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Canadian icons come together: Canopy Growth
and Drake launch new cannabis wellness company
TORONTO and LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7, 2019
/CNW/ - Canopy Growth Corporation ("Canopy Growth" or the "Company") (TSX: WEED) (NYSE: CGC) and Aubrey Drake
Graham ("Drake") are pleased to announce that they have entered into agreements to launch the More Life
Growth CompanyTM, a fully licensed producer of cannabis based in Drake's hometown of Toronto, Canada.
"When we first began talks with Drake
we were extremely inspired by and aligned with his vision to bring best-in-class cannabis products to the world," said Mark
Zekulin, CEO, Canopy Growth Corporation. "Drake's perspective as a culture leader and entrepreneur combined with Canopy Growth's
breadth of cannabis knowledge will allow our new company to bring an unmatched cannabis experience to global markets."
Drake's eclectic career includes experience
across a wide variety of industries including music, television, film, fashion, sports, brand development, content curation and
social and digital media strategy. Having launched numerous successful brands over the past decade, he is uniquely positioned to
bring his innovative eye to the recreational cannabis industry.
"The opportunity to partner with a world-class
company like Canopy Growth on a global scale is really exciting," shared More Life Growth Company founder, Drake. "The
idea of being able to build something special in an industry that is ever growing has been inspiring. More Life and More Blessing."
Proudly based in Drake's hometown of Toronto,
More LifeTM is centred around wellness, discovery and overall personal growth with the hope of facilitating connections
and shared experiences across the globe.
"All in all, we couldn't be more excited
to partner with Drake to bring his vision for the More Life Growth Company to global cannabis markets," concluded Mr. Zekulin.
"We anticipate a long, successful, and mutually beneficial working relationship."
The Company and Drake will share further details
on the More LifeTM team and vision in the weeks to come.
In connection with the launch of the More Life
brand, a previously wholly-owned subsidiary (the "More Life Growth Company") of Canopy Growth, has issued shares
to certain entities that are controlled by Drake ("Drake"). Following the issuance of the shares, Drake holds
a 60% ownership interest in the More Life Growth Company, with Canopy Growth retaining a 40% ownership.
The More Life Growth Company is the beneficial
owner of an entity licensed by Health Canada for the cultivation, processing and sale of cannabis at its production facility in
Scarborough, Ontario (the "More Life Facility"). Canopy Growth will continue to provide all of the day-to-day
operations and maintenance of the More Life Facility and will retain all of the rights to distribute the product that is cultivated
at the More Life Facility.
As consideration for the issuance of the shares
of the More Life Growth Company, Drake has granted More Life Growth Company the right to exclusively exploit certain intellectual
property and brands in association with the growth, manufacture, production, marketing and sale of cannabis and cannabis-related
products, accessories, merchandise and paraphernalia in Canada and internationally. The maintenance of the non-Canada rights after
18 months is contingent upon certain performance criteria of the More Life Growth Company being met. The More Life Growth Company
has sublicensed such rights in Canada to Canopy Growth in exchange for payments to be made by the Company on the sale of More LifeTM
products, providing Canopy Growth with the exclusive rights to distribute More LifeTM products in Canada. In addition,
Canopy Growth has the option to extend the terms and conditions of the sublicense into all international jurisdictions.
Canopy Growth and Drake have entered into a
shareholders agreement, investor rights agreements, and various other ancillary agreements to govern the operations of the More
Life Growth Company. In connection with these arrangements, Canopy Growth has the right to nominate two directors to the board
of the More Life Growth Company as well as a pre-emptive right to maintain its ownership interest in the More Life Growth Company.
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP acted as
legal counsel to Canopy Growth and Reed Smith LLP acted as legal counsel to Drake in connection with the transaction.
Here's to Future (More Life) Growth.
About Canopy Growth Corporation
Canopy Growth (TSX:WEED, NYSE:CGC) is a world-leading diversified cannabis, hemp and cannabis device company, offering distinct
brands and curated cannabis varieties in dried, oil and Softgel capsule forms, as well as medical devices through Canopy Growth's
subsidiary, Storz & Bickel GMbH & Co. KG. From product and process innovation to market execution, Canopy Growth is driven
by a passion for leadership and a commitment to building a world-class cannabis company one product, site and country at a time.
Canopy Growth has operations in over a dozen countries across five continents.
Canopy Growth's medical division, Spectrum
Therapeutics is proudly dedicated to educating healthcare practitioners, conducting robust clinical research, and furthering the
public's understanding of cannabis, and has devoted millions of dollars toward cutting edge, commercializable research and IP development.
Spectrum Therapeutics sells a range of full-spectrum products using its colour-coded classification Spectrum system as well as
single cannabinoid Dronabinol under the brand Bionorica Ethics.
Canopy Growth operates retail stores across
Canada under its award-winning Tweed and Tokyo Smoke banners. Tweed is a globally recognized cannabis brand which has built a large
and loyal following by focusing on quality products and meaningful customer relationships.
From our historic public listing on the Toronto
Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange to our continued international expansion, pride in advancing shareholder value through
leadership is engrained in all we do at Canopy Growth. Canopy Growth has established partnerships with leading sector names including
cannabis icons Snoop Dogg and Seth Rogen, breeding legends DNA Genetics and Green House Seeds, and Fortune 500 alcohol leader Constellation
Brands, to name but a few. Canopy Growth operates eleven licensed cannabis production sites with over 10.5 million square feet
of production capacity, including over one million square feet of GMP certified production space. For more information visit www.canopygrowth.com
Notice Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities
legislation. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements and information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans",
"expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "estimates", "intends", "anticipates"
or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions,
events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur
or be achieved. Forward-looking statements or information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which
may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Canopy Growth or its subsidiaries to be materially different from
any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements or information contained
in this news release. Examples of such statements include, among others, statements with respect to the ability of the Company
and the More Life Growth Company to bring cannabis products to global markets; and the products that the More Life Growth Company
will be offering the adult use market in Canada. Risks, uncertainties and other factors involved with forward-looking information
could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied
by such forward-looking information, including the Company's ability to bring cannabis products to global markets; the timing and
availability of the Company's products in the adult-use market in Canada; the timing and completion of a go-public transaction
for the More Life Growth Company; risks related to the production, processing and sale of cannabis; and such risks contained
in the Company's annual information form dated June 25, 2019 and filed with Canadian securities regulators available on the Company's
issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the
forward-looking information or forward-looking statements in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed
on such information and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The forward-looking
information and forward-looking statements included in this news release are made as of the date of this news release and the Company
does not undertake an obligation to publicly update such forward-looking information or forward-looking information to reflect
new information, subsequent events or otherwise, unless required by applicable securities laws.
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