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Winnipeg, Manitoba – May 17, 2018 – Boyd Group Income Fund (TSX: BYD.UN) (“the Fund”, “Boyd” or “the Boyd Group”) today announced that the nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated March 27, 2018 were elected as Trustees of Boyd Group Income Fund. The detailed results of the vote for the election of trustees held at the Annual Meeting and Special Meeting on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 in Winnipeg are set out below.
Nominee | Votes For | % For | Votes Withheld | % Withheld |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Brown | 14,508,469 | 97.60% | 356,994 | 2.40% |
Brock Bulbuck | 14,545,280 | 97.85% | 320,183 | 2.15% |
Allan Davis | 14,415,850 | 96.98% | 449,613 | 3.02% |
Gene Dunn | 14,230,900 | 95.73% | 634,563 | 4.27% |
Robert Gross | 14,487,101 | 97.45% | 378,362 | 2.55% |
Violet (Vi) A.M. Konkle | 14,726,809 | 99.07% | 138,654 | 0.93% |
Timothy O’Day | 14,474,430 | 97.37% | 391,033 | 2.63% |
Sally Savoia | 14,486,810 | 97.45% | 378,653 | 2.55% |
The final voting results on all matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and Special Meeting of Unitholders held on May 15, 2018 will be filed on SEDAR.
About The Boyd Group Income Fund
The Boyd Group Income Fund is an unincorporated, open-ended mutual fund trust created for the purposes of acquiring and holding certain investments, including a majority interest in The Boyd Group Inc. and its subsidiaries. The Boyd Group Income Fund units trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol BYD.UN. For more information on The Boyd Group Inc. or Boyd Group Income Fund, please visit our website at http://www.boydgroup.com.
About The Boyd Group Inc.
The Boyd Group Inc. (the “Company”), directly and through subsidiaries, is one of the largest operators of non-franchised collision repair centres in North America in terms of number of locations and sales. The Company operates locations in five Canadian provinces under the trade name Boyd Autobody & Glass (http://boydautobody.com) and Assured Automotive (http://www.assuredauto.ca), as well as in 22 U.S. states under the trade name Gerber Collision & Glass (http://www.gerbercollision.com). The Company uses newly acquired brand names during a transition period until acquired locations have been rebranded.The Company is also a major retail auto glass operator in the U.S. with locations across 31 U.S. states under the trade names Gerber Collision & Glass, Glass America, Auto Glass Service, Auto Glass Authority and Autoglassonly.com. The Company also operates a third party administrator, Gerber National Claims Services (“GNCS”), that offers glass, emergency roadside and first notice of loss services. GNCS has approximately 5,500 affiliated glass provider locations and 4,600 affiliated emergency roadside services providers throughout the U.S. For more information on The Boyd Group Inc. or Boyd Group Income Fund, please visit our website at (http://www.boydgroup.com).
For further information, please contact:
Brock Bulbuck | Craig MacPhail |
CEO | Investor Relations |
Tel: (204) 594-1770 | Tel: (416) 815-0700 or toll free 1-800-385-5451 (ext. 290) |
brock.bulbuck@boydgroup.com | cmacphail@tmxequicom.com |
Pat Pathipati | |
Executive Vice President & CFO | |
Tel: (204) 895-1244 (ext. 33841) | |
pat.pathipati@boydgroup.com |
Caution concerning forward-looking statements
Statements made in this press release, other than those concerning historical financial information, may be forward-looking and therefore subject to various risks and uncertainties. Some forward-looking statements may be identified by words like “may”, “will”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, or “continue” or the negative thereof or similar variations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements, as actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Factors that could cause results to vary include, but are not limited to: dependence upon The Boyd Group Inc. and its Subsidiaries; operational performance; acquisition risk; employee relations and staffing; brand management and reputation; market environment change; reliance on technology; foreign currency risk; loss of key customers; decline in number of insurance claims; margin pressure and sales mix changes; weather conditions; competition; access to capital; dependence on key personnel; tax position risk; quality of corporate governance; economic downturn; increased government regulation and tax risk; environmental, health and safety risk; fluctuations in operating results and seasonality; risk of litigation; execution on new strategies; insurance risk; cash distributions not guaranteed; unitholder limited liability is subject to contractual and statutory assurances that may have some enforcement risks; real estate management; interest rates; U.S. health care costs and workers compensation claims; low capture rates; energy costs; capital expenditures; and the Fund’s success in anticipating and managing the foregoing risks.
We caution that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive and that when reviewing our forward-looking statements, investors and others should refer to the “Risk Factors” section of the Fund’s Annual Information Form, the “Risks and Uncertainties” and other sections of our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Operating Results and Financial Position and our other periodic filings with Canadian securities regulatory authorities. All forward-looking statements presented herein should be considered in conjunction with such filings.