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TerrAscend — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2023
May 2, 2023
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF TERRASCEND CORP. TO BE HELD ON JUNE 22, 2023
- TO: The holders of common shares of TerrAscend Corp.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual and special meeting of the holders (the “ Shareholders ”) of common shares (the “ Common Shares ”) of TerrAscend Corp. (the “ Corporation ”) will be held virtually at https://web.lumiagm.com/239473997 (password: “terrascend2023” (case-sensitive)) on June 22, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) (the “ Meeting ”), for the following purposes:
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to receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for the financial year ended December 31, 2022, together with the report of the auditor thereon;
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to elect five (5) director nominees for the Corporation for the ensuing year;
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to ratify the appointment of MNP LLP by the audit committee as our independent public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023;
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to consider and, if deemed advisable, to approve, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution, the text of which is set forth in the accompanying management information circular and proxy statement (the “ Circular ”), to approve certain amendments to the stock option plan of the Corporation, including all unallocated stock options issuable thereunder, as further described in the Circular;
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to consider and, if deemed advisable, to approve, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution, the text of which is set forth in the Circular, to approve certain amendments to the share unit plan of the Corporation, including all unallocated awards issuable thereunder, as further described in the Circular;
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to consider and, if deemed advisable, to pass a special resolution, the text of which is set forth in the Circular, authorizing TerrAscend Growth Corp. (formerly known as Gage Growth Corp.) (“ TerrAscend Growth ”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation, to issue and sell on a private placement basis common shares of TerrAscend Growth for aggregate gross proceeds of US$1,000,000, as further described in the Circular, which shall be deemed, for the purposes of Section 184(3) of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) , Canada, to be a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation;
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to transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.
The specific details of the foregoing matters to be put before the Meeting are set forth in the Circular accompanying this Notice of Meeting.
The record date for determining the Shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at the Meeting is the close of business on April 27, 2023 (the “ Record Date ”). Only Shareholders whose names have been entered in the applicable register of Shareholders as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the Record Date are entitled to receive notice of and vote at the Meeting. Those Shareholders of record will be included in the list of Shareholders prepared as of the Record Date and will be entitled to vote the Common Shares recorded therein at the Meeting.
Each Common Share entitled to be voted at the Meeting will entitle the holder thereof to one vote at the Meeting.
A Shareholder may attend the Meeting or may be represented by proxy through the Lumi platform. Registered Shareholders who are unable to attend the Meeting are requested to complete, sign and date the enclosed form of proxy and send it to Odyssey Trust Company (“ Odyssey ”), the Corporation’s transfer agent, at its offices located at Trader’s Bank Building, 702, 67 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5E 1J8, or to vote over the Internet as specified in the form of proxy. To be effective, such proxy must be received by Odyssey by 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on June 20, 2023, or not less than 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) before the time fixed for the Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.
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Non-registered Shareholders who receive these materials through their broker or other intermediary should complete and return the voting instruction form provided by their broker or other intermediary in accordance with the instructions provided.
Virtual Meeting Logistics
As noted above, the Corporation is holding the Meeting as a completely virtual meeting, which will be conducted via live webcast. Shareholders will not be able to attend the Meeting in person. In order to attend, participate or vote at the Meeting, Shareholders must have a valid username.
Registered Shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders will be able to attend, participate and vote at the Meeting online at https://web.lumiagm.com/239473997. Such persons may then enter the Meeting by clicking “I have a login” and entering a username and password before the start of the Meeting.
• Registered Shareholders: The control number located on the form of proxy (or in the email notification you received if you have previously consented to receiving Shareholder materials via email) is the username. The password to the Meeting is “terrascend2023” (case sensitive). If as a registered Shareholder you are using your control number to login to the Meeting and you have previously voted, you do not need to vote again when the polls open during the Meeting. By voting at the Meeting, you will revoke your previous voting instructions received prior to the proxy voting cut-off.
• Duly appointed proxyholders: A Shareholder who wishes to appoint a person other than the management nominee(s) identified in the form of proxy to attend, participate or vote at the Meeting (including a non-registered Shareholder who wishes to appoint themselves) must register the appointed proxyholder by sending an email to [email protected] by 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on June 20, 2023, providing Odyssey with the required proxyholder contact as set out in the enclosed instructions, so that Odyssey may provide the proxyholder with a username via email. Without a username, proxyholders will not be able to attend, participate in or vote at the Meeting. Odyssey will provide the proxyholder with a username by e-mail after the voting deadline has passed. The password to the Meeting is “terrascend2023” (case sensitive).
Only registered Shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders will be entitled to attend, participate and vote at the Meeting.
DATED at Toronto, Ontario, this 1st day of May, 2023.
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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholders’ Meeting to Be Held on June 22, 2023 at 1:00p.m. Eastern Time.
The proxy statement and annual report to shareholders are available at https://ir.terrascend.com . As permitted by the rules of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”) and the Canadian securities regulators, the Corporation is providing meeting-related materials to Shareholders over the internet (rather than in paper form) in accordance with the rules of the SEC and the “notice-and-access” provisions provided for under National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer . This means that, rather than receiving paper copies of the proxy materials in connection with the Meeting in the mail, Shareholders will have access to them online.
Shareholders may request to receive paper copies of the proxy materials related to the above referenced meeting by mail at no cost. Shareholders may request to receive a paper copy of the Materials for up to one year from the date the Materials were filed on www.sedar.com.
For more information regarding notice-and-access or to obtain a paper copy of the Materials you may contact our transfer agent, Odyssey Trust Company, via www.odysseycontact.com or by phone at 1-888-290-1175 (toll-free within North America) or 1-587-885-0960 (direct from outside North America).
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
/s/ Lynn Gefen Lynn Gefen Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Toronto, Ontario May 2, 2023
We have filed our Management Discussion & Analysis and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 under the Corporation’s profile on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (“ SEDAR ”) at www.sedar.com and with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) through EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar , respectively. Such documents can be accessed free of charge. Shareholders can also access this proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K at https://ir.terrascend.com. A copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 is also available without charge upon written request to us via email at [email protected].
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