canopy growth corp said tuesday that it will create a us holding company which will house its options to acquire interests in number of companies in the country including a newly announced deal to acquire acreage holdings inc the canadian cannabis company said it will create canopy usa llc which will have interests in a number of usbased cannabis assets including its option to acquire cannabis edibles brand wana and cannabis producer lemurian inc also known as jetty on tuesday canopy growth also announced its acquisition of cannabis operator acreage holdings the company said it will acquire around 70 of the total shares at a fixed share exchange ratio of 03048 of a common share of the company it will also secure an option to purchase the remaining 30 on a floating basis this strategy and positioning are true differentiators which we expect to enable our investors and brands to realize value in the near term while positioning canopy for profitable growth and a fast start upon us federal permissibility chief executive david klein said