Greenstar LP has direct beneficial ownership of 15,811,474 Exchangeable Shares, representing approximately 15.8% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares of the Issuer as of April 18, 2024. GCIC is the general partner of Greenstar LP and is wholly-owned by Constellation Brands Canada Holdings ULC, which in turn is wholly-owned by Constellation Capital LLC, which in turn is wholly-owned by CIHL, which in turn is wholly-owned by Constellation.
CBG has direct beneficial ownership of 10,450,000 Exchangeable Shares of the Issuer, representing approximately 10.4% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares of the Issuer as of April 18, 2024. CBG is wholly-owned by GII, which in turn is wholly-owned by GIIH, which in turn is wholly-owned by Constellation.
In the aggregate, Constellation has indirect beneficial ownership of 26,261,474 Exchangeable Shares of the Issuer, representing approximately 26.2% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares of the Issuer as of April 18, 2024.
Except as set forth in the Schedule 13D, to the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons and other than as previously disclosed, the Covered Persons do not beneficially own any Common Shares or Exchangeable Shares as of April 18, 2024, other than Judy A. Schmeling, who holds 32,009 Common Shares which were acquired following the vesting of restricted stock units acquired as compensation for her position as a director of the Issuer and restricted stock units convertible into 10,044 Common Shares, which were acquired on August 22, 2023 as compensation for her position as a director of the Issuer. The Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of each Covered Person’s Common Shares and Exchangeable Shares and such Common Shares and Exchangeable Shares are excluded from the aggregate amounts reported by the Reporting Persons in this Amendment and Schedule 13D.
Except as set forth herein, neither the Reporting Persons, nor to the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, any of the Covered Persons, has engaged in any transaction involving any Common Shares or Exchangeable Shares in the 60-day period ended April 18, 2024.
The aggregate percentage of Common Shares reported owned by the Reporting Persons is based upon 100,217,939 Common Shares outstanding (assuming the conversion of all Exchangeable Shares outstanding into Common Shares), which is the sum of the total number of Common Shares and Exchangeable Shares outstanding as of April 18, 2024, as provided to the Reporting Persons by the Issuer. All amounts of Common Shares reported by the Reporting Persons in this Amendment reflect the reverse stock split completed by the Issuer in December 2023.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings, or Relationships to Securities of the Issuer.
Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby revised and supplemented with the following:
In connection with the exchange described in Item 4 above, CBG, Greenstar LP, and the Issuer have terminated the investor rights agreement, administrative services agreement, co-development agreement, and all other commercial arrangements between them and their subsidiaries, other than the consent agreement pursuant to which CBG and Greenstar LP consented to the amendment to the Issuer’s share capital, certain termination agreements, and the Exchange Agreement. The form of termination agreements were filed with Exhibit 99.1 to the Ninth Amendment.
As a result, CBG and Greenstar LP have no further governance rights in relation to the Issuer, including rights to nominate members to the Board of Directors of the Issuer, or approval or consulting rights related to certain transactions. All board nominees of Constellation resigned from the Issuer’s Board of Directors effective April 18, 2024.
As described above in Item 4, which is incorporated herein by reference, Greenstar LP entered into the Exchange Agreement.
Other than as described in this Amendment and the Schedule 13D, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings, or relationships (legal or otherwise) between the Reporting Persons and any other person with respect to any securities, including Common Shares.
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