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Acreage Holdings, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 8/8/22, at 5:56pm ET   ·   As of:  8/9/22   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1762359-22-23   ·   File #:  0-56021

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/09/22  Acreage Holdings, Inc.            10-Q        6/30/22   94:11M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.23M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
10: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     82K 
11: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial      HTML    179K 
                Position                                                         
12: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial      HTML     31K 
                Position (Parenthetical)                                         
13: R4          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML    146K 
                Operations                                                       
14: R5          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML     95K 
                Shareholders? Equity                                             
15: R6          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML    175K 
                Cash Flows                                                       
16: R7          Nature of Operations                                HTML     36K 
17: R8          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     47K 
18: R9          Acquisitions, Divestitures and Assets Held for      HTML    121K 
                Sale                                                             
19: R10         Intangible Assets and Goodwill                      HTML     56K 
20: R11         Investments                                         HTML     49K 
21: R12         Notes Receivable                                    HTML     41K 
22: R13         CAPITAL ASSETS, net                                 HTML     41K 
23: R14         Leases                                              HTML    164K 
24: R15         Inventory                                           HTML     34K 
25: R16         Debt                                                HTML     58K 
26: R17         Shareholders? Equity and Non-Controlling Interests  HTML     95K 
27: R18         Equity-Based Compensation Expense                   HTML     71K 
28: R19         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     51K 
29: R20         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     35K 
30: R21         Reportable Segments                                 HTML     31K 
31: R22         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     46K 
32: R23         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     28K 
33: R24         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML     72K 
34: R25         Acquisitions, Divestitures and Assets Held for      HTML    116K 
                Sale (Tables)                                                    
35: R26         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)             HTML     60K 
36: R27         Investments (Tables)                                HTML     49K 
37: R28         Notes Receivable (Tables)                           HTML     37K 
38: R29         CAPITAL ASSETS, net (Tables)                        HTML     39K 
39: R30         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    114K 
40: R31         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     35K 
41: R32         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     46K 
42: R33         Shareholders? Equity and Non-Controlling Interests  HTML    100K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R34         Equity-Based Compensation Expense (Tables)          HTML     66K 
44: R35         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     44K 
45: R36         Nature of Operations (Details)                      HTML     59K 
46: R37         Significant Accounting Policies (Details)           HTML     36K 
47: R38         Acquisitions, Divestitures and Assets Held for      HTML     97K 
                Sale (Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation)                     
                (Details)                                                        
48: R39         Acquisitions, Divestitures and Assets Held for      HTML    126K 
                Sale (Narrative) (Details)                                       
49: R40         Acquisitions, Divestitures and Assets Held for      HTML     99K 
                Sale (Assets Held for Sale) (Details)                            
50: R41         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Schedule of         HTML     42K 
                Intangible Assets) (Details)                                     
51: R42         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Intangible Asset    HTML     50K 
                Narrative) (Details)                                             
52: R43         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Future              HTML     36K 
                Amortization Table) (Details)                                    
53: R44         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Goodwill)           HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R45         Investments (Schedule Investment Holdings)          HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R46         Investments (Schedule of Investment Income)         HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R47         Investments (Narrative) (Details)                   HTML     54K 
57: R48         Notes Receivable (Schedule of Notes Receivable)     HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R49         Notes Receivable (Narrative) (Details)              HTML     82K 
59: R50         CAPITAL ASSETS, net (Details)                       HTML     62K 
60: R51         Leases (Balance Sheet Information) (Details)        HTML     49K 
61: R52         Leases (Income Statement Information) (Details)     HTML     39K 
62: R53         Leases (Cash Flow Statement Information) (Details)  HTML     29K 
63: R54         Leases (Lease Maturities) (Details)                 HTML     74K 
64: R55         Leases (Narrative) (Details)                        HTML     34K 
65: R56         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     34K 
66: R57         Debt (Schedule of Debt) (Details)                   HTML     50K 
67: R58         Debt (Maturities) (Details)                         HTML     44K 
68: R59         Debt (Narrative) (Details)                          HTML    140K 
69: R60         Shareholders? Equity and Non-Controlling Interests  HTML     48K 
                (Schedule of Stock by Class) (Details)                           
70: R61         Shareholders? Equity and Non-Controlling Interests  HTML     32K 
                (Warrants) (Details)                                             
71: R62         Shareholders? Equity and Non-Controlling Interests  HTML     40K 
                (Warrants Narrative) (Details)                                   
72: R63         Shareholders? Equity and Non-Controlling Interests  HTML     42K 
                (NCI Narrative) (Details)                                        
73: R64         Shareholders? Equity and Non-Controlling Interests  HTML     78K 
                (Noncontrolling Interest Balance Sheet Allocation)               
                (Details)                                                        
74: R65         Shareholders? Equity and Non-Controlling Interests  HTML     49K 
                (Noncontrolling Interest, P&L Allocation)                        
                (Details)                                                        
75: R66         Shareholders? Equity and Non-Controlling Interests  HTML     31K 
                (Schedule of Conversions by Stock) (Details)                     
76: R67         Equity-Based Compensation Expense (Expense by       HTML     31K 
                Plan) (Details)                                                  
77: R68         Equity-Based Compensation Expense (Rsu) (Details)   HTML     89K 
78: R69         Equity-Based Compensation Expense (Options)         HTML     85K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R70         Commitments and Contingencies (Commitments and      HTML     28K 
                Prior Plan of Arrangement with Canopy Growth)                    
                (Details)                                                        
80: R71         Commitments and Contingencies (Second Amendment to  HTML     55K 
                the Arrangement Agreement) (Details)                             
81: R72         Commitments and Contingencies (Debenture)           HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: R73         Commitments and Contingencies (Surety Bonds)        HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R74         Commitments and Contingencies (Canwell Settlement)  HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R75         Commitments and Contingencies (New York             HTML     28K 
                Outstanding Litigation and Lease Dispute)                        
                (Details)                                                        
85: R76         Commitments and Contingencies (Compass              HTML     35K 
                Neuroceuticals Litigation) (Details)                             
86: R77         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML    116K 
87: R78         Reportable Segments (Details)                       HTML     26K 
88: R79         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     99K 
89: R80         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     46K 
92: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    179K 
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