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Subsequent Events
6 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events

28. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Reorganization - Creation of Canopy USA

 

On October 25, 2022, Canopy Growth completed the Reorganization, which included the creation of a new U.S.-domiciled holding company, Canopy USA. Following the implementation of the Reorganization, Canopy USA, as of October 24, 2022, holds the U.S. cannabis investments previously held by Canopy Growth, which is expected to enable Canopy USA, following, among other things, the Meeting, to exercise its rights to acquire Acreage, Wana, and Jetty.

 

Canopy USA has an ownership interest in the following assets, among others:

Acreage - The issued and outstanding Fixed Shares to be acquired upon the exercise of the option to acquire approximately 70% of the total shares of Acreage at a fixed share exchange ratio of 0.3048 of a common share of Canopy Growth. In addition, Canopy USA will acquire all of the issued and outstanding Floating Shares subject to, among other things, the terms and conditions of the Floating Share Arrangement Agreement. Acreage is a leading vertically-integrated multi-state cannabis operator, with its main operations in densely populated states across the Northeast U.S. including New Jersey and New York.
Wana - The option to acquire 100% of the membership interests of Wana, a leading cannabis edibles brand in North America.
Jetty - The option to acquire 100% of the shares of Jetty, a California-based producer of high-quality cannabis extracts and pioneer of clean vape technology.

 

In addition, as of October 24, 2022, Canopy USA controls a conditional ownership position, assuming conversion of its exchangeable shares and the exercise of its option but excluding the exercise of its warrants, of approximately 13.7% in TerrAscend Corp. ("TerrAscend"), a leading North American cannabis operator with vertically integrated operations and a presence in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan and California as well as licensed cultivation and processing operations in Maryland. Canopy USA's direct and indirect interests in TerrAscend includes control over all exchangeable shares, options and warrants previously held by Canopy Growth in TerrAscend as well as the debentures and loan agreement between Canopy Growth and certain TerrAscend subsidiaries.

 

Ownership of U.S. Cannabis Investments

 

Following the implementation of the Reorganization, the shares and interests in Acreage, Wana, Jetty, and TerrAscend are held, directly or indirectly, by Canopy USA, and Canopy Growth no longer holds a direct interest in any shares or interests in such entities. Canopy Growth holds non-voting and non-participating shares (the "Non-Voting Shares") in the capital of Canopy USA. The Non-Voting Shares do not carry voting rights, rights to receive dividends or other rights upon dissolution of Canopy USA, but are convertible into common shares of Canopy USA (the “Canopy USA Common Shares”). To facilitate the creation of the Non-Voting Shares, Canopy USA has raised funds from a third-party investor and has agreed to issue additional Canopy USA Common Shares to the shareholders of Wana as additional consideration in exchange for the option to acquire Wana and reduce the future payments owed in connection with the exercise of each of the options to acquire Wana to US$1.00, resulting in an aggregate exercise price of US$3.00 (the "Wana Amendments"). The value of the Canopy USA Common Shares to be issued to the shareholders of Wana will be equal to 7.5% of the fair market value of Wana as of no earlier than January 1, 2023 (the "Wana Value Payment"). In connection with the Wana Amendments, Canopy Growth has also agreed to issue common shares of the Company to the shareholders of Wana with a value equal to the Wana Value Payment as of no earlier than January 1, 2023, subject to certain limitations. Canopy Growth has also agreed to register the resale of the common shares issued in connection with the Wana Amendments. Canopy Growth has the right to convert its Non-Voting Shares into Canopy USA Common Shares and Canopy USA retains a call right to repurchase all Canopy USA Common Shares that have been issued to third parties, subject to certain time limitations.

 

Canopy Growth and Canopy USA have also entered into a protection agreement (the "Protection Agreement") to provide for certain covenants in order to preserve the value of the Non-Voting Shares held by Canopy Growth until such time as Canopy Growth controls Canopy USA. Canopy Growth also has two designees on the four-person board of managers of Canopy USA.

 

Upon closing of Canopy USA's acquisition of Acreage, Canopy Growth will receive additional Non-Voting Shares from Canopy USA in consideration for the issuance of common shares of the Company that shareholders of Acreage will receive in accordance with the terms of the Existing Acreage Arrangement Agreement (as defined below) and the Floating Share Arrangement Agreement.

 

In addition, subject to the terms and conditions of the Protection Agreement and the terms of the option agreements to acquire Wana and Jetty, as applicable, Canopy Growth may be required to issue additional common shares in satisfaction of certain deferred and/or option exercise payments to the shareholders of Wana and Jetty. Canopy Growth will receive additional Non-Voting Shares from Canopy USA as consideration for any Company common shares issued in the future to the shareholders of Wana and Jetty.

 

Until such time as Canopy Growth converts the Non-Voting Shares into Canopy USA Common Shares, Canopy Growth will have no economic or voting interest in Canopy USA, Wana, Jetty, TerrAscend, or Acreage. Canopy USA, Wana, Jetty, TerrAscend, and Acreage will continue to operate independently of Canopy Growth.

 

Acreage Agreements

 

On October 24, 2022, Canopy Growth entered into an arrangement agreement with Canopy USA and Acreage (the "Floating Share Arrangement Agreement"), pursuant to which, subject to approval of the holders of the Floating Shares and the terms and conditions of the Floating Share Arrangement Agreement, Canopy USA will acquire all of the issued and outstanding Floating Shares by way of a court-approved plan on arrangement (the "Floating Share Arrangement") on the basis of 0.45 of a Company common share in exchange for each Floating Share held. In connection with the Floating Share Arrangement Agreement, the Company has irrevocably waived the Acreage Floating Option existing under the Acreage Arrangement Agreement.

 

It is expected that the Floating Share Arrangement will be effected by way of a court-approved plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia). The Floating Share Arrangement requires the approval of: (i) at least two-thirds of the votes cast by the holders of the Floating Shares; and (ii) at least a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the Floating Shares, excluding the votes cast by "interested parties" and "related parties" (as such terms are defined in Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection Of Minority Security Holders In Special Transactions), at a special meeting of Acreage shareholders expected to be held in January 2023.

 

On October 24, 2022, Canopy Growth also agreed to issue common shares with a value of US$50,000 to, among others, certain unitholders (the "Holders") of High Street Capital Partners, LLC, a subsidiary of Acreage ("HSCP"), in order to reduce a potential liability of approximately US$121,000 pursuant to HSCP's amended tax receivable agreement and the related tax receivable bonus plans. In connection with the foregoing, 5,648,927 common shares with a value of approximately US$15,000 were issued to certain Holders on November 4, 2022 as the first installment under this agreement with a second payment of approximately US$15,000 in common shares to occur on the earlier of (a) the second business day following the date on which the shareholders of Acreage approve the Floating Share Arrangement; or (b) April 24, 2023. The final payment with a value of approximately US$20,000 will be issued immediately prior to completion of the Floating Share Arrangement. Canopy Growth has also agreed to register the resale of such common shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In addition, on October 24, 2022, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canopy Growth ("Acreage Debt Optionholder") agreed, subject to certain conditions precedent, to acquire an option to purchase the outstanding principal, including all accrued and unpaid interest thereon of Acreage's debt, being an amount up to US$150,000 (the "Acreage Debt") from Acreage's existing lenders (the "Lenders") in exchange for an option premium payment of US$28,500 (the "Option Premium"). The Acreage Debt Optionholder will have the right to exercise its option at its discretion, and the Option Premium will be used towards settlement of the Acreage Debt. In the event that Acreage repays the Acreage Debt on or prior to maturity, the Option Premium will be returned to the Acreage Debt Optionholder. In the event that Acreage defaults on the Acreage Debt and the Acreage Debt Optionholder does not exercise its option to acquire the Acreage Debt, the Option Premium will be released to the Lenders.

 

On October 24, 2022, Canopy Growth and Canopy USA entered into voting support agreements with certain of Acreage's directors, officers, and consultants pursuant to which such persons have agreed, among other things, to vote their Floating Shares in favor of the Floating Share Arrangement, representing approximately 7.3% of the issued and outstanding Floating Shares.

 

In addition to shareholder and court approvals, the Floating Share Arrangement is subject to approval of the Amendment Proposal (as defined below) and applicable regulatory approvals including, but not limited to, Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") approval and the satisfaction of certain other closing conditions customary in transactions of this nature. Assuming timely receipt of all necessary court, shareholder, regulatory and other third-party approvals and the satisfaction of all other conditions, closing of the acquisition of Acreage is expected to occur in late 2023.

 

It is intended that Canopy Growth's existing option to acquire the Fixed Shares on the basis of 0.3048 of a Company common share per Fixed Share will be exercised after the Meeting in accordance with the terms of the arrangement agreement dated April 18, 2019, as amended on May 15, 2019, September 23, 2020 and November 17, 2020 (the "Existing Acreage Arrangement Agreement"). Canopy Growth will not hold any Fixed Shares or Floating Shares. Completion of the acquisition of the Fixed Shares following exercise of the option is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Existing Acreage Arrangement Agreement. The acquisition of the Floating Shares pursuant to the Floating Share Arrangement is anticipated to occur concurrently with the acquisition of the Fixed Shares pursuant to the Existing Acreage Arrangement Agreement in late 2023 such that 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Acreage will be owned by Canopy USA on closing of the acquisition of both the Fixed Shares and the Floating Shares.

 

Special Shareholder Meeting

 

In connection with the Reorganization, Canopy Growth expects to hold a special meeting of shareholders (the "Meeting") at which Canopy Growth shareholders will be asked to consider and, if deemed appropriate, to pass a special resolution authorizing an amendment to its articles of incorporation, as amended (the "Amendment Proposal"), in order to: (i) create and authorize the issuance of an unlimited number of a new class of non-voting and non-participating exchangeable shares in the capital of Canopy Growth (the “Exchangeable Shares”); and (ii) restate the rights of the Company's common shares to provide for a conversion feature whereby each common share may at any time, at the option of the holder, be converted into one Exchangeable Share. The Exchangeable Shares will not carry voting rights, rights to receive dividends or other rights upon dissolution of Canopy Growth but will be convertible into common shares.

 

The Amendment Proposal must be approved by at least 66⅔% of the votes cast on a special resolution by Canopy Growth's shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting. On October 24, 2022, Greenstar and CBG, indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of CBI, entered into a voting support agreement with Canopy Growth pursuant to which they have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, among other things, to vote all of the common shares beneficially owned, directed or controlled, directly or indirectly, by them for the Amendment Proposal.

 

In the event that the Amendment Proposal is approved and subject to the conversion by CBI of their common shares of the Company into Exchangeable Shares, Canopy USA is expected to exercise the options to acquire Wana and Jetty. If the Amendment Proposal is not approved, Canopy USA will not be permitted to exercise the rights to acquire the Fixed Shares, Wana or Jetty and the Floating Share Arrangement Agreement will be terminated. In such circumstances, Canopy Growth will retain its option to acquire the Fixed Shares under the Existing Acreage Arrangement Agreement and Canopy USA will continue to hold an option to acquire Wana and Jetty as well as exchangeable shares in the capital of TerrAscend.

 

Balance Sheet Actions

 

On October 24, 2022, Canopy Growth entered into agreements with certain of its lenders under the Credit Agreement pursuant to which Canopy Growth will tender US$187,500 of the principal amount outstanding thereunder at a discounted price of US$930 per US$1,000 or US$174,375 in the aggregate (the "Paydown"). The Paydown will be made in two equal payments: the first payment by no later than November 10, 2022, and the second payment by no later than April 17, 2023.

 

Canopy Growth also agreed with its lenders to amend certain terms of the Credit Agreement (collectively, the "Amendments"). The Amendments include, among other things, reductions to the minimum Liquidity (as defined in the Credit Agreement) covenant to US$100,000, which is to be reduced as payments are made in accordance with the Paydown, certain changes to the application of net proceeds from asset sales and the establishment of a new committed delayed draw term credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of US$100,000. In addition, the Amendments include the elimination of the additional US$500,000 incremental term loan facility.

 

Relationship with CBI

 

In connection with the Reorganization and assuming approval and adoption of the Amendment Proposal, CBI has expressed its current intention to convert all of its common shares of the Company into Exchangeable Shares. However, any decision to convert will be made by CBI in its sole discretion, and CBI is not obligated to effect any such conversion.

 

In connection with the foregoing, on October 24, 2022, Canopy Growth entered into a consent agreement (the “Consent Agreement”) among Canopy Growth, CBG and Greenstar, pursuant to which the parties agreed, among other things, that following the conversion by CBG and Greenstar of their respective common shares into Exchangeable Shares, other than the Notes held by CBI, all agreements between Canopy Growth and CBI, including the Second Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, will be terminated. Pursuant to the terms of the Consent Agreement, CBG and Greenstar also agreed, among other things, that at the time of the conversion by CBG and Greenstar of their common shares into Exchangeable Shares, (i) CBG will surrender the warrants held by CBG to purchase 139,745,453 common shares for cancellation for no consideration and (ii) all nominees of CBI that are currently sitting on the Board will resign from the Board. In addition, pursuant to the Consent Agreement, Canopy Growth is contractually required to convert its Non-Voting Shares into Canopy USA Common Shares and cause Canopy USA to repurchase the Canopy USA Common Shares held by certain third-party investors in Canopy USA in the event CBG and Greenstar have not converted their respective common shares into Exchangeable Shares by the later of (i) sixty days after the Meeting or (ii) February 28, 2023 (the “Termination Date”). The Consent Agreement will automatically terminate on the Termination Date.

 

In the event that CBI does not convert its common shares into Exchangeable Shares, Canopy USA will not be permitted to exercise the rights to acquire the Fixed Shares, Wana or Jetty and the Floating Share Arrangement Agreement will be terminated. In

such circumstances, Canopy Growth will retain its option to acquire the Fixed Shares under the Existing Acreage Arrangement Agreement and Canopy USA will continue to hold an option to acquire Wana and Jetty as well as exchangeable shares and other securities in the capital of TerrAscend. In addition, Canopy USA will exercise its repurchase rights to acquire the Canopy USA Common Shares held by the third party investors.

 

Purchase of Manufacturing Facility

 

On November 8, 2022, the Company completed the purchase of a manufacturing facility from one of BioSteel's contract manufacturers.