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Posted 16 June, 2023

Acreage Holdings, Inc. appointed Dennis Curran as new CEO

OTC:ACRDF appointed new Chief Executive Officer Dennis Curran in a 8-K filed on 16 June, 2023.


  The Board appointed Dennis Curran, Acreage'scurrent Chief Operating Officer, to assume the roles of Chief Executive Officer and director on July 1, 2023.  

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Overview of Acreage Holdings, Inc.
Agriculture • Farming
Acreage Holdings, Inc. engages in owning and operating cannabis licenses and assets in the U.S. with respect to the number of states with cannabis related licenses. It focuses on the cultivation, processing, and distribution operations. The company was founded by Kevin P. Murphy on July 12, 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
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Relevant filing section
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. 


On June 15, 2023, each of Katie J. Bayne, Patricia Lopez, Douglas Maine and Steve Strom resigned as a member of the board of directors (the "Board") of Acreage Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), effective as of June 15, 2023. None of the resignations was the result of a disagreement between the director and the Company on any matter relating to the Company's operations, policies or practices. As a result of the resignations, the remaining members of the Board are Peter Caldini, John Boehner, Brian Mulroney, Kevin P. Murphy and William C. Van Faasen.


Additionally, the Company announced that Peter Caldini, who as previously announced will step down from the role of Chief Executive Officer on June 30, 2023, resigned from the Board effective as of the date of his resignation as CEO. The Board appointed Dennis Curran, Acreage'scurrent Chief Operating Officer, to assume the roles of Chief Executive Officer and director on July 1, 2023. As a non-independent director, Mr. Curran will not receive any additional compensation for service as a director.


Following Mr. Caldini's resignation and Mr. Curran's appointment, the size of the Board will be reduced to five members.


There are no arrangements or understandings with any other person pursuant to which Mr. Curran will be elected as a director, and there are no family relationships between Mr. Curran and any director or executive officer of the Company. Additionally, there are no transactions between Mr. Curran and the Company that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.


As a result of the changes in Board composition , William C. Van Faasen, John Boehner and Peter Caldini have been appointed to the Company's Audit Committee. John Boehner, William C. Van Faasen and Kevin P. Murphy have been appointed to the Company's Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee.


The resignations reflect the Company's desire to reconstitute the size and composition of the Board in anticipation of the Company's proposed transaction with Canopy Growth Corporation and the related capital reorganization (as defined under the Company's Floating Share Arrangement Arrangement). 


On June 16, 2023, the Company issued a news release relating to the changes to the composition of its Board, a copy of which is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.