MEDFORD, OR, April 5, 2019 /CNW/ - Grown Rogue International Inc. (CSE:GRIN | OTC: NVSIF) ("Grown Rogue" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce today that stock options have been granted to two consultants of the Company to purchase up to an aggregate of 650,000 common shares of the Company. The stock options are exercisable at a price of $0.44 per share with 150,000 of the options expiring on November 30, 2021 and 500,000 options expiring on January 1, 2022. In addition, the Company also issued a total 570,500 common shares to certain directors and officers and 241,818 common shares to a consultant, in each case, as compensation for services previously provided to the Company. The above-mentioned common shares and any common shares issued pursuant to the exercise of the stock options will be subject to a four month hold period expiring on August 6, 2019.

About Grown Rogue

Grown Rogue International (CSE: GRIN | OTC: NVSIF) is a vertically‐integrated, multi‐state cannabis company curating innovative products to provide consumers with the right cannabis experience. Each of Grown Rogue's products and strains are categorized and marketed based on unique effects and designed for the full range of a consumers' lifestyle. Grown Rogue is scaling the vertically integrated model into multiple states by incorporating best‐in‐class manufacturing facilities and a proprietary distribution platform based on Microsoft technology. Grown Rogue's diverse cannabis product suite includes premium flower, patent‐pending nitrogen sealed pre‐rolls, oil and concentrates, and edibles featuring a partnership with world‐renowned chocolatier, Jeff Shepherd.

The Company is indirectly involved in the manufacture, possession, use, sale and distribution of cannabis in the recreational cannabis marketplace in the United States through its indirect operating subsidiaries. Local state laws where its subsidiaries operate permit such activities however, these activities are currently illegal under United States federal law. Additional information regarding this and other risks and uncertainties relating to the Company's business are disclosed in the Company's Listing Statement filed on its issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Should one or more of these risks, uncertainties or other factors materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward looking information or forward‐looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.

No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein.

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For further information: on Grown Rogue International please visit www.grownrogue.com or contact: Obie Strickler, Chief Executive Officer, [email protected]; Jacques Habra, Chief Strategy Officer, [email protected]; Investor Relations Desk, Inquiries, [email protected]