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Trulieve Cannabis Corp

For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 27, 2025.

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FY2024 · Filed Feb 27, 2025

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of

Trulieve Cannabis Corp.

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements and Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Trulieve Cannabis Corp. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31,2024, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2024, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). We also have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in 2013 Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31,2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31,2024, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31,2024, based on criteria established in 2013 Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the entity’s consolidated financial statements and an opinion on the entity’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audit of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

An entity’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. An entity’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the entity; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and that receipts and expenditures of the entity are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the entity; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the entity’s assets that could have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

Valuation of Inventory

Description of the Matter

As described in Notes 3 and 6 to the consolidated financial statements, as of December 31, 2024, the Company had an inventory balance of $231.4 million that was comprised of raw materials (including cannabis plants, packaging and supplies), work in process, and finished goods. Inventory is valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Net realizable value is determined as the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less the estimated costs of completion, disposal, and transportation for inventories in process. Costs of internally produced inventory are determined using the weighted-average cost method. The Company periodically reviews its inventory and identifies that which is excess, slow moving and obsolete by considering factors such as inventory levels, expected product life and forecasted sales demand. Any identified excess, slow moving and obsolete inventory is written down to its net realizable value through a charge to cost of goods sold.

We identified the valuation of inventory as a critical audit matter because of the significance of this balance sheet account, the significant assumptions management makes with regards to its valuation of inventory, and the increased extent of effort required in performing our audit procedures to evaluate the reasonableness of management’s assumptions and estimates.

How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit

We obtained an understanding, evaluated the design, and tested the operating effectiveness of controls over the inventory valuation process. For example, we tested controls over management’s review of the inventory valuation calculations, as well as management’s assumptions and the underlying data used in the calculations.

To test inventory valuation, our procedures included, among others, the following:

evaluating the appropriateness of the Company’s methodologies, significant assumptions, and underlying data and inputs used in valuing inventory by comparing significant assumptions used by management to historical information, independent calculations, and evidence obtained in other areas of the audit,

evaluating the appropriateness of the Company’s methodologies, significant assumptions, and underlying data and inputs used by management in their assessment of net realizable value and their estimated reserve for excess, slow moving and obsolete inventory by comparing significant assumptions used by management to historical information, independent calculations, current selling prices and costs, and evidence obtained in other areas of the audit,

performing observations of the Company’s physical inventory counts, including independent test counts thereon, and

testing the accuracy of the Company’s calculations and assessing the completeness and accuracy of the underlying data used in the calculations.

Evaluation of Uncertain Tax Positions

Description of the Matter

As described in Notes 3 and 16 to the consolidated financial statements, as of December 31, 2024, the Company had uncertain tax position liabilities of $445.2 million, which consisted primarily of $412.6 million related to the Company's tax positions based on legal interpretations that challenge the Company's tax liability under IRC Section 280E and $32.0 million in accrued interest and penalties. Significant judgment is required in evaluating the Company’s uncertain tax positions and determining the provision for income taxes. The Company recognizes benefits from uncertain tax positions based on the cumulative probability method whereby the largest benefit with a cumulative probability of greater than 50% is recorded. An uncertain tax position is not recognized if it has a 50% or less likelihood of being sustained. Recognition or measurement is reflected in the period in which the likelihood changes. Any interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax liabilities are recorded in the provision for income taxes on the consolidated statements of operations.

We identified the evaluation of uncertain tax positions as a critical audit matter because the evaluation of whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained and the measurement of the benefit of various tax positions can be complex and involves significant auditor judgment. Management’s evaluation of uncertain tax positions is based on interpretations of tax laws and legal rulings, and may be impacted by regulatory changes and judicial and examination activity, including judgments about re-measuring liabilities for positions taken in prior years’ tax returns in light of new information.

How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit

We obtained an understanding, evaluated the design, and tested the operating effectiveness of controls over the process to determine uncertain tax positions. For example, we tested controls over management’s process to assess the technical merits of its uncertain tax positions, including controls over: the assessment as to whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained; the measurement of the uncertain tax position, both initially and on an ongoing basis; and the development of the related disclosures.

To test the uncertain tax positions liabilities calculation, our procedures included, among others, the following:

involving tax professionals in assessing the technical merits of certain of the Company’s tax positions,

obtaining and examining the Company’s analysis related to tax positions and evaluating the underlying facts upon which the tax positions are based,

evaluating developments in the applicable regulatory environments to assess potential effects on the Company’s positions, including recent decisions in relevant court cases,

analyzing the appropriateness of the Company’s assumptions and the accuracy of the Company’s calculations and assessing the completeness and accuracy of the underlying data used to determine the amount of uncertain tax position liabilities to recognize, and

evaluating the Company’s income tax disclosures in relation to these matters.

/s/WithumSmith+Brown, PC

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2024.

New York, New York

February 27, 2025

PCAOB ID Number 100

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of

Trulieve Cannabis Corp.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2023, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

Valuation of Inventory

As described in Note 6, to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s consolidated inventory related to cannabis inventory is $213.1 million. As discussed in Note 3, the Company’s inventory consists of raw materials (including cannabis plants and packaging materials), work in process and finished goods and is valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Significant inputs and assumptions used in the valuation of inventory (excluding any purchased finished goods) include attrition rates of plants, average yield per plant, cumulative stage of completion in the production process and allocation of cost of goods sold. In addition, the Company records a provision for slow-moving and obsolete inventory, which can involve a high degree of judgment. The Company periodically reviews its inventory and identifies that which is excess, slow moving and obsolete by considering factors such as inventory levels, expected product life and forecasted sales demand.

We identified the valuation of inventory as a critical audit matter because of the significance of this balance sheet item, the significant assumptions management makes with regards to its valuation of inventory and an increased extent of effort when performing audit procedures to evaluate the reasonableness of management’s assumptions and estimates.

Addressing the matter involved performing the procedures and evaluating audit evidence, in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements Our procedures related to the valuation of inventory included, among others, the following:

We obtained an understanding and evaluated the design of the internal controls over management’s valuation of inventory.

We evaluated the significant assumptions stated above and tested the completeness and accuracy of the underlying data used in management’s costing and valuation.

Tested attrition rates, average yield and cumulative stage of completion including performing physical observations of the growing cannabis and assessing quantities and growth stage compared to the plant’s life cycle.

Tested harvest and extraction yields including performing physical observations of each process.

Tested management’s assumptions related to costs of goods sold, sales price and expected yields including evaluating whether the assumptions used were reasonable considering (i) historical actual information (ii) independent calculations and observations of these inputs (iii) whether these assumptions were consistent with evidence obtained in other areas of the audit.

We evaluated management’s provision for slow-moving and obsolete inventory calculation by reviewing inputs, including historical sales activity versus on-hand inventory levels and current selling prices versus current cost.

Evaluation of Impairment

As described in Note 3 and Note 21 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company tests goodwill for impairment annually and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of goodwill may be impaired. During the period ended March 31, 2023, the Company performed an interim quantitative impairment test over its single reporting unit due to a sustained decline in its stock price and its impact on the Company’s market capitalization. The test was based on a weighted average of the income and market approaches. The income approach estimates the fair value of a reporting unit through a discounted cash flow model which estimates future cash flows and future operating performance, which include projected revenue, long-term growth rates, gross margins, capital expenditures, discount rates and the probability of achieving the estimated cash flows. The market approach incorporates comparable public companies and market multiples. As a result of its impairment test, the Company concluded that its goodwill was not impaired as of March 31, 2023. During the period ended June 30, 2023, because of a continued decline in the Company’s stock price, the Company estimated the fair value of its single reporting unit by measuring its market capitalization and a corresponding control premium as a market approach, which was also corroborated by other valuation techniques. The Company concluded that its goodwill was impaired based on its estimate of fair value of its reporting unit being lower than its carrying value and recognized a goodwill impairment charge of $307.6 million as of June 30, 2023.

The Company reviews long-lived assets, including property and equipment, definite life intangible assets, and right-of-use assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. Factors which could trigger an impairment review include significant underperformance relative to historical or projected future operating results, significant changes in the manner of use of the assets or the strategy of the business, a significant decrease in the market value of the assets or significant negative industry or economic trends. During the period ended March 31, 2023, the Company determined that certain long-lived assets, including intangible assets, in Massachusetts were impaired due to the competitive environment in the Massachusetts cannabis industry. The Company utilized a combination of the market, income, and cost approach for its impairment testing resulting in an impairment of $30.3 million, which consisted of property and equipment and intangible assets, as of March 31, 2023.

Auditing management’s evaluation of impairment is complex due to the judgments and assumptions required to assess management’s considerations of those factors identified above. Auditing these assumptions involved extensive audit effort, including the need to involve our valuation specialists, due to the complexity of these assumptions and a high degree of auditor judgment when performing audit procedures and evaluating the results of those procedures.

The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included:

We obtained an understanding and evaluated the design of controls over the Company’s goodwill impairment review process, including controls over management’s review of the significant assumptions described above.

We compared the Company's projected revenue growth, gross profit margins and EBITDA margins with actual results to assess the Company's ability to accurately forecast.

We evaluated the Company’s projected revenue growth by comparing the projections to the underlying business strategies and legislative trends to assess the probability of achieving such projections.

We performed sensitivity analyses over significant assumptions to evaluate the impact of changes in the fair value of the reporting unit.

With the assistance of our valuation specialists, we assessed the fair value methodologies utilized and tested significant assumptions including, among other items, the weighted average cost of capital and the discount rate.

With the assistance of our valuation specialists, we evaluated the market approach, including evaluating the reasonableness of the selected market multiples based on guideline public companies.

In addition, we tested management’s reconciliation of the fair value of the reporting unit to the Company’s market capitalization, including evaluating the comparable public company transactions identified and the implied control premium.

With the assistance of our valuation specialists, we evaluated the cost approach used by management in evaluating the Massachusetts property, plant, and equipment fair value, including evaluating replacement cost calculations, land valuations, and comparable sales data.

Evaluation of uncertain tax positions

As discussed in Note 3 and Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has taken uncertain tax positions based on legal interpretations that challenge its tax liability under Internal Revenue Code Section 280E and inventory costs for tax purposes in its Florida and West Virginia dispensaries. Uncertainty in a tax position may arise because tax laws are subject to interpretation. The Company uses significant judgment to (1) determine whether, based on the technical merits, a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained and (2) measure the amount of tax benefit that qualifies for recognition. As of December 31, 2023, the Company accrued uncertain tax position liabilities of approximately $180.4 million.

Auditing management’s estimate of the amount of tax benefit that qualifies for recognition involved especially challenging auditor judgment because management’s estimate is complex, highly judgmental and based on interpretations of tax laws and legal rulings.

The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included:

Obtained an understanding and evaluated the design of controls over Management’s accounting process for uncertain tax positions, including the controls over management’s review of the technical merits of its tax positions and the measurement of the amount of tax benefits that qualify for recognition.

With the assistance of our tax specialists, we assessed the technical merits of the Company’s tax positions, including evaluating income tax interpretations and third-party advice obtained by the Company and the Company’s process of filing tax returns with uncertain tax positions.

Evaluated the appropriateness of the Company’s accounting for its tax positions taking into consideration relevant federal and state income tax laws.

Analyzed the Company’s assumptions and data used to determine the amount of tax benefit to recognize and tested the accuracy of the calculations.

Evaluated the adequacy of the Company’s financial statement disclosures related to these tax matters.

/s/ Marcum LLP

Marcum LLP

We served as the Company’s auditor from 2021 to March 2024

West Palm Beach, FL

February 29, 2024, except for Segment Reporting & Reporting Units in Note 3, as to which date is February 27, 2025

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