Company: CGC
Filing Date: 2025-02-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000950170-25-015839
Chunk: 119

Company: Canopy Growth Corp
Filing Date: 2025-02-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 4
Chunk 119
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 entered into before a court relating to securities legislation or with a securities regulatory authority.

On May 23, 2023, an ostensible shareholder commenced a putative class action (Turpel v. Canopy Growth Corporation, et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-043022-PAE) against the Company and two of its officers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired the Company’s securities between May 31, 2022 and May 10, 2023, alleging violations of U.S. federal securities laws. Two similar cases were subsequently filed, captioned as Kantner v. Canopy Growth Corporation, et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-06266-PAE and Allen v. Canopy Growth Corporation, et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-05891-PAE.

On November 30, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York consolidated the Turpel, Kantner and Allen actions (captioned as “In re Canopy Growth Securities Litigation, No. 23-cv-04302”) and appointed Chen Li as lead plaintiff. On January 22, 2024, the lead plaintiff filed a first amended complaint against the Company and certain of its current and former officers, alleging claims on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired the Company’s securities between November 5, 2021 and June 22, 2023. The first amended complaint alleges that the Company made false or misleading statements and omissions regarding BioSteel’s revenue, performance and operations, and the Company’s internal controls over accounting and financial reporting in violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. The lead plaintiff seeks an unspecified amount of damages, attorneys’ fees and costs, and other relief. On March 7, 2024, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the first amended complaint and briefing on that motion was completed on April 11, 2024. On July 17, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed the first amended complaint against the Company and all individual defendants with prejudice. On July 18, 2024, the district court issued a judgment closing the case. On August 9, 2024, lead plaintiff filed a