NEW YORK, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX;TSX: IMX) today announced that Heather Anthony has been named Vice President,Investor Relations for the company. Ms. Anthony has more than a decade ofexperience in the investor relations and financial communications industryhaving served in senior positions at both public companies and publicrelations consulting firms.
For the past six years, Ms. Anthony worked with The Children's PlaceRetail Stores, Inc., a $1.5 billion retail company, where she helped to buildand lead the investor relations function. She has developed strongrelationships with both buy and sell-side communities on Wall Street. Heradditional experience includes serving as a Vice President, FinancialCommunications for Edelman Public Relations Worldwide and in several roles,growing in responsibility, at Morgen-Walke Associates.
Ms. Anthony is a graduate of the University of Tampa with a B.S. inBusiness Management. She has also completed her certificate program inInvestor Relations from New York University's School of Continuing Educationand is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI).
About IMAX Corporation
IMAX Corporation is one of the world's leading digital entertainment andtechnology companies. The worldwide IMAX network is among the most importantand successful theatrical distribution platforms for major event Hollywoodfilms around the globe, with IMAX theatres delivering the world's bestcinematic presentations using proprietary IMAX, IMAX(R) 3D, and IMAX DMR(R)technology. IMAX DMR is the Company's groundbreaking digital remasteringtechnology that allows it to digitally transform virtually any conventionalmotion picture into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAXExperience(R). IMAX's renowned projectors and new digital systems displaycrystal-clear images on the world's biggest screens. The IMAX brand isrecognized throughout the world for extraordinary and immersive entertainmentexperiences for consumers. As of March 31, 2008, there were 298 IMAX theatresoperating in 40 countries.
IMAX(R), IMAX(R) 3D, IMAX DMR(R), IMAX(R) MPX(R), and The IMAXExperience(R) are trademarks of IMAX Corporation. More information on theCompany can be found at www.imax.com.
This press release contains forward looking statements that are based onmanagement's assumptions and existing information and involve certain risksand uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially fromfuture results expressed or implied by such forward looking statements.Important factors that could affect these statements include ongoingdiscussions with the SEC and OSC relating to their ongoing inquiries and theCompany's accounting, the timing of theatre system deliveries, the mix oftheatre systems shipped, the timing of the recognition of revenues andexpenses on film production and distribution agreements, the performance offilms, the viability of new businesses and products, risks arising frompotential material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting andfluctuations in foreign currency and in the large format and generalcommercial exhibition market. These factors and other risks and uncertaintiesare discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year endedDecember 31, 2007, as well as the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
SOURCE IMAX Corporation
