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Consolidation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
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Consolidation
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Consolidation

The Company consolidates entities in which it has a controlling financial interest by evaluating whether the entity is a voting interest entity (“VOE”) or a variable interest entity (“VIE”).

In connection with the listing of its Common Shares on the TSX, the Company undertook a strategic reorganization of its ownership structure (the “2023 Reorganization”) to align with TSX regulatory requirements regarding U.S. based operations, in accordance with the TSX's Staff Notice 2017-0009. Specifically, the 2023 Reorganization was designed to separate the Company’s Canadian retail operations from its U.S. cultivation and manufacturing businesses in a manner that supports compliance with applicable listing standards while preserving the Company’s ability to consolidate the financial results of its U.S. operations under U.S. GAAP. Following the completion of the 2023 Reorganization, the Company holds a 95% equity interest in its Canadian retail business and maintains a variable interest in its U.S. operations, which are consolidated through a VIE model. The Company continues to consolidate both operations under two distinct consolidation models in accordance with ASC 810, Consolidation ("ASC 810").

Subsequent to the 2023 Reorganization, all operations in the United States have a functional currency of the U.S. dollar ("USD"). Canadian operations continue to have a functional currency of the Canadian dollar ("CAD").

Voting Interest Entities

 

A VOE is an entity in which (1) the total equity investment at risk is deemed sufficient to absorb the expected losses of the entity, (2) the at-risk equity holders, as a group, have all of the characteristics of a controlling financial interest and (3) the entity is structured with substantive voting rights. The Company consolidates the Canadian operations under a VOE model based on the controlling financial interest obtained through Common Shares with substantive voting rights.

 

The Company’s Canadian retail operations are conducted through a subsidiary that is 95% owned by TerrAscend Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer. These operations are consolidated under the VOE model based on the controlling financial interest obtained through Common Shares with substantive voting rights. The remaining Canadian subsidiaries are either wholly owned or majority owned, and are not currently engaged in active operations.

Variable Interest Entities

 

A VIE is an entity that lacks one or more characteristics of a controlling financial interest defined under the voting interest model. The Company consolidates VIE when it has a variable interest that provide it with (1) the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance (power) and (2) the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that potentially could be significant to the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that potentially could be significant to the VIE (benefits).

 

In connection with the 2023 Reorganization, TerrAscend issued and sold, on a private placement basis, Class A shares in the capital of TerrAscend ("Class A Shares") for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,000 to an investor ("Investment"). See Note 10 for accounting treatment of the Class A Shares. Following the closing of the Investment, the Class B shares ("Class B Shares") in the capital of TerrAscend held by the Company, representing all of the issued and outstanding Class B Shares, were automatically exchanged for non-voting, non-participating exchangeable shares in the capital of TerrAscend ("Non-Voting Shares"), representing approximately 99.8% of the issued and outstanding shares of TerrAscend on an as-converted basis. As a result of the limited rights associated with Non-Voting Shares that the Company holds following the closing of the Investment, the Company and TerrAscend entered into a protection agreement dated April 18, 2023 ("Protection Agreement"). The Protection Agreement provides for certain negative covenants in order to preserve the value of the Non-Voting Shares until such time as the Non-Voting Shares are converted into Class A Shares.

 

The Issuer determined that TerrAscend is a VIE, as all of the Company’s U.S. activities continue to be conducted on behalf of the Company which has disproportionately few voting rights. After conducting an analysis of the following VIE factors; purpose and design of the VIE, the Protection Agreement in place, the structure of the Company's board of directors (the "Board"), and substantive kick-out rights of the holders of the Class A Shares, it was determined that the Company has the power to direct the activities of

TerrAscend. In addition, given the structure of the Class A Shares where all of the losses and substantially all of the benefits of TerrAscend are absorbed by the Company, the Company consolidates as the primary beneficiary of TerrAscend in accordance with ASC 810. Although the Company does not currently hold Class A Shares, the Non-Voting Shares are exchangeable at the Company’s discretion and represent substantially all of the economic interest in the VIE. The investor’s Class A Shares provide only a fixed annual return and do not participate in the residual economics of the VIE, in accordance with the Protection Agreement, which supports the Company’s conclusion that it is the primary beneficiary of TerrAscend.

 

The Company's U.S. operations are consolidated through the VIE model. Therefore, substantially all of the Company's current assets, non-current assets, current liabilities and non-current liabilities are consolidated through the VIE model.