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Canopy Growth Expands Investor Relations
Team with Appointment of Wall Street Equity Research Veteran Judy Hong as Vice President, Investor Relations
SMITHS FALLS, ON, Nov. 26, 2019 /CNW/ - Canopy
Growth Corporation (TSX: WEED) (NYSE: CGC) ("Canopy Growth" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce the appointment
of Judy Hong as Vice President, Investor Relations, effective December 2, 2019. In her role, Judy will partner with Tyler Burns
and lead the strategic planning, direction and execution of the Company's investor relations function, further developing and strengthening
its global investor relations program.
Judy has over 20 years of experience at Goldman
Sachs & Co ("Goldman Sachs"), most recently serving as a Managing Director of its Global Investment Research Division
covering the US beverage and tobacco sectors. She has covered many of the world's most prominent consumer product goods companies
during her tenure at Goldman Sachs, and the consistently high quality of her work has been recognized by numerous industry surveys
and publications including Institutional Investor, Fortune, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. Judy will be based in New York
City and will report directly to Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Mike Lee.
"We are very pleased to have a capital
markets professional with Judy's experience join our investor relations team," said Mike Lee, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer. "We believe Judy's extensive knowledge of the consumer products goods sector, along with her credibility
among key institutional investors, will help Canopy expand and strengthen our capital markets presence on the ground in New York
"Having achieved significant success over
two decades in equity research, the time is right for me to tackle a new challenge," said Judy Hong. "I am excited to
be joining Canopy during a time of great change and opportunity in the cannabis industry. I look forward to playing a critical
role in shaping and communicating Canopy's story to the U.S. and global investment community."
Judy holds an MBA in Finance from the NYU Stern
School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Cornell University.
Here's to Future 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
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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 statements with respect to leadership changes and transitions. 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 and such risks contained
in the Company's annual information form dated June 27, 2018 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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Communications Manager, Caitlin.Ohara@canopygrowth.com, 613-291-3239; Investor Contact: Tyler Burns, VP, Investor Relations, Tyler.Burns@canopygrowth.com,
855-558-9333 ext. 122
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