Item 1.01 |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On February 21, 2023, Canopy Growth Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Subscription Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 (the “Subscription Agreement”), with Verition Canada Master Fund Ltd. (the “Investor”), pursuant to which the Investor agreed to purchase convertible senior unsecured debentures (the “Debentures”), with an aggregate principal amount of up to $150 million in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”). The Debentures were issued under the Indenture dated February 21, 2023, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, in its capacity as trustee (the “Trustee”). An initial US$100 million aggregate principal amount of the Debentures was sold on February 21, 2023 (the “Initial Tranche”), and the remaining US$50 million aggregate principal amount of the Debentures (the “Second Tranche”) will be issued and paid for in the event that the Second Tranche Conditions (as defined below) are satisfied. Capitalized terms used but not defined in the following description shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Indenture.
Net proceeds to the Company from the Initial Tranche, after deducting estimated offering expenses, were approximately US$95 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Initial Tranche and the Second Tranche, if any, for working capital and general corporate purposes.
The Debentures were sold pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-269877) filed on February 21, 2023 and the related prospectus dated February 21, 2023 (the “Registration Statement”).
Indenture and Debentures
The Debentures will bear interest at a rate of 5.0% per annum from the date of issuance, payable at the earlier of (i) the time of conversion of the Debentures; or (ii) February 28, 2028 (the “Maturity Date”), in each case, in common shares of the Company (the “Common Shares”). Unless earlier converted in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Debentures will mature on the Maturity Date. The Debentures will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company and will be subordinated to all existing and future Secured Indebtedness of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. Each Debenture will rank pari passu with each other Debenture (regardless of their actual date or terms of issue) and, subject to statutory preferred exceptions, with all other present and future senior unsecured obligations or indebtedness of the Company.
The Debentures may be converted into Common Shares at the option of the holder at any time or times prior to the Maturity Date, at a conversion price equal to 92.5% of the VWAP of the Common Shares during the three consecutive trading days ending on the business day immediately prior to the date of conversion (the “Conversion Price”). The Company will not issue, be required to issue or be deemed to have issued any Common Shares upon conversion of the Debentures or otherwise pursuant to the terms of the Indenture (including, for greater certainty, on account of any principal, premium, if any, or interest), if the issuance of such Common Shares would exceed 19.99% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Shares as of February 17, 2023, being 98,929,320 Common Shares, and after such number of Common Shares have been issued, the remaining issued and outstanding Debentures will be automatically deemed to be surrendered and cancelled. No cash payment or any other property of the Company will be payable by the Company to the holders of Debentures in connection with, or as a result of, the issuance, conversion or repayment of the Debentures.
The Indenture includes certain customary and other events of default. In connection with an Event of Default, the Trustee (i) may, in its discretion and (ii) shall, by request of the holders of not less than 50% in principal amount of Debentures then outstanding, in each case subject to certain provisions of the Indenture and in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, declare due and payable the principal and interest and premium, if any, and, upon such amounts becoming due and payable, the Company will be required to deliver to the Trustee for the benefit of the holders such number of Common Shares as is equal to the sum of the aggregate principal amount of such Debentures outstanding at such time plus premium due thereon (if any) and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon divided by the Conversion Price, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company is not permitted to declare or pay any dividend to the holders of its issued and outstanding Common Shares after the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default unless and until such Event of Default has been cured or waived or has ceased to exist.