Item 4.02 |
Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review. |
In connection with the preparation of Canopy Growth Corporation’s (the “Company”) consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, management of the Company identified certain trends in the booking of sales by the BioSteel Sports Nutrition Inc. (“BioSteel”) business unit for further review. The Company, together with independent external counsel and forensic accountants, and under the oversight of the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company, initiated an internal review of the financial reporting matters related to BioSteel (the “BioSteel Review”).
Although the BioSteel Review remains ongoing, the Company has preliminarily identified material misstatements in the Prior Financial Statements (as defined below) related to sales in the BioSteel business unit that were accounted for incorrectly. In particular, on May 4, 2023, the Company, in consultation with the Audit Committee, concluded that the Company’s (i) audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 (the “2022 10-K”), and (ii) unaudited consolidated financial statements for the quarterly periods ended June 30, 2022, September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2022, included in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for such quarterly periods (collectively, the “Form 10-Qs” and together with the 2022 10-K, the “Prior Financial Statements”), should no longer be relied upon because of certain material misstatements contained in the Prior Financial Statements. In addition, the reports of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm included in the 2022 10-K should no longer be relied upon.
Based on the preliminary findings of the BioSteel Review to date, the Company currently anticipates that (i) the BioSteel Review generally will focus on the timing of revenue recognition in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606 and (ii) the correction of the misstatements is expected to reduce certain revenues previously recognized and adjust related balance sheet items in the Prior Financial Statements, including certain segment disclosures. The Company is unable to quantify the impact of the BioSteel Review and the related corrections to the Prior Financial Statements at this time because the BioSteel Review is ongoing. The Company cannot provide assurance that other errors will not be identified or impact additional prior accounting periods.
The Company has determined that it is appropriate to correct the misstatements by restating the Prior Financial Statements (the “Restated Financial Statements”) and plans to file the Restated Financial Statements as soon as practicable. The Company does not expect to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (the “2023 10-K”), until the Restated Financial Statements are completed. The Company is working diligently to complete the BioSteel Review and the Restated Financial Statements, and expects to complete them as soon as practicable. At this time, however, the Company cannot predict with certainty when the BioSteel Review or such assessment work will be completed.
As a result of the preliminary findings of the ongoing BioSteel Review, including the discovery of misstatements, the Company is continuing to assess its disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. The Company expects to report one or more material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting with respect to some or all impacted periods following completion of the review.
The Audit Committee and the Company’s management have discussed the matters disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Form 8-K”) pursuant to Item 4.02(a) with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.