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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

Commission file number: 000-54457

TREES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

COLORADO	90-1072649
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

	1901 S Navajo Street<br>Denver , Colorado ** 80223**
	(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: ( 303 ) 759-1300

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Name of each exchange on which registered	Ticker symbol
N/A	N/A	N/A

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulations S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐	Non-accelerated filer	☒
Smaller reporting company	☒	Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act): Yes ☐ No ☒

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, based upon the closing sale price of the registrant’s common stock on June 30, 2021, was $36,737,102.

As of March 21, 2022, the Registrant had 96,192,184 issued and outstanding shares of common stock.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

None.

Auditor Firm ID: 457Auditor Name: Haynie & CompanyAuditor Location: Salt Lake City, UT

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Table of Contents EXPLANATORY NOTE

TREES Corporation (“we”, “us”, the “Company”, or “TREES”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Amendment”) for the year ended December 31, 2021, which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 25, 2022 (“Original 10-K”). In response to an SEC comment letter dated June 22, 2022, this Amendment makes certain revisions to the Original 10-K to reflect the following revision:

    ·    Amends and expands our disclosure under Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

In addition, as required by Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, new certifications by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer are attached to this Form 10-K/A as Exhibits 31.1, 31.2 and 32.1.

Except for the foregoing amended information, we have not updated the disclosures contained in this Form 10-K/A to reflect events that have occurred subsequent to the filing date of the Original 10-K. Accordingly, this Form 10-K/A should be read in conjunction with the Original 10-K and our subsequent filings with the SEC.

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PART II

Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	5

PART IV

Item 15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules	7
	Signatures	8

Table of Contents ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are the controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

The Company maintains controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. As of December 31, 2021, the Company's management, including the Company's Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer), has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must necessarily reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.

Based on the foregoing evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2021.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the Company’s principal executive and principal financial officers, and effected by the board of directors, management, and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP including those policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company, (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company, and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with policies and procedures may deteriorate.

The management of TREES Corporation, with participation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, assessed the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021. In making this assessment, we used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in the Internal Control -- Integrated Framework (2013). Based on the assessment under COSO, management determined that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2021.

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company's independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by the Company's registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the SEC that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.

Table of Contents Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rule 13a-15(d) and 15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Table of Contents ITEM 15. EXHIBITS

The following Exhibits are filed with this Report:


Exhibit<br>Number	****	Exhibit Name
31.1**		Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes—Oxley Act of 2002 of Principal Executive Officer
31.2**		Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes—Oxley Act of 2002 of Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
32.1**		Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes—Oxley Act of 2002 of the Principal Executive and Financial Officers
101.INS		Inline XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

(**) Filed herewith.

Table of Contents SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Adam Hershey	Interim Chief Executive Officer	August 9, 2022
Adam Hershey

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date

/s/ Adam Hershey	Principal Executive Officer and Director	August 9, 2022
Adam Hershey

/s/ Jessica Bast	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	August 9, 2022
Jessica Bast
/s/ Carl J. Williams	Director	August 9, 2022
Carl J. Williams
/s/ John Barker Dalton	Director	August 9, 2022
John Barker Dalton

/s/ Richard C. Travia	Director	August 9, 2022
Richard C. Travia

/s/ Tim Brown	Director	August 9, 2022
Tim Brown

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

Pursuant To Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002

(Subsections (A) And (B) Of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code)

I, Adam Hershey, certify that:

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K/A of General Cannabis Corporation;
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or cause such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

August 9, 2022	/s/ Adam Hershey
	Adam Hershey, Interim Chief Executive Officer,
	Principal Executive Officer

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

Pursuant To Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002

(Subsections (A) And (B) Of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code)

I, Jessica Bast, certify that:

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K/A of General Cannabis Corporation;
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

August 9, 2022	/s/ Jessica Bast
	Jessica Bast, Chief Financial Officer
	Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

Exhibit 32.1

In connection with the Annual Report of General Cannabis Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K/A for the period ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), Adam Hershey, the Company’s Principal Executive Officer, and Jessica Bast, the Company’s Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of their knowledge:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of the Company.
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August 9, 2022	/s/ Adam Hershey
	Adam Hershey, Interim Chief Executive Officer,
	Principal Executive Officer


August 9, 2022	/s/ Jessica Bast
	Jessica Bast, Chief Financial Officer
	Principal Financial and Accounting Officer