Canopy Growth: ISS urges shareholders to vote for Exchangeable Shares

Canopy Growth is pleased to announce that Institutional Shareholder Services, in its report issued on Canopy Growth’s special meeting of shareholders scheduled for April 12, 2024, has recommended that Canopy Growth shareholders vote in favor of the previously announced special resolution authorizing an amendment to the company’s articles of incorporation, in order to: (i) create and authorize the issuance of an unlimited number of a new class of non-voting and non-participating exchangeable shares in the capital of Canopy Growth; and (ii) restate the rights of the common shares in the capital of Canopy Growth to provide for a conversion feature whereby each Common Share may at any time, at the option of the holder, be converted into one Exchangeable Share. Canopy Shareholders will be asked to consider and vote on the Amendment Proposal at a special meeting of Canopy Shareholders on Friday, April 12, 2024, at 1:00PM Eastern Time.