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Management Information Circular
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
Dated as of August 8, 2019
Canopy Growth Corporation (the Corporation ) is pleased to invite you to join us at our annual general meeting of shareholders (the Meeting ). The Meeting will be held at the Jane Mallett Theatre,
St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M5E 1B4 on September 17, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time).
The accompanying management information circular (the Circular ) contains important information about voting on the business to be transacted at the Meeting, the director nominees, our Board of Directors and its
committees, our governance practices, and how we compensate our directors and executives.
We encourage you to take
the time to consider these matters and to exercise your vote, either at the Meeting or by completing and sending in your proxy or voting instructions. The use of the enclosed forms is described in the accompanying Circular.
We look forward to seeing you at the Meeting. Here s to Future Growth.
| Mark Zekulin | John K. Bell | |
| Mark Zekulin | John K. Bell | |
| Chief Executive Officer | Chairman of the Board and Lead Director |
CANOPY GROWTH CORPORATION
Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
To be held on September 17, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting (the Meeting ) of shareholders (the
Shareholders ) of Canopy Growth Corporation (the Corporation ) will be held at the Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front Street East, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1B4 on September 17, 2019 at
10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) for the following purposes, as more particularly described in the attached management information circular (the Circular ):
As permitted by Canadian securities regulators, the
Corporation is sending meeting-related materials to Shareholders using notice-and-access provisions provided for under National Instrument 54-101 Communication with Beneficial Owners of
Securities of a Reporting Issuer. This means that, rather than receiving paper copies of the Meeting materials in the mail, Shareholders will have access to them online.
All Shareholders entitled to receive the Meeting materials will receive a notice-and-access notification (the N&A
Notice ) along with a form of proxy. In addition, the package will include a form to request copies of the Corporation s annual and/or interim financial statements and related and the management s discussion and analysis
Electronic copies of this notice, the Circular, a form of proxy, the N&A Notice, the audited
consolidated financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 and the related MD&A will be available on the Company s website at
https://www.canopygrowth.com/investors/investor-events/annual-general-meeting-19/ and under the Company s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Shareholders are reminded to review these online materials when
voting. Electronic copies of the Meeting materials will be available on the Company s website for a period of one year. For more information about the notice-and-access procedures, please call Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions at
Shareholders may choose to receive paper copies of the Meeting materials by mail at no cost. In order for Shareholders to
receive the paper copies of the Meeting materials in advance of any deadline for the submission of voting instructions and the date of the Meeting, it is recommended that requests be made as soon as possible but not later than September 6, 2019. If
the current materials, please note that another Voting Instruction Form will
not be sent; please retain your current one for voting purposes.
Request materials from Broadridge Investor
Communication Solutions, as follows: via the internet at www.proxyvote.com, or, by calling Toll Free, within North America at 1-877-907-7643, or direct, from Outside of North America at (905) 507-5450, and entering your control number as indicated
on your Voting Instruction Form.
The Board has fixed the close of business on August 8, 2019, as the record date
(the Record Date ) for determining Shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. Only Shareholders whose names have been entered in the register of Shareholders
at the close of business on the Record Date will be entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting.
Shareholders are invited to attend the Meeting. In order for a registered Shareholder to be represented by proxy at the Meeting,
the Shareholder must complete and submit the enclosed form of proxy or other appropriate form of proxy. Completed forms of proxy must be received by Computershare Investor Services Inc., the transfer agent of the Corporation, at 100 University Ave.,
8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Y1 attention Proxy Department in the enclosed envelope, not later than 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on September 13, 2019 (or in the event of an adjournment or postponement of the Meeting, 48 business hours before the
time of the adjourned or postponed Meeting (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)) or may be accepted by the Chairman of the Meeting prior to the commencement of the Meeting. Shareholders may also vote online or by phone, as further detailed in
the Circular and form of proxy. Late forms of proxy may be accepted or rejected by the Chair of the Meeting in their discretion, and the Chair is under no obligation to accept or reject any particular late form of proxy.
Non-registered Shareholders should use the enclosed voting instruction form to provide voting instructions. The voting
instruction form contains instructions on how to complete the form, where to return it to and the deadline for returning it. It is important to read and follow the instructions on the voting instruction form in order to have your vote count.
By order of the Board of Directors
Dated August 8, 2019
Chief Executive Officer
| General Information Concerning the Meeting | 1 | |||
| Time, Date And Place | 1 | |||
| Record Date | 1 | |||
| Notice-And-Access | 1 | |||
| Solicitation of Proxies | 2 | |||
| Who Can Vote? | 2 | |||
| Voting by Registered Canopy Shareholders | 2 | |||
| Appointment of Proxies | 3 | |||
| Appointing a Proxyholder | 3 | |||
| Instructing your Proxy and Exercise of Discretion by your Proxy | 4 | |||
| Revoking your Proxy | 4 | |||
| Beneficial Shareholders | 4 | |||
| Voting by Beneficial Shareholders | 5 | |||
| Quorum | 5 | |||
| Shareholder Approval | 6 | |||
| Voting Securities and Principal Shareholders | 6 | |||
| Securityholder Agreements | 6 | |||
| Business of the Meeting | 6 | |||
| Receipt of Financial Statements | 7 | |||
| Appointment of Auditor | 7 | |||
| Election of Directors | 7 | |||
| Director Nominees | 8 | |||
| Corporate Governance Practices | 12 | |||
| Composition of the Board | 12 | |||
| Board and Committee Mandates | 13 | |||
| Position Descriptions | 13 | |||
| Board Orientation and Continuing Education | 14 | |||
| Assessments | 14 | |||
| Ethical Business Conduct | 14 | |||
| Exercise of Independent Judgment Conflicts of Interest | 15 | |||
| Compensation of Directors and Officers | 16 | |||
| Nomination of Directors | 16 |
| Board Skills Matrix | 17 | |||
| Director Term Limits and Other Mechanisms of Board Renewal | 17 | |||
| Diversity | 18 | |||
| Board Committees | 19 | |||
| Statement of Executive Compensation | 21 | |||
| Compensation Discussion and Analysis | 21 | |||
| Summary Compensation Table | 30 | |||
| Incentive Plan Awards | 31 | |||
| Employment Agreements | 34 | |||
| Termination and Change of Control Benefits | 38 | |||
| Director Compensation | 39 | |||
| Director Compensation Table | 40 | |||
| Outstanding Share-Based Awards and Option-Based Awards | 41 | |||
| Incentive Plan Awards Vested During the Year | 42 | |||
| Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans | 42 | |||
| Securities Outstanding under Equity Compensation Plans | 43 | |||
| Omnibus Incentive Plan | 43 | |||
| Employee Stock Purchase Plan | 47 | |||
| Overhang, Dilution and Burn Rates | 49 | |||
| Indebtedness of Directors and Executive Officers | 49 | |||
| Interest of Certain Person in Matters to be Acted Upon | 50 | |||
| Interest of Informed Persons in Material Transactions | 50 | |||
| Shareholder Proposals for 2020 Annual Meeting | 50 | |||
| Additional Information | 50 | |||
| Approval of the Board of Directors | 51 | |||
| Schedule A Change in Auditor Reporting Package | A-1 | |||
| Schedule B Board Mandate | B-1 |
CANOPY GROWTH CORPORATION
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CIRCULAR FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON SEPTEBMER 17, 2019
All information in this management information circular ( Circular ) is current as of August 9, 2019 and all
currency amounts are expressed in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise indicated, and where used herein the terms Corporation , Canopy Growth , Canopy , as well as terms such as we ,
us , our , refer to Canopy Growth Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires.
This Circular is being sent by the management of the Corporation to the holders (the Shareholders ) of the
Corporation s common shares (the Shares ) in connection with the solicitation of proxies to be voted at the annual general meeting (the Meeting ) of the Shareholders to be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at the
time and place and for the purposes set out in the Notice of Meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE MEETING
Time, Date And Place
The Meeting will be held at the Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front Street East, Toronto, Ontario,
M5E 1B4 at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on September 17, 2019.
The record date for determining the Shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting is August 8, 2019 (the
Record Date ). Only Shareholders of record as of the close of business (Toronto time) on the Record Date are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting. The failure of any Shareholder who was a Shareholder on the
Record Date to receive notice of the Meeting does not deprive the Shareholder of the right to vote at the Meeting.
As permitted by Canadian securities regulators, the Corporation is sending meeting-related materials to Shareholders using
notice-and-access provisions provided for under National Instrument 54-101 Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer ( NI 54-101 ). This means
that, rather than receiving paper copies of the Meeting materials in the mail, Shareholders will have access to them online.
All Shareholders entitled to receive the Meeting materials will receive a notice-and-access notification (the N&A Notice ) along with a form of proxy. In addition, the package will include a form to request
copies of the Corporation s annual and/or interim financial statements and related and the management s discussion and analysis ( MD&A ).
Electronic copies of the Notice of Meeting, this Circular, a form of proxy, the N&A Notice, the audited consolidated
financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 and the related MD&A will be available on the Company s website at
https://www.canopygrowth.com/investors/investor-events/annual-general-meeting-19/ and under the Company s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Shareholders are reminded to review these online materials when
voting. Electronic copies of the Meeting materials will be available on the Company s website for a period of one year.
Shareholders may choose to receive paper copies of the Meeting materials or obtain further information about notice-and-access by
contacting the Corporation at the toll-free number 1-855- 558-9333 ext. 122. In order for Shareholders to receive the paper copies of the Meeting materials in advance of any deadline for the submission of voting instructions and the date of the
Meeting, it is recommended to contact the Corporation at the number above as soon as possible but not later than September 6, 2019.
Solicitation of Proxies
This Circular is furnished in connection with the solicitation of
proxies by the management of the Corporation for use at the Meeting, to be held on September 17, 2019, at the time and place and for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Meeting. It is expected that the solicitation will
primarily be by mail. Proxies may also be solicited personally or by telephone by regular employees of and by agents engaged by the Corporation at nominal cost. The cost of solicitation will be borne by the Corporation. Except as otherwise stated,
the information contained herein is given as of the Record Date.
If you are a registered Shareholder as of the Record Date, you are entitled to attend the Meeting and cast a vote for Shares
registered in your name to approve the matters described in the Notice of Meeting. If the Shares are registered in the name of a corporation, a duly authorized officer of the corporation may attend on its behalf, but documentation indicating such
officer s authority should be presented at the Meeting. If you are a registered Shareholder but do not wish to, or cannot, attend the Meeting in person you can appoint someone who will attend the Meeting and act as your proxyholder to vote in
accordance with your instructions. If your Shares are registered in the name of a broker, bank, trust company, investment dealer or other financial institution (each, an Intermediary ) you should refer to the section entitled
Beneficial Shareholders set out below.
Voting by Registered Canopy Shareholders
As a registered Shareholder you can vote your Shares in the following ways:
| In Person | Attend the Meeting and register with Computershare upon your arrival. Do not fill out and return your form of proxy if you intend to vote in person at the Meeting. | |
| Phone | Call 1-866-732-8683 (toll-free in North America) or 312-588-4290 (outside North America) and follow the instructions. You will need to enter your 15-digit control number. Follow the interactive voice recording instructions to submit your vote. | |
| Fax | Enter voting instructions, sign and date the form of proxy and send your completed form of proxy to: Computershare, Attention: Proxy Department, 1-866-249-7775 (toll-free in North America) or 416-263-9524 (outside North America) |
| Enter voting instructions, sign and date the form of proxy and return your completed form of proxy in the enclosed postage paid envelope to: Computershare Investor Services Inc. Attention: Proxy Department 8th Floor, 100 University Avenue Toronto, ON M5J 2Y1 | ||
| Hand Delivery | Enter voting instructions, sign the form of proxy and deliver your completed form of proxy to: Computershare Investor Services Inc. Attention: Proxy Department 8th Floor, 100 University Avenue Toronto, ON M5J 2Y1 | |
| Internet | Go to www.investorvote.com. Enter the 15-digit control number printed on the form of proxy and follow the instructions on screen. | |
| Questions? | Contact Investor Relations by telephone at 1-855-558-9333 x 122 or by email invest@canopygrowth.com. |
Appointment of Proxies
If you do not come to the Meeting, you can still make your votes count by appointing someone who will be there to act as your
proxyholder at the Meeting. You can appoint the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy, who are each a director or an officer of the Corporation. Alternatively, you can appoint any other person to attend the Meeting as your proxyholder.
Regardless of who you appoint as your proxyholder, you can either instruct that appointee how you want to vote or you can let your appointee decide for you. You can do this by completing a form of proxy. In order to be valid, you must return the
completed form of proxy during business hours on September 13, 2019, to the Corporation s transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company of Canada ( Computershare ), by courier or by hand delivery at its offices at 8th Floor, 100
University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5J 2Y1, by toll free North American phone number 1-866-732-8683, fax number 1-866-249-7775, by international fax number 416-263-9524, or online at www.investorvote.com. The time limit for deposit of proxies may be waived or extended by the Chair of the Meeting at his or her
discretion, without notice.
Appointing a Proxyholder
The persons named in the enclosed form of proxy are each a director or an officer of the Corporation. A Shareholder who wishes
to appoint some other person to represent such Shareholder at the Meeting may do so by crossing out the name on the form of proxy and inserting the name of the person proposed in the blank space provided in the enclosed form of proxy. Such other