Retail is the key to success in California

Retail controls the supply chain
Untapped potential
Footprint Matters
California cannabis market still deeply underserved
Even the largest California cannabis companies lack an experienced specialty retailer and complete management team who understand the nuances of cannabis marketplace.

Market Primed For a Retail Consolidation

Owners are selling to due to negative cash flows and increasing tax debt
Market is fragmented, most stores still small, local operators
Complexity issues keeping MSO’s from entering California retail
The time is now… Buy smart, Improve operations, sell at a premium.

Rilano Strategy

5 Year Plan - Build & buy stores across California creating a footprint of profitable stores that allow us to win market share by leveraging scale in the most important markets
High Level Financial Goals
- Sales=$150M
- EBITDA=$37.5M
- 8XValuation=$300M

Retail Acquisition & Execution

Our “unique to cannabis” team is focused on heads-down execution.
Rilano team will be hyper-focused on managing free cash-flow on a monthly basis.

Strategic Execution Plan—The Rilano Playbook

We bring years of multi-unit specialty retail management.
Each day, this management team goes to work for our Colleagues,
Customers, and Investors with a Continuous Improvement Mindset.

Meet The Team

Hank Casillas, CEO

34 years in Food and Drug retail, Senior Vice President at CVS/Pharmacy
Project Manager for CVS’ entry in Puerto Rico
Certified Sigma Lean Blackbelt
Last 3 years COO and sales at Coachella Manufacturing
Cannabis retail consultant for California dispensaries and investors.

Jian Barazi, CFO

6 years in Cannabis
Founding member of C4 Distro, a CA cannabis distributor
Cultivation operations and financial modeling consultant at a vertically-integrated cannabis company,
Prior to Cannabis, financial analyst at NYC hedge fund analytics firm,
Finance degree from MIT.

Rick Probst, CDO

15 years in Cannabis,
Founder of Tow and Grow, mobile grow rooms,
Founder of Coachella Manufacturing & Distribution,
Oversaw entitlement process for 4 new licenses,
Former CTO at Penske Media (PMC.com),
Experienced in Real Estate, Construction, Manufacturing, Cultivation and Technology.

Larry Horwitz
General Counsel

Cannabis Industry Advisor,
Founding partner of Orange County law firm, Lockett + Horwitz,
General business and securities practice with a specialization in the cannabis industry,
Represents numerous cannabis operators along the entire supply chain throughout California,
Founder of multiple companies, including Marijuana Index, the first broad index covering cannabis stocks.

Contact Us

2 South Pointe Drive • Suite 275, Lake Forest, CA 92630 info@RilanoInc.com

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