CANOPY GROWTH CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2019 AND 2018
(Expressed in CDN $000’s except share amounts)
CANOPY RIVERS
(a) Authorized
Canopy Rivers Corporation (“Canopy Rivers”) is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares. There are two classes of common shares: Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinated Voting Shares. Each Multiple Voting Share is entitled to receive 20 votes, while each Subordinated Voting Share is entitled to receive one vote at all meetings of the shareholders. There is no priority or distinction between the two classes of shares in respect of their entitlement to the payment of dividends or participation on liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company.
(b) Issued and outstanding
As at June 30, 2019, Canopy Rivers had 36,468,318 Multiple Voting Shares (March 31, 2019 – 36,468,318) and 151,081,576 Subordinated Voting Shares (March 31, 2019 – 150,592,136) issued and outstanding. As at June 30, 2019, the Company held 36,468,318 Multiple Voting Shares (March 31, 2019 – 36,468,318) and 15,223,938 Subordinated Voting shares (March 31, 2019 – 15,223,938) which represented a 27.6% ownership interest in Canopy Rivers and 84.6% of the voting rights (March 31, 2019 – 27.6% and 84.6% respectively). The voting rights allow the Company to direct the relevant activities of Canopy Rivers such that the Company has control over Canopy Rivers and Canopy Rivers is consolidated in these financial statements.
(c) Financings
There were no financings during the three months ended June 30, 2019.
(d) Initial financing and seed capital options
The 10,066,668 Subordinated Voting Shares acquired by way of share purchase loans, whereby funds were advanced to Canopy Rivers by the Company on behalf of certain employees of the Company and another individual, were initially accounted for as seed capital options and are not considered issued for accounting purposes until the loans are repaid on an individual employee/consultant basis. During the three months ended June 30, 2019, share purchase loans in the amount of $19 (three months ended June 30, 2018 – $288) relating to Canopy Rivers shares held in trust by the Company on behalf of certain Canopy Growth employees were repaid, resulting in the release from escrow of 377,775 Subordinated Voting Shares (three months ended June 30, 2018 – 5,750,000). As at June 30, 2019, there were 3,461,117 seed capital options outstanding (March 31, 2019 – 3,838,892). Please refer to Note 18 for additional details on the seed capital options.
18. | SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION |
CANOPY GROWTH CORPORATION SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION PLAN
Canopy Growth’s eligible employees participate in a share-based compensation plan as noted below.
On September 15, 2017, shareholders approved an Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the “Omnibus Plan”) pursuant to which the Company can issue share-based long-term incentives. All directors, officers, employees and independent contractors of the Company are eligible to receive awards of common share purchase options (“Options”), restricted share units (“RSUs”), deferred share units, stock appreciation rights (“Stock Appreciation Rights”), performance awards (“Performance Awards”) or other stock based awards (collectively, the “Awards”) under the Omnibus Plan. In addition, shareholders also approved the 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of the Company (the “Purchase Plan”). Under the Purchase Plan, the aggregate number of common shares that may be issued is 400,000, and the maximum number of common shares which may be issued in any one fiscal year shall not exceed 200,000.
Under the Omnibus Plan, the maximum number of shares issuable from treasury pursuant to Awards shall not exceed 15% of the total outstanding shares from time to time less the number of shares issuable pursuant to all other security-based compensation arrangements of the Company. The maximum number of common shares reserved for Awards is 50,957,757 at June 30, 2019. As of June 30, 2019, the only Awards issued have been options and RSUs under the Omnibus Plan.
The Omnibus Plan is administered by the Board of Directors of the Company who establishes exercise prices, at not less than the market price at the date of grant, and expiry dates. Options under the Omnibus Plan generally remain exercisable in increments with 1/3 being exercisable on each of the first, second and third anniversaries from the date of grant, with expiry dates set at six years from issuance. The Board of Directors has the discretion to amend general vesting provisions and the term of any award, subject to limits contained in the Omnibus Plan.
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