- Transaction
- Organigram to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Aurora. The offer is unanimously supported by both Boards of Directors with fairness opinions received
- Aurora pro forma ownership
- Aurora shareholders will own ~35% pro forma economic ownership and ~42% voting ownership on a fully diluted basis
- BAT pro forma ownership
- BAT will have ~42% pro forma economic ownership on an as-converted, fully diluted basis
- Premium
- 93% premium to Aurora's Unaffected Share Price on August 10, 2026 (last trading day prior to receiving an unsolicited bid from Curaleaf). 21% over the current value of the unsolicited Curaleaf bid
- Closing timeline
- Expected to close January 2027, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals, and customary closing conditions. Shareholder vote expected in December 2026.
- Transaction value
- C$561 million on a fully diluted equity basis
- Consideration mix
Aurora shareholders may elect to receive
i. C$7.80 in cash;
ii. 5.8626 Organigram common shares; or
iii. a combination of C$3.75 in cash plus 3.0431 Organigram common shares,
subject to proration
- Proration
- Aurora shareholders will be subject to proration so that the aggregate consideration will include no more than 205,826,172 Organigram Shares and no more than C$253,638,772 in cash. Based on the 20-day volume-weighted average trading price of Organigram Shares on the TSX of approximately C$1.33 on November 2, 2026
- Funding
- Cash consideration to be funded through available cash on hand, C$102 million of bank financing and a C$188 million concurrent equity investment from BT DE Investments Inc., a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BAT)