VREOF Vireo Growth Inc (QX)

SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Kingsley Kyle Eugene (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O VIREO GROWTH INC. 207 SOUTH 9TH STREET (Street) MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Vireo Growth Inc. [ VREOF ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Co-Executive Chairman
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/17/2024
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Subordinate Voting Shares	12/17/2024		A		7,000,000(1)	A	$0	13,541,100	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents subordinate voting shares underlying restricted stock units ("RSUs") granted to Dr. Kingsley. The RSUs are granted under the Vireo Health International Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, and become vested on the following schedule: 3,500,000 on December 17, 2025 with the balance vesting in equal installments of 875,000 on March 17, 2026, June 17, 2026, September 17, 2026, and December 17, 2026 (subject to Dr. Kingsley remaining a Service Provider on each such vesting date) or (i) the date of a change in control of the Parent Company or the Employer; or (ii) promptly following (and in no case later than 20 days) Dr. Kingsley's separation from service (as defined in 409A of the Internal Revenue Code) by the Employer (with or without Cause).

Remarks:

Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Nicole A. Edmonds, Attorney-in-Fact for Kyle E. Kingsley	12/19/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Tyson Macdonald, Amber Shimpa, Thomas Rose, and Nicole Edmonds with full power to act as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to:

 

1)

Prepare, execute and file for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director and/or beneficial owner of Vireo Growth Inc. (the “Company”), the Form ID Application, Update Passphrase, Consent of Reporting Person and Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

 

2)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID Application, Update Passphrase, Consent of Reporting Person and Forms 3, 4 and 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

 

3)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

 

The undersigned hereby grants to the attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

 

This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the attorney-in-fact.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 19th day of December, 2024.

 

	/s/ Dr. Kyle E. Kingsley
	Dr. Kyle E. Kingsley

 

 

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Exhibit 24

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Tyson Macdonald, Amber Shimpa, Thomas Rose, and Nicole Edmonds with full power to act as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to:

 

1)

Prepare, execute and file for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director and/or beneficial owner of Vireo Growth Inc. (the “Company”), the Form ID Application, Update Passphrase, Consent of Reporting Person and Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

 

2)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID Application, Update Passphrase, Consent of Reporting Person and Forms 3, 4 and 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

 

3)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

 

The undersigned hereby grants to the attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

 

This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the attorney-in-fact.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 19th day of December, 2024.

 

	/s/ Dr. Kyle E. Kingsley
	Dr. Kyle E. Kingsley

 

 

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