Canopy USA |
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| Canopy USA | 5. CANOPY USA On October 24, 2022, Canopy Growth completed a number of strategic transactions in connection with the creation of Canopy USA, LLC (“Canopy USA”), a U.S.-domiciled holding company wherein, as of October 24, 2022, Canopy USA holds certain U.S. cannabis investments previously held by Canopy Growth. On May 19, 2023, the Company and Canopy USA entered into the First A&R Protection Agreement (as defined below) and amended and restated Canopy USA’s limited liability company agreement (the “A&R LLC Agreement”). Pursuant to the A&R LLC Agreement, the share capital of Canopy USA was amended to, among other things, (a) create a new class of Canopy USA Class B Shares (as defined below), which may not be issued prior to the conversion of the Non-Voting Shares (as defined below) or the Class A shares of Canopy USA (the “Canopy USA Common Shares”) into Canopy USA Class B Shares; (b) amend the terms of the Non-Voting Shares such that the Non-Voting Shares will be convertible into Canopy USA Class B Shares (as opposed to Canopy USA Common Shares); and (c) amend the terms of the Canopy USA Common Shares such that upon conversion of all of the Non-Voting Shares into Canopy USA Class B Shares, the Canopy USA Common Shares will, subject to their terms, automatically convert into Canopy USA Class B Shares, provided that the number of Canopy USA Class B Shares to be issued to the former holders of the Canopy USA Common Shares will be equal to no less than 10% of the total issued and outstanding Canopy USA Class B Shares following such issuance. Accordingly, in no circumstances will the Company, at the time of such conversions, own more than 90% of the Canopy USA Class B Shares. On May 19, 2023, Canopy USA and Huneeus 2017 Irrevocable Trust (the “Trust”) entered into a share purchase agreement (the “Trust SPA”), which sets out the terms of the Trust’s investment in Canopy USA in the aggregate amount of up to US$20 million (the “Trust Transaction”). Agustin Huneeus, Jr. is the trustee of the Trust and is an affiliate of a shareholder of Jetty (as defined below). On April 26, 2024, Canopy USA completed the first tranche closing of the Trust Transaction and pursuant to the Trust SPA, the timeline to complete the second tranche closing has lapsed. As of March 31, 2026, the Trust holds an aggregate 28,571,429 Canopy USA Common Shares and warrants to acquire up to 85,714,284 Voting Shares (as defined in the A&R LLC Agreement) expiring on April 26, 2031. Subject to the terms of the Trust SPA, the Trust has been granted options to acquire additional Voting Shares with a value of up to an additional US$10 million and one such additional option includes the issuance of additional warrants of Canopy USA. In addition, subject to the terms and conditions of the A&R Protection Agreement (as defined below) and the terms of the option agreements to acquire Wana (as defined below) 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. On April 30, 2024, Canopy USA and its members entered into a second amended and restated limited liability company agreement (the “Second A&R LLC Agreement”). In accordance with the terms of the Second A&R LLC Agreement, the terms of the Non-Voting Shares have been amended such that the Non-Voting Shares are only convertible into Canopy USA Class B Shares following the date that the NASDAQ Stock Market or The New York Stock Exchange permit the listing of companies that consolidate the financial statements of companies that cultivate, distribute or possess marijuana (as defined in 21 U.S.C 802) in the United States. Based on the Company’s discussions with the Office of the Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Company believes that the staff of the SEC would not object to the deconsolidation of the financial results of Canopy USA from the Company’s financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. On May 6, 2024, Canopy USA exercised the options (the “Wana Options”) to acquire Mountain High Products, LLC, Wana Wellness, LLC and The Cima Group, LLC (collectively, “Wana”), a leading cannabis edibles brand in North America, and subsequently closed the transactions to acquire Wana Wellness, LLC and The Cima Group, LLC. On October 8, 2024, Canopy USA closed the acquisition of Mountain High Products, LLC. In addition, Canopy USA exercised the options (the “Jetty Options”) to acquire Lemurian, Inc. (“Jetty”) a California-based producer of high-quality cannabis extracts and pioneer of clean vape technology and subsequently completed the first tranche closing to acquire Jetty. On June 4, 2024, the option to acquire the issued and outstanding Class E subordinate voting shares (the “Fixed Shares”) of Acreage Holdings, Inc. (“Acreage”), a 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 (the “Acreage Option”) was exercised and on December 9, 2024, Canopy USA completed the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding Fixed Shares and Class D subordinate voting shares (the “Floating Shares”) of Acreage (the “Acreage Acquisition”). Certain entities controlled by Canopy USA (the “Canopy USA LPs”) also hold direct interests in the capital of 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 and the Canopy USA LPs currently hold an ownership interest in the following assets, among others: • Wana - Canopy USA holds 100% of the membership interests of Wana. • Jetty - Canopy USA holds approximately 77% of the shares of Jetty. • Acreage - Canopy USA holds 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Acreage. • TerrAscend - the Canopy USA LPs hold an aggregate of 64,564,487 TerrAscend common shares (the “TerrAscend Common Shares”) on an as-converted basis and 22,474,130 TerrAscend Common Share purchase warrants with a weighted average exercise price of $6.07 per TerrAscend Common Share and expiring on December 31, 2032 (the “TerrAscend Warrants”). Assuming full exercise of the TerrAscend Warrants, the Canopy USA LPs will hold an aggregate of 87,038,617 TerrAscend Common Shares on an as-converted basis assuming conversion of the TerrAscend exchangeable shares (the “TerrAscend Exchangeable Shares”) held by the Canopy USA LPs. Canopy USA was determined to be a variable interest entity pursuant to ASC 810. In accordance with ASC 810, Canopy Growth consolidated the financial results of Canopy USA up to April 30, 2024. As of April 30, 2024, Canopy Growth deconsolidated the financial results of Canopy USA and has a non-controlling interest in Canopy USA as of such date. Ownership of U.S. Cannabis Investments The shares and interests in Acreage, Wana and Jetty are held, directly or indirectly, by Canopy USA and the shares and warrants in TerrAscend are held directly by the Canopy USA LPs, 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 and an interest in the Canopy USA LPs. The Non-Voting Shares do not carry voting rights, rights to receive dividends or other rights upon dissolution of Canopy USA. The Non-Voting Shares are convertible into Class B shares of Canopy USA (the “Canopy USA Class B Shares”), provided that such conversion shall only be permitted following the Stock Exchange Permissibility Date (as defined below). The Company also has the right (regardless of the fact that its Non-Voting Shares are non-voting and non-participating) to appoint one member to the Canopy USA board of managers (the “Canopy USA Board”). On October 24, 2022, Canopy USA and the Company also entered into an agreement with, among others, Nancy Whiteman, the controlling shareholder of Wana, which was amended and restated on May 19, 2023 and on April 30, 2024, whereby subsidiaries of Canopy USA agreed to pay additional consideration in order to acquire the Wana Options and the future payments owed in connection with the exercise of the Wana Options were reduced to US$3.00 in exchange for the issuance of Canopy USA Common Shares and Canopy Shares (the “Wana Amending Agreement”). In accordance with the terms of the Wana Amending Agreement, on April 30, 2024, (i) Canopy USA issued 60,955,929 Canopy USA Common Shares and (ii) Canopy Growth issued 1,086,279 Canopy Shares to the shareholders of Wana. As of March 31, 2026, the Trust holds 28,571,429 Canopy USA Common Shares, the shareholders of Wana collectively hold 60,955,929 Canopy USA Common Shares and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company holds all of the issued and outstanding Non-Voting Shares in the capital of Canopy USA, representing approximately 84.4% of the issued and outstanding shares in Canopy USA on an as-converted basis. Canopy Growth and Canopy USA are also party to 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 the Non-Voting Shares are converted in accordance with their terms, provided that, such conversion shall only be permitted following the Stock Exchange Permissibility Date, but does not provide Canopy Growth with the ability to direct the business, operations or activities of Canopy USA. The Protection Agreement was amended and restated on May 19, 2023 (the “First A&R Protection Agreement”) and on January 25, 2024 (the “Second A&R Protection Agreement” and together with the First A&R Protection Agreement, the “A&R Protection Agreement”). Until such time as Canopy Growth converts its Non-Voting Shares into Canopy USA Class B Shares following the date on which both the NASDAQ Stock Market and The New York Stock Exchange permit the listing of companies that consolidate the financial statements of entities that cultivate, distribute or possess marijuana (as defined in 21 U.S.C 802) in the United States for non-medicinal purposes (the “Stock Exchange Permissibility Date”), Canopy Growth will have no economic or voting interest in Canopy USA or the Canopy USA LPs. Canopy USA will continue to operate independently of Canopy Growth. Acreage Agreements On June 4, 2024, the Acreage Option was exercised 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”). Concurrently with the closing of the acquisition of the Fixed Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Acreage Option, on December 9, 2024, the Fixed Shares were issued to Canopy USA upon closing of the Acreage Acquisition. Accordingly, Canopy Growth does not hold any Fixed Shares or Floating Shares. The acquisition of the Floating Shares pursuant to the court-approved plan of arrangement occurred immediately prior to the acquisition of the Fixed Shares pursuant to the Existing Acreage Arrangement Agreement such that 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Acreage are owned by Canopy USA. For additional details, see “Acreage Acquisition” below. On June 3, 2024, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Optionor”) acquired certain outstanding debt of Acreage (the “Debt Acquisition”). The Optionor entered into various agreements in connection with the Debt Acquisition in order to acquire approximately $136,567 (US$99,837) of Acreage’s outstanding debt (the “Acquired Debt”) in exchange for $95,460 (US$69,786) in cash and the release of approximately $41,107 (US$30,051) that was held in escrow. The Optionor subsequently transferred approximately $2,972 (US$2,173) of the Acquired Debt and entered into a series of agreements, including an amended and restated credit agreement (the “First ARCA”), which provided for, among other things, the Acquired Debt, certain interest payments to be paid-in-kind, revisions to certain financial covenants and, following certain events, an extension to the maturity date. On September 13, 2024, the Optionor entered into a series of transactions with, among others, an arm’s length third-party lender (the “ARCA Lender”). Pursuant to such transactions, the Optionor, the ARCA Lender and Acreage, among others, amended and restated the First ARCA pursuant to a second amended and restated credit agreement dated as of September 13, 2024 (the “Second ARCA”). Pursuant to the Second ARCA and an agreement among lenders entered into on September 13, 2024 between, among others, the Optionor and the ARCA Lender, all interest owing to the Optionor under the Second ARCA is, subject to the consent of the ARCA Lender, to be paid-in-kind and not in cash. On July 29, 2025, the Company entered into the Third Paydown Agreement (as defined below) in order to permit the Company to grant Canopy USA certain consents (the “Acreage Financing Consent”) in order to allow Canopy USA to secure from the ARCA Lender an additional US$22,000 in financing for Acreage and its subsidiaries (the “Acreage Financing”). In connection with the Acreage Financing, the Optionor, the ARCA Lender and Acreage, among others, amended and restated the Second ARCA pursuant to a third amended and restated credit agreement dated as of July 29, 2025 (the “Third ARCA” and such amounts owing under the Third ARCA, the “Acreage and Wana Debt”). In connection with the Third ARCA, each of Canopy Elevate I LLC, Canopy Elevate II LLC and Canopy Elevate III LLC (each a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canopy USA and collectively, “Elevate”) entered into a limited recourse pledge agreement pursuant to which such entities pledged, as security for the obligations under the Third ARCA, each of their respective equity interests in each of the Wana entities. In addition, as security for the obligations under the Third ARCA, each of the Wana entities provided guarantees and security over substantially all of their respective assets. As of March 31, 2026, the aggregate principal amount of the Acreage and Wana Debt owing to the Optionor was approximately $175,421 (US$125,849) and the aggregate principal amount of the Acreage and Wana Debt owing to the ARCA Lender was approximately $110,177 (US$79,042). Acreage is currently in default under the Third ARCA. On May 12, 2026, the Optionor, the ARCA Lender and Acreage, among others, entered into a Forbearance Agreement (the “Forbearance Agreement”). Under the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, Acreage is required to appoint, among others, a chief restructuring officer and financial advisor in order to assist Acreage with a strategic review of its business. The initial forbearance period had an outside date of June 5, 2026, which was extended at the sole discretion of the lenders to June 16, 2026. The forbearance may be further extended at the sole discretion of the lenders. The portion of the Acreage and Wana Debt owing to the ARCA Lender ranks in priority to the portion of the Acreage and Wana Debt owing to the Company and may be exercised by the ARCA Lender over the assets pledged as security under the Acreage and Wana Debt. See “Risk Factors – In the event Acreage or Wana, as guarantor, cannot satisfy the debt obligations as they become due, the Acreage and Wana Debt may not be repaid and the Company may lose the entirety of its investment in the Acreage and Wana Debt, and, in the event Acreage or Wana are unable to continue as a going concern, which may occur in the event that the ARCA Lender enforces its security over the Acreage and Wana Debt, there would be a negative impact on Canopy USA’s business, financial results and operations and have an adverse impact on the Company’s U.S. strategy, and, potentially, negatively affect the share price of the Canopy Shares,” under Item 1A of this Comprehensive Form 10-K. Deconsolidation of Canopy USA As of April 30, 2024, as a result of the series of transactions described above (the “Canopy USA Transaction”), Canopy Growth has deconsolidated the financial results of Canopy USA and has a non-controlling interest in Canopy USA as of such date. The deconsolidation of Canopy USA occurred after completion of the following structural amendments: (i) execution of the Second A&R LLC Agreement, (ii) execution of the Second A&R Protection Agreement and (iii) completion of the initial tranche closing of the Trust Transaction, which included the election of a third member to the Canopy USA Board such that the Canopy USA Board was, upon such closing, comprised of an appointee of the Trust, Nancy Whiteman, the controlling shareholder of Wana and the Company. Canopy Growth’s deconsolidation of Canopy USA resulted in recognition of equity method investments (see Note 13) and a loan receivable recorded at fair value (see Note 13). The deconsolidation of Canopy USA from the financial results of Canopy Growth resulted in the derecognition of the following assets and liabilities:
The gain on derecognition of Canopy USA is the differences between the carrying amounts of the derecognized assets, liabilities and non-controlling interest, value of common shares issued, and the fair value of the retained non-controlling interest in Canopy USA, being the equity method investments and the Elevate loan receivable (together with the Acreage and Wana Debt, the “Canopy USA Loans Receivable”). The gain on derecognition is reflected in other income (expense), net. Acreage Acquisition On December 9, 2024, Canopy USA completed the Acreage Acquisition and now owns 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Acreage. In aggregate, Canopy Growth issued 5,888,291 common shares to former shareholders of Acreage. In addition, Canopy Growth: (i) issued 5,118,426 common shares of the Company pursuant to the tax receivable bonus plans of High Street Capital Partners, LLC, as subsidiary of Acreage; and (ii) 306,151 common shares of the Company were issuable in connection with Canopy USA’s acquisition of the minority interests of certain subsidiaries of Acreage, of which 268,057 common shares of the Company have been issued as of March 31, 2026. Immediately following the closing of the Acreage Acquisition, Canopy Growth issued an aggregate of 1,315,553 common shares and 1,197,658 common share purchase warrants to certain securityholders of Acreage in order to satisfy an outstanding liability. Each common share purchase warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one Canopy Growth common share at an exercise price of US$3.66 until June 6, 2029. In exchange for the issuances of Canopy Shares, warrants and other replacement securities in connection with the Acreage Acquisition, Canopy Growth received additional Non-Voting Shares with a value of $50,786 and Canopy USA delivered guarantees in respect of the obligations owing pursuant to the Elevate loan receivable. Refer to Note 13 for more information on Canopy USA investment balances and refer to Note 20 for more information on the share and warrant issuances as part of the Acreage Acquisition. |
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