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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-057556"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CURLF"
cik: "0001756770"
company_name: "Curaleaf Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-18T13:16:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-18T13:18:14.340101+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Curaleaf launches formal take-over bid for Aurora Cannabis at $4.00/share, 45% premium

## Summary
- Offer: 0.3463 Curaleaf shares + US$0.75 cash per Aurora share, total ~US$4.00, 45% premium to unaffected price.
- Ex-cash premium 110%; based on Aurora's US$109M cash ($1.62/sh) and US$2.75 30-day VWAP.
- Offer expires 5:00 pm MT Dec 1, 2026; subject to >50% tender, 66⅔% fully diluted, regulatory approvals.
- Identified ≥US$40M annual cost synergies; pro forma market cap >US$3B, LTM revenue >US$1.5B, adj. EBITDA ~US$350M.
- Aurora's Special Committee formed Aug 11, 2026 to review; Curaleaf cites Aurora's FY2027 guidance of lower revenue/EBITDA.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-057556
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CURLF
- cik: 0001756770
- company_name: Curaleaf Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-18T13:16:30+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756770/000162828026057556/0001628280-26-057556-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756770/000162828026057556/curlf-20260818.htm

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