As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2024.
Registration No. 333-262502
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO:
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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ACREAGE HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| British Columbia, Canada | | 98-1463868 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
366 Madison Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, New York 10017
(646) 600-9181
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
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Corey Sheahan, Esq.
366 Madison Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, New York 10017
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copy to:
Kevin J. Roggow
Cozen O’Connor P.C.
3WTC, 175 Greenwich Street, 55th Floor
New York, New York 10007
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: N/A. The registrant is filing this post-effective amendment to remove from registration any securities registered hereunder that remain unsold.
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment is being filed by Acreage Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”) to deregister all securities remaining unsold under the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-262502) (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Registrant with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 3, 2022, pertaining to the registration for offer and sale of up to $300 million of the Registrant’s Class E subordinate voting shares, no par value (the “Fixed Shares”), Class D subordinate voting shares, no par value (the “Floating Shares”), debt securities, equity warrants, subscription receipts, rights and units, as well as the resale by security holders named therein of Fixed Shares and Floating Shares, including those underlying warrants. Effective December 9, 2024, pursuant to and in accordance with (a) an arrangement agreement with Canopy Growth Corporation (“Canopy”) dated April 18, 2019, as amended, relating to the acquisition (the “Fixed Share Acquisition”) of all issued and outstanding Fixed Shares pursuant to the plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) and (b) a plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) in accordance with the arrangement agreement dated October 24, 2022, as amended, among the Company, Canopy and Canopy USA, LLC (“Canopy USA”) (the “Floating Share Acquisition” and together with the Fixed Share Acquisition, the “Acquisitions”), Canopy USA owns 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Registrant.
As a result of the Acquisitions, the Registrant has terminated any and all offerings of the Registrant’s securities pursuant to its existing registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including the Registration Statement. In accordance with undertakings made by the Registrant in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold or unissued at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration all such securities of the Registrant registered pursuant to the Registration Statement that remain unsold or unissued as of the date hereof. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities.
