Tilray signs deal to limit how its biggest shareholder may sell its stake

Jun 10, 2019 | 6:00 AM

NANAIMO, B.C. — Tilray Inc. has signed a deal that puts limits on how and when its largest shareholder may sell its stake in the cannabis company.

Privateer Holdings Inc., one of the company’s early investors, holds 75 million Tilray shares, roughly a 77 per cent stake in the Canadian company.

Under the agreement, Tilray will acquire Privateer and its stake in the company in exchange for an equal number of new Tilray shares that will be issued to the U.S. private equity firm’s shareholders.