Alliance Atlantis Completes Acquisition of Salter Street Films.Business Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2001 ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMMUNICATIONS Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AACB AACB Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists AACB Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. AACB Aeronautics and Astronautics Coordinating Board AACB Aeronautics & Astronautics Coordinating Board AACB Ann Arbor Concert Band (Ann Arbor, MI) ) (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : AAC.A.) (TSE: AAC.B.) has completed the previously announced acquisition of Salter Street Films Limited. As part of the transaction, the shares of Salter Street Films' subsidiaries that will be operating the new digital specialty channels recently awarded to Salter Street Films by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, in French Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) was established in 1968 by the Parliament of Canada to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors. have been transferred to Daniel Campbell, Q.C., who will act as trustee pending CRTC approval of the transfer of control of the licences. The Salter Street subordinate voting shares are expected to be delisted from The Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. on April 23, 2001. ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMMUNICATIONS INC. is a leading broadcaster, creator and distributor of filmed entertainment with significant ownership interests in eight Canadian specialty television networks. The Company's principal business activities are conducted through three operating groups: Broadcast, Motion Pictures and Television. Headquartered in Toronto, ALLIANCE ATLANTIS operates offices in Los Angeles, Montreal, Edmonton, London, Sydney and Shannon. The Company's common shares trade on The Toronto Stock Exchange - trading symbols AAC.A, AAC.B and on NASDAQ - trading symbol AACB. The Company's website is www.allianceatlantis.com. |
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