Nov 21 (Reuters) - 22nd Century Group Inc XXII.O :
* GVB BIOPHARMA - ANNOUNCED FIRE OCCURRED AT ITS GVB
BIOPHARMA
DISTILLATE & ISOLATE MANUFACTURING FACILITY LOCATED IN GRASS
VALLEY, OREGON, ON NOV 20
* GVB BIOPHARMA - THERE WERE NO REPORTED LIFE THREATENING
INJURIES, BUT THE FIRE DAMAGED THE FACILITY
* GVB BIOPHARMA - ALL GRASS VALLEY MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS
WILL
BE CURTAILED
* GVB BIOPHARMA - CO IS IMPLEMENTING BACKUP PRODUCTION PLANS
AND
BELIEVES ITS CUSTOMERS WILL EXPERIENCE NO DISRUPTION IN SERVICE
OR QUALITY OF PRODUCTS
* GVB BIOPHARMA - 22ND CENTURY IS CURRENTLY EVALUATING THE
EXTENT
OF THE DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THE FIRE AND THE AMOUNT OF LOSS IS
UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME
* GVB BIOPHARMA - EXPECTS THAT LOSSES RESULTING FROM THE
FIRE WILL
BE COVERED BY ITS PROPERTY AND BUSINESS INTERRUPTION INSURANCE
POLICIES
Source: (shorturl.at/fiSV4)
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