OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Transforming the viewing experience worldwide, Espial® Group Inc. ("Espial" or the "Company"), (TSX:ESP), today announced that, pursuant to its advance notice policy, it has received notice from Vantage Asset Management Inc., a shareholder of the Company, of four director nominees who may be put forward for election to the Board of Directors at the upcoming Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting"). The formal notification includes nominees Ms. Karen Basian, Mr. Ronan McGrath, Mr. Christopher Mercer and Mr. Donald Wright.
As previously disclosed, the Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 13, 2017 in Ottawa. Espial’s Management Information Circular has been filed under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and is also available on the Company's website at www.espial.com/discover/investor-information.
Shareholders who have any questions or require assistance with voting may contact Espial’s Proxy Solicitation Agent: Laurel Hill Advisory Group
Toll Free: 1-877-452-7184
International: +1 416-304-0211 outside Canada and the US
By Email: assistance@laurelhill.com
About Espial (www.espial.com)
With
Espial, video service providers create responsive and engaging
subscriber viewing experiences incorporating powerful content discovery
and intuitive navigation. Service providers achieve ‘Web-speed’
innovation with Espial’s flexible, open software leveraging RDK and
HTML5 technologies. This provides competitive advantage through an
immersive and personalized user experience, seamlessly blending advanced
TV services with OTT content. With customers spanning six continents,
Espial is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with R&D centers in Seattle,
Montreal, Silicon Valley, Cambridge and Lisbon, and with sales offices
in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.espial.com.
Forward Looking Statement
This press release contains
information that is forward looking information with respect to Espial
within the meaning of Section 138.4(9) of the Ontario Securities Act
(forward looking statements) and other applicable securities laws. In
some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of
terms such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "plan", "anticipate",
"believe", "intend", "estimate", "predict", "potential", "continue" or
the negative of these terms or other similar expressions concerning
matters that are not historical facts. In particular, statements or
assumptions about, economic conditions, ongoing or future benefits of
existing and new customer, and partner relationships or new board
nominees, our position or ability to capitalize on the move to more open
systems by service providers, existing or future opportunities for the
company and products (including our ability to successfully execute on
market opportunities and secure new customer wins) and any other
statements regarding Espial's objectives (and strategies to achieve such
objectives), future expectations, beliefs, goals or prospects are or
involve forward-looking information.
Forward-looking information is based on certain factors and assumptions. While the company considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove to be incorrect. Forward-looking information, by its nature necessarily involves known and unknown risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements or could cause our current objectives and strategies to change, including but not limited to changing conditions and other risks associated with the on-demand TV software industry and the market segments in which Espial operates, competition, Espial’s ability to continue to supply existing customers and partners with its products and services and avoid being displaced by competitive offerings, effectively grow its integration and support capabilities, execute on market opportunities, develop its distribution channels and generate increased demand for its products, economic conditions, technological change, unanticipated changes in our costs, regulatory changes, litigation, the emergence of new opportunities, many of which are beyond our control and current expectation or knowledge.
Additional risks and uncertainties affecting Espial can be found in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition and its Annual Information Form for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. If any of these risks or uncertainties were to materialize, or if the factors and assumptions underlying the forward-looking information were to prove incorrect, actual results could vary materially from those that are expressed or implied by the forward-looking information contained herein and our current objectives or strategies may change. Espial assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date hereof.
