TORONTO, April 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kuuhubb Inc. (“Kuuhubb” or the “Company”) (TSXV: KUU) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the detailed voting results for the election of its Board of Directors, which took place at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on April 4, 2019 (the "Meeting"). The nominees listed in the management information circular dated March 6, 2019 were elected as directors of the Company at the Meeting. Detailed results of the vote are set out below:
Jouni Keränen, CEO of Kuuhubb commented, “We are delighted to have added Elmer Kim and André Lüdi to the Board of Directors, following the most recent addition of Garner Bornstein. Our new Board of Directors is now finally comprised of a seasoned team with extensive mobile gaming, technology and capital markets experience that will be invaluable in executing Kuuhubb’s growth strategy.”
| MATTER VOTED UPON(1) | VOTED FOR(2) | VOTED AGAINST | WITHHELD(2) |
| 1. Election of Jouni Keränen as a director | 31,630,303 % Voted: 99.019% | N/A | 313,499 % Withheld: 0.981% |
| 2. Election of Christian Kolster as a director | 31,630,303 % Voted: 99.019% | N/A | 313,499 % Withheld: 0.981% |
| 3. Election of Garner Bornstein as a director | 31,630,303 % Voted: 99.019% | N/A | 313,499 % Withheld: 0.981% |
| 4. Election of André Lüdi as a director | 31,630,303 % Voted: 99.019% | N/A | 313,499 % Withheld: 0.981% |
| 5. Election of Elmer Kim as a director | 31,630,303 % Voted: 99.019% | N/A | 313,499 % Withheld: 0.981% |
| 6. Appointment of MNP LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, as the auditors of the Corporation until the close of the next annual meeting | 31,943,802 % Voted: 100.00% | N/A | 0 % Withheld: 0.00% |
Notes:
(1) All matters were approved on a show of hands by more than a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders at the Meeting.
(2) Percentages are based on the number of Shares represented and voted at the Meeting.
The Company is pleased to announce the appointments of Mr. Elmer Kim and Mr. André Lüdi to the Board of Directors, to serve as Directors of the Corporation effective April 4, 2019. Mr. Garner Bornstein was also appointed to the Board of Directors effective February 26, 2019.
Mr. Bornstein is the founder and CEO of Breethe, a meditation lifestyle app, which has grown to several million users. Mr. Bornstein is a serial entrepreneur with a track record of creating successful companies in the world of disruptive technology. Mr. Bornstein previously co-founded Airborne Mobile, one of North-America’s first mobile content developers and publishers. Airborne was sold in 2005 to Cybird Co. Ltd., a publicly traded Japanese mobile content publisher.
Mr. Kim is an accomplished private equity, family office and investment management executive with over 25 years of investment and technology industry experience. Mr. Kim is currently the Chief Investment Officer of the Hyatt Bangia Family Office in Toronto. He is also the President of Uclid Inc., a privately held investment and consulting company. Prior to his current roles, Mr. Kim was Vice President of Growth Equity at the Business Development Bank of Canada from 2016 to 2017. From 2011 to 2016, Mr. Kim was the Managing Director of Roynat Equity Partners, an operating division of Roynat Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank of Nova Scotia. Mr. Kim has held a variety of progressive investing and financial executive roles with Whitecastle Investments Limited between 1995 and 2011 and was the Co-Founder of Whitecastle Private Equity Partners in 2004.
Mr Lüdi has over 30 years of experience in the financial sector, both in investment and private banking. Mr Lüdi is currently a Senior Partner and Board Member of ACT Asset Management AG, Zürich. In 2006, Mr. Lüdi founded an asset management company that he operated as a managing partner and was also a member of the Aquila Group. From 1996 to 2006, Mr. Lüdi advised high net worth clients in Scandinavia as a wealth manager at UBS AG and VP Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. Mr. Lüdi completed his banking apprenticeship in 1982 at Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC) in Basel and then worked as a precious metals and foreign exchange trader for different banks in Basel, Geneva and Toronto until 1996.
About Kuuhubb
Kuuhubb is a publicly listed mobile game development and publishing company, targeting the female audience with bespoke mobile gaming experiences. Our strategy is to become a top player in the underserved female mobile game space by identifying new lifestyle trends, partnering with select developers and consumer brands, and creating innovative mobile game apps for our user community to enjoy. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Kuuhubb has a global presence with a strong focus on developing U.S. brand collaborations and Asian partnerships.
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For further information, please contact:
Kuuhubb Inc.
Jouni Keränen – CEO
jouni@kuuhubb.com
Bill Mitoulas
Investor Relations
bill@kuuhubb.com
Office: +1 (416) 479-9547
