NEW YORK, Dec. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Under
Armour (NYSE: UA, UAA), a global premium performance apparel,
footwear, and equipment brand, will ring The Opening Bell® at the
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
Under Armour Founder and CEO Kevin
Plank will ring The Opening Bell® alongside Baseball
Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr.,
Chicago Cubs Chairman and Owner Thomas
Ricketts, and Under Armour baseball athlete Aaron Judge. On December
5, Under Armour announced a groundbreaking new partnership
with MLB, marking Under Armour's first-ever professional league
uniform deal. Beginning in the 2020 MLB season, Under Armour will
be the exclusive MLB provider of on-field uniform components,
including jerseys, baselayer, game-day outerwear, and year-round
training apparel for all 30 MLB Clubs.
The honor of ringing The Opening Bell® also coincides with Under
Armour announcing a change in ticker symbols on the New York Stock
Exchange. Effective at the start of trading today, the ticker
symbol for Under Armour's Class C Common Stock will
change to "UA" and the ticker symbol for Under
Armour's Class A Common Stock will change to "UAA".
A live feed of the NYSE Opening Bell® (9:26 a.m. ET) can be found at
http://new.livestream.com/NYSE. Photos and video of the NYSE Bell
Ringing Ceremony will also be available courtesy of the NYSE at
media@theice.com.
About Under Armour, Inc.
Under Armour, the originator
of performance footwear, apparel and equipment, revolutionized how
athletes across the world dress. Designed to make all athletes
better, the brand's innovative products are sold worldwide to
athletes at all levels. The Under Armour Connected Fitness™
platform powers the world's largest digital health and fitness
community through a suite of applications: UA Record, MapMyFitness,
Endomondo and MyFitnessPal. The Under Armour global headquarters is
in Baltimore, Maryland. For
further information, please visit the Company's website at
www.uabiz.com.
Under Armour has two classes of publicly traded common stock
listed on the New York Stock Exchange: Class C stock trades under
the ticker symbol "UA" and Class A stock trades under the ticker
symbol "UAA". For more information about Under Armour's
stock, please visit the Company's Investor Relations website at
http://www.uabiz.com/investors.cfm.
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