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Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
(d)
On November 3, 2020, Canopy Growth Corporation (“Canopy Growth”), acting pursuant to authorization from its Board of Directors, determined to voluntarily withdraw the principal listing of Canopy Growth’s common shares, no par value (the “Common Shares”) from the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and transfer the listing to The Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”). Canopy Growth expects that listing and trading of its Common Shares on NYSE will cease at market close on Friday, November 13, 2020, and that trading of its Common Shares will begin on Nasdaq at market open on the following business day, Monday November 16, 2020.
The Common Shares have been approved for listing on Nasdaq, where they will continue to trade under the stock symbol “CGC”.
A copy of the press release issued by Canopy Growth announcing the transfer to Nasdaq is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
Canopy Growth issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 in connection with the transfer of the principal listing of the Common Shares to Nasdaq.
The information in Items 7.01 and 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| CANOPY GROWTH CORPORATION | |||
| By: | /s/ Phil Shaer | ||
| Phil Shaer | |||
| Chief Legal Officer | |||
Date: November 3, 2020