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Share-Based Compensation
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Share-Based Compensation 21. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

CANOPY GROWTH CORPORATION SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION PLAN

On September 25, 2023, the Company’s shareholders approved a new Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan”) pursuant to which the Company can issue share-based long-term incentives. The Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan replaces the Company’s previous equity incentive plan, which was originally approved by the Company’s shareholders on July 30, 2018 (the “Previous Equity Incentive Plan”). The approval of the Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan and replacement of the Previous Equity Incentive Plan are detailed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2023.

All directors, employees and consultants of the Company are eligible to receive awards of common share purchase options (“Options”), restricted share units (“RSUs”), deferred share units or shares-based awards (collectively, the “Awards”) under the Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, subject to certain limitations. The Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan allows for a maximum term of each Option to be ten years from the date of grant and the maximum number of common shares available for issuance under the Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan remains at 10% of the issued and outstanding common shares from time to time, less the number of common shares issuable pursuant to other security-based compensation arrangements of the Company (including common shares reserved for issuance under the Previous Equity Incentive Plan).

The Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan was adopted on September 25, 2023. No further awards will be granted under the Previous Equity Incentive Plan and any new Awards will be issued by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan. However, outstanding and unvested awards granted under the Previous Equity Incentive Plan will continue to be governed in accordance with the terms of such plan.

The maximum number of common shares reserved for Awards is 42,206,823 at March 31, 2026 (March 31, 202518,386,530). As of March 31, 2026, the only Awards issued have been Options, RSUs and performance share units (“PSUs”) under the Previous Equity Incentive Plan, and Options and RSUs under the Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan.

The Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan is administered by the Corporate Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee of the Board (the “CGCN Committee”) which establishes in its discretion, among other things, exercise prices, at not less than the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan) at the date of grant, vesting terms and expiry dates (set at up to ten years from issuance) for Awards, subject to the limits contained in the Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan.

The following is a summary of the changes in the Options outstanding during the years ended March 31, 2024, 2025 and 2026:

 

 

Options
issued

 

 

Weighted
average
exercise price

 

Balance outstanding at March 31, 2023

 

 

1,375,089

 

 

$

271.20

 

Options granted

 

 

2,438,257

 

 

 

6.22

 

Options exercised

 

 

(1,143

)

 

 

0.60

 

Options forfeited

 

 

(928,281

)

 

 

214.17

 

Balance outstanding at March 31, 2024

 

 

2,883,922

 

 

$

271.20

 

Options granted

 

 

990,107

 

 

 

8.81

 

Replacement options issued resulting from the Acreage Acquisition

 

 

93,383

 

 

 

85.67

 

Options exercised

 

 

(18,621

)

 

 

6.05

 

Options forfeited

 

 

(299,876

)

 

 

334.48

 

Balance outstanding at March 31, 2025

 

 

3,648,915

 

 

$

32.81

 

Options granted

 

 

2,799,022

 

 

 

2.00

 

Replacement options issued(1)

 

 

230,515

 

 

 

1.55

 

Options expired/forfeited

 

 

(3,934,597

)

 

 

28.94

 

Balance outstanding at March 31, 2026(1)

 

 

2,743,855

 

 

$

4.19

 

(1) Included is 70,515 replacement compensation options with an exercise price of $1.59 per compensation option. Each compensation option is exercisable for one Canopy Share and one half of one Canopy Growth warrant. Each whole Canopy Growth warrant is exercisable to acquire one Canopy Share until September 19, 2028 at an exercise price of $2.61 per Canopy Share.

 

As part of the acquisition of MTL, the Company issued 230,515 replacement options with an average strike price of $1.55 per Option. Included in the replacement option balance was 70,515 compensation options which are exercisable for one Canopy Share and one half of one Canopy Growth warrant. Each whole Canopy Growth warrant is exercisable to acquire one Canopy Share at an exercise price of $2.61 per Canopy Share.

The following is a summary of the Options outstanding as at March 31, 2026:

 

 

Options Outstanding

 

 

Options Exercisable

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remaining

 

 

 

 

 

Remaining

 

 

 

Outstanding at

 

 

Contractual Life

 

 

Exercisable at

 

 

Contractual Life

 

Range of Exercise Prices

 

March 31, 2026

 

 

(years)

 

 

March 31, 2026

 

 

(years)

 

$1.53 - $7.50

 

 

2,573,074

 

 

 

4.73

 

 

 

486,325

 

 

 

3.11

 

$7.51 - $56.10

 

 

157,803

 

 

 

3.70

 

 

 

80,886

 

 

 

3.22

 

$56.11 - $308.70

 

 

12,978

 

 

 

1.87

 

 

 

12,978

 

 

 

1.87

 

 

 

 

2,743,855

 

 

 

4.65

 

 

 

580,189

 

 

 

3.10

 

At March 31, 2026, the weighted average exercise price of Options outstanding and options exercisable was $4.19 and $10.06, respectively (March 31, 2025$32.81 and $63.41, respectively).

The Company recorded $1,123 in share-based compensation expense related to Options issued to employees and contractors for the year ended March 31, 2026 (for the year ended March 31, 2025$(8,619); for the year ended March 31, 2024$10,403). The share-based compensation expense for the year ended March 31, 2025 includes a large expense reversal resulting from the departure of the Company’s former CEO. The departure resulted in a reversal of expense relating to unvested equity.

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to establish the fair value of Options granted during the years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024 on their measurement date by applying the following assumptions:

 

 

March 31,

 

March 31,

 

March 31,

 

 

2026

 

2025

 

2024

Risk-free interest rate

 

2.72%

 

3.44%

 

3.83%

Expected life of options (years)

 

3 - 5

 

3 - 5

 

3 - 5

Expected volatility

 

121%

 

117%

 

83%

Expected forfeiture rate

 

18%

 

19%

 

21%

Expected dividend yield

 

nil

 

nil

 

nil

Black-Scholes value of each Option

 

$1.60

 

$5.94

 

$3.87

Volatility was estimated by using the historical volatility of the Company. The expected life in years represents the period of time that Options granted are expected to be outstanding. The risk-free rate was based on zero coupon Canada government bonds with a remaining term equal to the expected life of the Options.

For the year ended March 31, 2026, the Company recorded $3,143 in share-based compensation expense related to RSUs and PSUs (for the year ended March 31, 2025$4,414, for the year ended March 31, 2024$3,777).

The following is a summary of changes in the Company’s RSUs and PSUs during the years ended March 31, 2024, 2025 and 2026:

 

 

Number of RSUs
and PSUs

 

Balance outstanding at March 31, 2023

 

 

258,322

 

RSUs and PSUs granted

 

 

1,556,983

 

RSUs and PSUs released

 

 

(140,496

)

RSUs and PSUs cancelled and forfeited

 

 

(402,510

)

Balance outstanding at March 31, 2024

 

 

1,272,299

 

RSUs and PSUs granted

 

 

774,331

 

Replacement RSUs issued resulting from the Acreage Acquisition

 

 

6,627

 

RSUs and PSUs released

 

 

(449,636

)

RSUs and PSUs cancelled and forfeited

 

 

(243,936

)

Balance outstanding at March 31, 2025

 

 

1,359,685

 

RSUs granted

 

 

3,881,642

 

RSUs and PSUs released

 

 

(778,558

)

RSUs and PSUs cancelled and forfeited

 

 

(1,540,151

)

Balance outstanding at March 31, 2026

 

 

2,922,618