Canada’s Canopy Growth is close to a deal to acquire New York-based marijuana multistate operator Acreage Holdings, multiple sources, including CNBC and Bloomberg, reported Wednesday.
If true, it would be the first cross-border deal involving a Canadian marijuana licensed company buying a non-hemp U.S. multistate operator.
It isn’t clear currently how the Canadian company could acquire a U.S.-based firm and still maintain its New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and/or Toronto Stock Exchange listings because of the complex trading rules around cannabis.
For example, the TSX prohibits companies listed on its exchange from having cannabis assets in countries where marijuana is federally illegal, such as the United States.