100	271,095	7.95	12,900	102,925	7.979	21,200	-168,170
14 ITG	16,941	138,375	8.168	235	1,875	7.979	16,706	-136,500
25 Odlum	26,000	208,248	8.01	16,000	128,553	8.035	10,000	-79,695
35 Friedberg	7,004	57,013	8.14	0			7,004	-57,013
99 Jitney	675,100	5,416,816	8.024	669,300	5,377,964	8.035	5,800	-38,852
143 Pershing	23,910	191,932	8.027	19,316	155,603	8.056	4,594	-36,329
56 Edward Jones	5,821	45,958	7.895	2,465	19,732	8.005	3,356	-26,226
70 Manulife	2,600	21,036	8.091	0			2,600	-21,036
83 Mackie	1,300	10,439	8.03	0			1,300	-10,439
94 Hampton	1,000	8,460	8.46	0			1,000	-8,460
68 Leede	1,400	11,232	8.023	1,300	10,374	7.98	100	-858
48 Laurentian	400	3,200	8.00	400	3,148	7.87	0	-52
101 SG Capital	1,900	14,964	7.876	2,000	16,421	8.211	-100	1,457
89 Raymond James	0			225	1,788	7.947	-225	1,788
36 Latimer	2,268	18,240	8.042	2,913	23,461	8.054	-645	5,221
90 Barclays	400	3,171	7.928	2,500	20,283	8.113	-2,100	17,112
74 GMP	30,000	245,982	8.199	34,000	271,539	7.986	-4,000	25,557
6 Infor	2,500	19,875	7.95	6,500	52,610	8.094	-4,000	32,735
57 Interactive	10,361	84,408	8.147	17,391	140,494	8.079	-7,030	56,086
19 Desjardins	161,693	1,306,210	8.078	169,853	1,359,370	8.003	-8,160	53,160
62 Haywood	15,750	126,732	8.046	25,750	201,765	7.836	-10,000	75,033
28 BBS	41,959	338,440	8.066	57,475	467,458	8.133	-15,516	129,018
33 Canaccord	2,446	19,931	8.148	19,000	151,280	7.962	-16,554	131,349
97 M Partners	0			29,500	231,618	7.851	-29,500	231,618
17 Integral	0			37,500	305,250	8.14	-37,500	305,250
72 Credit Suisse	113	919	8.133	52,300	418,046	7.993	-52,187	417,127
39 Merrill Lynch	565,432	4,564,470	8.073	645,675	5,220,788	8.086	-80,243	656,318
88 Credential	108,192	871,643	8.056	190,668	1,522,245	7.984	-82,476	650,602
1 Anonymous	2,064,231	16,611,827	8.047	2,200,278	17,732,024	8.059	-136,047	1,120,197
55 Velocity	0			146,600	1,185,675	8.088	-146,600	1,185,675
222 JP Morgan	100	817	8.17	180,900	1,465,620	8.102	-180,800	1,464,803
53 Morgan Stanley	40,956	333,871	8.152	315,130	2,490,809	7.904	-274,174	2,156,938
85 Scotia	764,265	6,144,401	8.04	1,044,782	8,416,582	8.056	-280,517	2,272,181
TOTAL	13,758,511	110,772,740	8.051	13,758,511	110,772,740	8.051	0	0