Acreage Holdings Announces March 2020 Conference Attendance
February 19 2020 - 7:30AM
Acreage Holdings, Inc. (“Acreage”) (CSE: ACRG.U) (OTCQX: ACRGF)
(FSE: 0VZ), one of the largest vertically integrated, multi-state
operators of cannabis licenses and assets in the U.S., today
announced its management team will participate in the following
investor conferences in March 2020.
Needham Cannabis Multi-State Operator
Summit – New York City, New York, March 10th: Acreage
management will host investor meetings at The Needham Multi-State
Operator Conference.
ROTH Conference – Dana Point, California,
March 17th: Acreage management will
present at the 32nd annual ROTH Conference and host investor
meetings.
Hall of Flowers
– Palm Springs, California, March
31st: Acreage management
will attend investor meetings hosted by Cowen and Company prior to
the Hall of Flowers event. Acreage will also have a showcase booth
for its award-winning The Botanist brand at the Hall of Flowers
event on April 1-2.
ABOUT ACREAGE
Headquartered in New York City, Acreage is one
of the largest vertically integrated, multi-state operators of
cannabis licenses and assets in the U.S., according to publicly
available information. Acreage owns licenses to operate or has
management or consulting services or other agreements in place with
license holders to assist in operations in 20 states (including
pending acquisitions) with a population of approximately 180
million Americans, and an estimated 2022 total addressable market
of $16.7 billion in legal cannabis sales, according to Arcview
Market Research. Acreage is dedicated to building and scaling
operations to create a seamless, consumer-focused branded cannabis
experience. Acreage debuted its national retail store brand, The
Botanist in 2018 and its award-winning consumer brands, The
Botanist and Live Resin Project in 2019.
On June 27, 2019 Acreage implemented an
arrangement under section 288 of the Business Corporations Act
(British Columbia) (the “Arrangement”) with Canopy Growth
Corporation (“Canopy Growth”). Pursuant to the Arrangement, the
Acreage articles were amended to provide Canopy Growth with an
option to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares in the
capital of Acreage, with a requirement to do so, upon a change in
federal laws in the United States to permit the general
cultivation, distribution and possession of marijuana (as defined
in the relevant legislation) or to remove the regulation of such
activities from the federal laws of the United States (the
“Triggering Event”), subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
set out in the arrangement agreement entered into between Acreage
and Canopy Growth on April 18, 2019, as amended on May 15, 2019
(the “Arrangement Agreement”). Acreage will continue to operate as
a stand-alone entity and to conduct its business independently,
subject to compliance with certain covenants contained in the
Arrangement Agreement. Upon the occurrence or waiver of the
Triggering Event, Canopy Growth will exercise the option and,
subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions to
closing set out in the Arrangement Agreement, acquire (the
“Acquisition”) each of the Subordinate Voting Shares (following the
automatic conversion of the Class B proportionate voting shares and
Class C multiple voting shares of Acreage into Subordinate Voting
Shares) in exchange for the payment of 0.5818 of a common share of
Canopy Growth per Subordinate Voting Share (subject to adjustment
in accordance with the terms of the Arrangement Agreement). If the
Acquisition is completed, Canopy Growth will acquire all of the
Acreage Shares, Acreage will become a wholly owned subsidiary of
Canopy Growth and Canopy Growth will continue the operations of
Canopy Growth and Acreage on a combined basis. For more information
about the Arrangement and the Acquisition please see the respective
information circulars of each of Acreage and Canopy Growth dated
May 17, 2019, which are available on Canopy Growth’s and Acreage’s
respective profiles on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. For additional
information regarding Canopy Growth, please see Canopy Growth’s
profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release and each of the documents
referred to herein contains “forward-looking information” within
the meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities
legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical
fact, included herein are forward-looking information, including,
for greater certainty, statements regarding the proposed
transaction with Canopy Growth, including the anticipated benefits
and likelihood of completion thereof.
Generally, forward-looking information may be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as
“plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “proposed”, “is expected”,
“budgets”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”,
“anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or
variations of such words and phrases, or by the use of words or
phrases which state that certain actions, events or results may,
could, would, or might occur or be achieved. There can be no
assurance that such forward-looking information will prove to be
accurate, and actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking
information. This forward-looking information reflects Acreage’s
current beliefs and is based on information currently available to
Acreage and on assumptions Acreage believes are reasonable.
Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results,
level of activity, performance or achievements of Acreage to be
materially different from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking information. Such risks and other factors may
include, but are not limited to: the ability of the parties to
receive, in a timely manner and on satisfactory terms, the
necessary regulatory approvals; the available funds of Acreage and
the anticipated use of such funds; the availability of financing
opportunities; the ability of Acreage and Canopy Growth to satisfy,
in a timely manner, the conditions to the completion of the
Acquisition; the likelihood of completion of the Acquisition; other
expectations and assumptions concerning the transactions
contemplated between Acreage and Canopy Growth; legal and
regulatory risks inherent in the cannabis industry; risks
associated with economic conditions, dependence on management and
currency risk; risks relating to U.S. regulatory landscape and
enforcement related to cannabis, including political risks; risks
relating to anti-money laundering laws and regulation; other
governmental and environmental regulation; public opinion and
perception of the cannabis industry; risks related to contracts
with third-party service providers; risks related to the
enforceability of contracts; reliance on the expertise and judgment
of senior management of Acreage; risks related to proprietary
intellectual property and potential infringement by third parties;
the concentrated voting control of Acreage’s founder and the
unpredictability caused by Acreage’s capital structure; risks
relating to the management of growth; increasing competition in the
industry; risks inherent in an agricultural business; risks
relating to energy costs; risks associated to cannabis products
manufactured for human consumption including potential product
recalls; reliance on key inputs, suppliers and skilled labor;
cybersecurity risks; ability and constraints on marketing products;
fraudulent activity by employees, contractors and consultants; tax
and insurance related risks; risks related to the economy
generally; risk of litigation; conflicts of interest; risks
relating to certain remedies being limited and the difficulty of
enforcement of judgments and effect service outside of Canada;
risks related to future acquisitions or dispositions; sales by
existing shareholders; and limited research and data relating to
cannabis. A description of additional assumptions used to develop
such forward-looking information and a description of additional
risk factors that may cause actual results to differ materially
from forward-looking information can be found in Acreage’s
disclosure documents, including the Circular and Acreage’s Annual
Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed on
April 29, 2019, on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. Although
Acreage has attempted to identify important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in
forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause
results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Readers
are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive.
Readers are further cautioned not to place undue reliance on
forward-looking information as there can be no assurance that the
plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are placed will
occur. Forward-looking information contained in this news release
is expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. The
forward-looking information contained in this news release
represents the expectations of Acreage as of the date of this news
release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date.
However, Acreage expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as
expressly required by applicable securities law.
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its
Regulation Service Provider has reviewed and does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the content of this
news release.
Media Contact:
Howard Schacter Vice President of Communications
h.schacter@acreageholdings.com 646-600-9181 Robert Vanisko Director
of Communications r.vanisko@acreageholdings.com 646-600-9181 |
Investor
Contact: Steve West Vice President, Investor Relations
Investors@acreageholdings.com 646-600-9181
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