CANOPY GROWTH CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019 AND 2018
(Expressed in CDN $000’s except share amounts)
estimated to be $25,000. In connection with this transaction, an amount of $143 has been recorded as an increase in equity attributable to the parent.
Due to the timing of this acquisition, the purchase price allocation for the BioSteel acquisition is provisional. The fair value assigned to the consideration paid, intangible assets and net assets acquired is based on management’s best estimate using the information currently available and may be revised by the Company as additional information is received.
(iv) BCT and Spectrum UK
Beckley Canopy Therapeutics (“BCT”) is a cannabis research and development organization in the United Kingdom which was formed in fiscal 2018 through a collaboration agreement between CHI and Beckley Research and Innovations Limited. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company and BCT had formed another joint venture – Spectrum Biomedical UK (“Spectrum UK”). The purpose of Spectrum UK was to become the exclusive distributor of cannabis-based medicinal products made by the Company. Since their inception the Company had been accounting for its 42% interest in BCT and its 67% interest in Spectrum UK using the equity method.
On October 11, 2019, the Company acquired all of its unowned interest in BCT to increase its total ownership of BCT’s issued and outstanding shares to 100%. Following this transaction, the Company will control both BCT and Spectrum UK, and both BCT and Spectrum UK will be accounted for as wholly-owned subsidiaries.
Cash consideration for this transaction was $57,930 of which $44,692 was advanced on closing, $1,170 is held in trust subject to finalizing purchase price adjustments, and $14,427 will be paid on October 1, 2020 and 2021 and has a fair value of $13,238.
Consideration also included 155,565 replacement options. The fair value of the replacement options was determined using a Black-Scholes model and $1,885 of the total fair value has been included as consideration paid to acquire BCT as it related to pre-combination vesting service and $1,987 of the fair value will be recognized as share-based compensation expense rateably over the post-combination vesting period.
The acquisition of the unowned interests are accounted for as business combinations achieved in stages under IFRS 3. The Company remeasured its 42% interest in BCT and its 67% interest in Spectrum UK to fair value and recognized a total gain of $39,485 which reflects the difference between the carrying value of $12,457 and the implied fair value $51,942. The fair value was estimated to be the transaction price less an estimated control premium of 5%.
The fair value of net assets acquired and consideration has been provisionally determined at December 31, 2019. Upon completion of a comprehensive valuation and finalization of the purchase price allocation, goodwill may be adjusted retrospectively to the acquisition date in future reporting periods. The consideration paid for BCT included $250 cash and 16,430 replacement options that were issued to a member of key management of the Company that was a shareholder and option holder in BCT.
(b) Finalization of S&B purchase price allocation
During the period ended December 2019, the Company completed its final assessment of the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed of Storz & Bickel. The measurement period adjustments resulted in an increase to the fair value of intangible assets of $24,990 and a corresponding decrease to goodwill. On finalization of the purchase price allocation (“PPA”), a charge to amortization expense of $2,030 was recorded in the statement of consolidated operations to reflect the increased fair value of the amortizable intangible assets acquired and related depreciation.
(a) Acreage Arrangement
On June 27, 2019 (the “Effective date”) Canopy Growth and Acreage Holdings, Inc. (“Acreage”) completed a Plan of Arrangement (the “Arrangement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Arrangement, Acreage shareholders and holders of certain securities convertible into Acreage shares as of June 26, 2019, received an immediate aggregate total payment of US$300 million ($395,190) in exchange for granting Canopy Growth both the right and the obligation (the “Acreage financial instrument”) to acquire 100% of the shares of Acreage, at such time as the occurrence or waiver of changes in U.S. federal law to permit the general cultivation, distribution, and possession of marijuana or to remove the regulation of such activities from the federal laws of the United States (the “Acreage Triggering Event”). If the Acreage Triggering Event is not satisfied or waived by December 27, 2026, the Arrangement will terminate.
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