Ticker will change to "WILD" on the
TSX
All other resolutions passed by shareholders
at the Meeting
HALIFAX, Dec. 17, 2019 /CNW/ - DHX Media Ltd. (dba
WildBrain) ("WildBrain" or the "Company") (TSX: DHX, NASDAQ: DHXM)
announces that, at its annual and special meeting of shareholders
(the "Meeting") held today, shareholders approved an amendment to
the Company's articles to change its name to "WildBrain Ltd.",
which the Company expects to be effective on or about December 18, 2019.
Subsequent to the name change, the Company's ticker on the
Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") will change to "WILD" on or about
December 23, 2019. As previously
announced, the Company's voluntarily delisting of its common voting
shares and variable voting shares from the NASDAQ Stock Market
("NASDAQ") will take effect on December 24,
2019. All shares previously traded on the NASDAQ, will
continue to be listed and tradeable on the TSX under the ticker
"WILD". For more information on the NASDAQ delisting, including
frequently asked questions, please refer to the Investor section of
our web site at www.wildbrain.com/investors/.
In addition, all director nominees listed in the Company's
management information circular dated November 5, 2019 were
elected and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was re-appointed as the
Company's auditors. Shareholders also approved unallocated options
under the Company's stock option plan, the adoption of an omnibus
equity incentive plan, an amendment to its employee share purchase
plan, and an additional amendment to the Company's articles
allowing its directors to appoint additional directors up to a
maximum of one third of the number of directors elected at the
previous annual shareholder meeting.
Detailed results of votes received for each director
nominee
Directors
|
% of Shares Voted
For
|
% of Shares Voted
Withheld
|
David
Colville
|
99.45%
|
0.55%
|
Amanda
Cupples
|
99.32%
|
0.68%
|
Deborah
Drisdell
|
99.30%
|
0.70%
|
Eric
Ellenbogen
|
99.31%
|
0.69%
|
Erin
Elofson
|
99.33%
|
0.67%
|
Alan
Hibben
|
97.88%
|
2.12%
|
Steven
Landry
|
99.30%
|
0.70%
|
Geoffrey
Machum
|
99.50%
|
0.50%
|
Thomas
McGrath
|
99.32%
|
0.68%
|
Jonathan
Whitcher
|
99.29%
|
0.71%
|
Donald
Wright
|
97.85%
|
2.15%
|
For more information, please contact:
Investor Relations: Nancy
Chan-Palmateer – Director, Investor Relations, WildBrain
nancy.chanpalmateer@wildbrain.com
+1 416-977-7358
Media: Shaun Smith – Director,
Corporate & Trade Communications, WildBrain
shaun.smith@wildbrain.com
+1 416-977-7230
About WildBrain
At WildBrain we make great content for kids and families. With
over 13,000 half-hours of filmed entertainment in our library – one
of the world's most extensive – we are home to such brands as
Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake,
Caillou, Inspector Gadget and Degrassi. Our
shows are seen in more than 150 countries on over 500 telecasters
and streaming platforms. Our AVOD business – WildBrain Spark
– offers one of the largest networks of kids' channels on YouTube,
with over 109 million subscribers. We also license consumer
products and location-based entertainment in every major territory
for our own properties as well for our clients and content
partners. Our television group owns and operates four family
entertainment channels that are among the most-viewed in
Canada. WildBrain is headquartered
in Canada with offices worldwide
and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (DHX) and the NASDAQ
(DHXM). Visit us at www.wildbrain.com.
On September 23, 2019, DHX
Media Ltd. announced it is rebranding as "WildBrain".
Disclaimer
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" under
applicable securities laws with respect to the Company including,
without limitation, statements regarding the timing of the
Company's name and ticker symbol change and the business strategies
and operational activities of the Company Although the Company
believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and
uncertainties and are based on information currently available to
the Company. Actual results or events may differ materially from
those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ
materially from current expectations, among other things, include
the risk factors discussed in materials filed with applicable
securities regulatory authorities from time to time including
matters discussed under "Risk Factors" in the Company's most recent
Annual Information Form and annual Management Discussion and
Analysis, which also form part of the Company's annual report on
Form 40-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof,
and the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise them to
reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law.
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