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DHX Media Shareholders Approve Changing Name to Wildbrain

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia S – Dec. 17, 2019 – Shareholders approved an amendment changing DHX Media’s name to Wildbrain effective Wednesday.

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.

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.

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