TORONTO, Jan. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - Corus
Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) announced today the voting
results from its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting")
held on January 11, 2017.
A total of 3,286,894 Class A Participating Shares ("Class A
Voting Shares"), representing 95.95% of the Company's issued and
outstanding Class A Voting Shares, were voted in connection with
the Meeting. All matters put forth at the Meeting, including the
appointment of auditors and authorization of the directors to fix
the remuneration of such auditors, the fixing of the number of
directors at 12, the election of directors and the ratification of
unallocated entitlements under the Company's Stock Option Plan,
were approved by a large majority of the voting shareholders as
detailed in the Company's filing on www.sedar.com.
Each of the 12 director nominees proposed by the Company in its
Management Information Circular dated December 12, 2016 was elected as a director of
Corus Entertainment as follows:
|
Director
Nominees
|
Voted
For
|
%
For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
% Withheld
|
|
Fernand
Bélisle
|
3,286,894
|
100%
|
0
|
0%
|
|
Peter
Bissonnette
|
3,286,894
|
100%
|
0
|
0%
|
|
Michael
D'Avella
|
3,286,894
|
100%
|
0
|
0%
|
|
Trevor
English
|
3,286,894
|
100%
|
0
|
0%
|
|
John
Frascotti
|
3,286,894
|
100%
|
0
|
0%
|
|
Mark
Hollinger
|
3,286,894
|
100%
|
0
|
0%
|
|
Barry
James
|
3,286,894
|
100%
|
0
|
0%
|
|
Doug
Murphy
|
3,286,894
|
100%
|
0
|
0%
|
|
Catherine
Roozen
|
3,286,894
|
100%
|
0
|
0%
|
|
Terrance
Royer
|
3,286,894
|
100%
|
0
|
0%
|
|
Heather A.
Shaw
|
3,286,894
|
100%
|
0
|
0%
|
|
Julie M.
Shaw
|
3,286,894
|
100%
|
0
|
0%
|
About Corus Entertainment Inc.
Corus Entertainment
Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) is a leading media and content company that
creates and delivers high quality brands and content across
platforms for audiences around the world. The company's portfolio
of multimedia offerings encompasses 45 specialty television
services, 39 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations, a
global content business, digital assets, live events, children's
book publishing, animation software, technology and media services.
Corus' roster of premium brands includes Global Television, W
Network, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Canada, HGTV Canada, Food
Network Canada, HISTORY®, Showcase, National Geographic Channel,
Q107, CKNW, Fresh Radio, Disney Channel Canada, YTV and Nickelodeon
Canada. Visit Corus at www.corusent.com.
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SOURCE Corus Entertainment Inc.