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Input Capital takeover falls through

Input says U.S. buyer to walk away, pay termination fee

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News November 2, 2020

The Regina company that brought “streaming” to the Prairie canola marketing business is considering its other options now that a friendly cash bid from a U.S. suitor has been taken off the table. Input Capital said Thursday that Washington, D.C.-based investment firm Bridgeway National, which in August proposed to buy Input for about $96.15 million,

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U.S. investor to buy Prairie canola ‘streaming’ firm

All-cash deal offers $97.5 million for Input Capital

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 13, 2020

A U.S. investor has stepped forward with an all-cash bid for the Regina company that brought “streaming” to the Prairie canola marketing business. Input Capital, which in February last year began to review options such as a sale or merger to “enhance shareholder value,” said Wednesday it has a deal to sell all of itself

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Appeal court overturns ruling against canola ‘streaming’ contracts

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 19, 2019

A southeastern Saskatchewan farmer and canola company Input Capital are going back to court now that a ruling last year, which ripped the company’s “streaming” contracts with the farmer as “unconscionable,” has been overturned on appeal. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, in a ruling issued Friday, set aside a 2018 Court of Queen’s Bench “finding

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Input Capital cuts costs as delayed sales lift Q3 profit

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff August 13, 2019

A hostile canola export market has left “commodity streaming” firm Input Capital paring back its staff count and halting its sales and marketing efforts. The publicly traded Regina company on Tuesday booked adjusted net income of $1.06 million on $4.95 million in adjusted total revenue for the quarter ending June 30, up from about $249,000

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Input Capital steps back from mortgage expansion plans

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff May 20, 2019

Up against the current canola market, “commodity streaming” firm Input Capital has put off plans to ramp up its mortgage business with canola growers. The publicly traded Regina company in February announced a “comprehensive review of strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value” and said it was in “an ongoing search for appropriate scalable sources of

Canola south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

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Input Capital to consider company sale, merger, cannabis

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff February 27, 2019

Possible options including a sale, merger or moving into the cannabis business are now on the table for “commodity streaming” canola firm Input Capital Corp. Regina-based Input, which trades publicly on the TSX Venture Exchange, announced Wednesday its board has launched a “comprehensive review of strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value.” The review, which will

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Novel grain contracts require closer scrutiny

By Alexis Stockford June 1, 2018

A spate of cases involving a Regina-based canola buyer has farmers across the Prairies paying attention to a legal drama between Saskatchewan producers and Input Capital, which has offered long-term “streaming contracts” for canola. In early May, CBC reported on a class-action lawsuit with six producers accusing the company of predatory lending. Morris Feduk, a

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Input Capital to appeal streaming contract ruling

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 30, 2018

A “virtual” grain firm whose canola contracts with a Prairie farmer were set aside as “unconscionable” in a recent court ruling plans to challenge parts of that decision on appeal. Regina-based Input Capital Corp. said Monday it has filed a notice of appeal with the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal over a May 17 ruling by

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Court rips streaming canola contracts as ‘unconscionable’

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 22, 2018

A Prairie farmer who was paid up front for canola contractually committed to “commodity streaming” firm Input Capital Corp. will have to pay back most of that money, as per a court ruling which also condemns the company’s contracts with him as “unconscionable.” Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Jeffery Kalmakoff on Thursday released his

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Canola ‘streaming’ firm eyes mortgage business

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 30, 2018

A Saskatchewan company that offers farmers cash up front for canola to be grown later is now tentatively bringing its model to the farm mortgage business. Input Capital, which sources canola from Prairie growers through multi-year “streaming” contracts, announced Tuesday it has launched a “mortgage stream” as a pilot project. Input, which set up in

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Input Capital takeover falls through

U.S. investor to buy Prairie canola ‘streaming’ firm

Appeal court overturns ruling against canola ‘streaming’ contracts

Input Capital cuts costs as delayed sales lift Q3 profit

Input Capital steps back from mortgage expansion plans

Input Capital to consider company sale, merger, cannabis

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Input Capital to appeal streaming contract ruling

Court rips streaming canola contracts as ‘unconscionable’

Canola ‘streaming’ firm eyes mortgage business

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