UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of March 2021
Commission File Number: 001-38708
APHRIA INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
98 TALBOT ST. W.
LEAMINGTON, ONTARIO, N8H 1M8, CANADA
(Address of principal executive office)
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
The following sections and appendix of Exhibit 99.1 to this report on Form 6-K are hereby expressly incorporated by reference into the registration statement on Form F-10 of Aphria Inc. (File No. 333-250195), as amended and supplemented, to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is submitted, superseding the information filed by Aphria Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 6-K on February 19, 2021, relating to the Preliminary Form of Joint Proxy Statement/Management Information Circular of Aphria Inc. and Tilray, Inc., to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished:
a. | the section entitled “Risk Factors - Risks Related to the Arrangement”; |
b. | the section entitled “Risk Factors - Risks Related to the Combined Company”; |
c. | the section entitled “Description of the Arrangement - Our Reasons for the Arrangement”; |
d. | the section entitled “The Arrangement Agreement and Related Agreements”; |
e. | the section entitled “Governance and Management of the Combined Company”; |
f. | the section entitled “Amendment to Tilray’s Organizational Documents”; |
g. | the section entitled “Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations”; |
h. | the section entitled “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations”; |
i. | the section entitled “Information Concerning Tilray”; |
j. | the section entitled “Description of the Combined Company Capital Stock”; and |
k. | Appendix “L” - Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements of Tilray. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 12, 2021 | APHRIA INC. | |
/s/ Carl Merton | ||
Carl Merton | ||
Chief Financial Officer |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
99.1 Joint Proxy Statement/Management Information Circular of Aphria Inc. and Tilray, Inc., dated March 12, 2021, in connection with the special meetings of shareholders related to the arrangement agreement between Aphria Inc. and Tilray, Inc.