Eighth Amendment to Arrangement Agreement, dated May 8, 2024, by and among Canopy Growth Corporation, Canopy USA, LLC and Acreage Holdings, Inc

Exhibit 10.1

EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO ARRANGEMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT is made as of May 8, 2024

BETWEEN:

CANOPY USA, LLC, a limited liability company existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (“Canopy USA”)

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CANOPY GROWTH CORPORATION, a corporation existing under the laws of Canada (“Canopy”)

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ACREAGE HOLDINGS, INC., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (“Acreage”)

RECITALS:

THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), the Parties agree as follows:

Article 1
Interpretation

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment have the meanings given to them in the Arrangement Agreement.

The division of this Amendment into Articles, Sections, subsections and paragraphs and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment. Unless the contrary intention appears, references in this Amendment to an Article, Section, subsection or paragraph or both refer to the Article, Section, subsection or paragraph, respectively, bearing that designation in this Amendment.

In this Amendment, unless the contrary intention appears, words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa, and words importing gender shall include all genders.

Article 2
amendments

“Exercise Outside Date” means June 17, 2024 or such later date as may be agreed to in writing by the Parties.

“(iii)      Canopy shall forthwith, and in any event not later than 41 Business Days following the exchange of all Canopy Shares held by CBG and Greenstar into the Exchangeable Canopy Shares, exercise the Canopy Call Option.”

Article 3
General Provisions

The Arrangement Agreement, as amended hereby, remains in full force and effect. Provisions of the Arrangement Agreement that have not been amended or terminated by this Amendment remain in full force and effect, unamended. All rights and liabilities that have accrued to any Party under the Arrangement Agreement up to the date of this Amendment remain unaffected by this Amendment.

The provisions of Article 9 of the Arrangement Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Amendment.

This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The Parties shall be entitled to rely upon delivery of an executed facsimile or similar executed electronic copy of this Amendment, and such facsimile or similar executed electronic copy shall be legally effective to create a valid and binding agreement between the Parties.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF Canopy USA, Canopy and Acreage have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

[Signature Page to Amendment to Arrangement Agreement]