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Canopy Growth Announces Election of Board
SMITHS FALLS, ON, Sept. 17, 2019 /CNW/ - Canopy
Growth Corporation (TSX:WEED) (NYSE: CGC) ("Canopy Growth" or "the Corporation") today announced that all of
management's nominees listed in its August 8, 2019 management information circular were elected as directors of the Corporation
at Canopy Growth's September 17, 2019 annual general meeting of shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). The detailed results
of the vote for the election of directors held at the Annual Meeting are set out below.
| Name of Nominee | Votes cast FOR | % votes cast FOR | Votes WITHHELD | % votes WITHHELD |
| John K. Bell | 144,593,217 | 97.00 | 4,464,630 | 3.00 |
| Robert Hanson | 145,983,248 | 97.94 | 3,074,600 | 2.06 |
| David Klein | 146,276,600 | 98.13 | 2,781,249 | 1.87 |
| William Newlands | 145,129,921 | 97.36 | 3,927,928 | 2.64 |
| Judy A. Schmeling | 146,410,051 | 98.22 | 2,647,797 | 1.78 |
| Peter Stringham | 144,141,942 | 96.70 | 4,915,907 | 3.30 |
| Mark Zekulin | 146,286,192 | 98.14 | 2,771,657 | 1.86 |
At the Annual Meeting, Canopy Growth shareholders
also approved the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Corporation's auditors for the ensuing year and authorized the board of directors
to fix its remuneration.
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 4.7 million square feet of
production capacity, including over one million square feet of GMP certified production space. For more information visit www.canopygrowth.com
SOURCE Canopy Growth Corporation
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For further information: Caitlin O'Hara, Media Relations,
Caitlin.Ohara@canopygrowth.com, 613-291-3239; Investor Relations, Tyler Burns, Tyler.Burns@canopygrowth.com, 855-558-9333 ext.
CO: Canopy Growth Corporation
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