VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ – BBTV Holdings Inc. (TSX: BBTV) (“BBTV” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that at its special meeting of shareholders (the “Continuance Meeting”) and its special meeting of securityholders (the “Arrangement Meeting”), both held November 30, 2023, all matters presented at the meetings were approved as referred to in the notices of meetings and information circular dated October 30, 2023.
Holders of both Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares (together, the “Shareholders”) were entitled to vote at the Continuance Meeting, with holders of Multiple Voting Shares entitled to ten votes per share and holders of Subordinate Voting Shares entitled to one vote per share. Shareholders approved the continuance of BBTV (the “Continuance”) from the jurisdiction of British Columbia under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the “BCBCA”) into the jurisdiction of Canada pursuant to Section 187 of the Canada Business Corporations Act (the “CBCA”). Shareholders approved adoption of By-law No. 1 of the Company in accordance with section 103(2) of the CBCA. At the Continuance Meeting, the Company received votes in respect of the Continuance as follows:
|
Resolution |
Votes For |
Votes Against |
||
|
# |
% |
# |
% |
|
|
Continuance (special) |
68,392,576 |
99.68 |
221,356 |
0.32 |
|
By-law No.1 |
68,323,927 |
99.66 |
232,505 |
0.34 |
Following the Continuance Meeting, the Company continued from the BCBCA to the CBCA.
At the Arrangement Meeting, and as a CBCA company, holders of debentures of the Company, holders of incentive securities of the Company and Shareholders (collectively, the “Securityholders”), approved a statutory plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) under Section 192 of the CBCA involving BBTV and 15384150 Canada Inc. as purchaser. The Company received votes in respect to the Arrangement as follows:
|
Resolution |
Votes For |
Votes Against |
||
|
# |
% |
# |
% |
|
|
All Shares and Incentive Securities (special) |
71,206,880 |
97.64 |
1,718,715 |
2.36 |
|
Minority Shareholders Only |
4,093,073 |
70.43 |
1,718,715 |
29.57 |
|
All Debentures Resolution (extraordinary) |
27,592,000 |
92.30 |
2,301,000 |
7.70 |
|
Minority Debentureholders Only |
27,542,000 |
92.29 |
2,301,000 |
7.71 |
Additional details on the voting results for matters considered at the Continuance Meeting and Arrangement Meeting are reported in the Report of Voting Results as filed on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca) filed on November 30, 2023.
About BBTV
BBTV is a global media and technology company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. The Company’s mission is to help content creators become more successful. With creators ranging from individuals to global media brands, BBTV provides comprehensive, end-to-end Solutions to increase viewership and drive revenue powered by its innovative technology, while allowing creators to focus on their core competency – content creation. In December 2022, BBTV had the fourth most unique monthly viewers among digital platforms with more than 600 million globally, who consumed more than 35 billion minutes of video content [1]. (www.bbtv.com)
[1] Calculations and classifications made by BBTV based on data from Comscore’s “Top 12 Countries = December 2022 comScore Video Metrix Media Trend – Multi-Platform – Top 100 Video Properties Report”; Top 12 countries represent ~50% of world’s digital population.
Links to SEDAR filings, conference call recordings and press releases are available on the investor website at: https://investors.bbtv.com/
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