Slim Jim® Exclusive Presenting Sponsor of “WWE® Tribute to the Troops®”
December 15 2010 - 10:33AM
Business Wire
World Wrestling Entertainment® and Slim Jim® are joining forces
to honor our troops this holiday season. One of the most requested
snacks by our troops overseas, Slim Jim, will be the exclusive
presenting sponsor of WWE’s annual holiday NBC special, “WWE
Tribute to the Troops.” The hour-long special will air Saturday,
December 18 at 9-10 p.m. ET / 8-9 p.m. CT on NBC.
As part of the sponsorship, Slim Jim will donate product to the
armed forces through the USO and is asking consumers to join their
effort. For every two Slim Jims purchased, the company will donate
an additional Slim Jim to the USO with a maximum donation of
$500,000 worth of product. Additionally, WWE and Slim Jim have
launched a co-branded letter writing campaign inviting people to
send messages of thanks to our troops through
www.wwetributetothetroops.com.
In the spirit of Bob Hope, “WWE Tribute to the Troops” will
chronicle WWE Superstars and Divas visiting Fort Hood, Texas to
meet with the troops and their families this holiday season,
culminating with special live in-ring performances in front of
thousands of military personnel. The star-studded holiday event
will also feature musical performances by Sean Combs’ Diddy - Dirty
Money and Trace Adkins. “Modern Family’s” Ariel Winter will sing
“The National Anthem” and Cedric "The Entertainer" will bring his
award-winning brand of comedy to the special. The telecast will
also star “The View’s” Sherri Shepherd spreading holiday cheer and
Miss USA, Rima Fakih, who will announce WWE matches featuring such
WWE Superstars as John Cena®, Randy Orton®, The Miz®, Rey
Mysterio®, Big Show®, and others.*
This marks the eighth consecutive year that WWE will bring its
one-of-a-kind entertainment to our service men and women to thank
them for their commitment to the country and in recognition of
their sacrifices. For the past several years, WWE has visited
forward operating bases and hospitals in Iraq. “WWE Tribute to the
Troops” has become a holiday tradition and is considered TV’s most
patriotic and heartwarming show of the year.
*Talent is subject to change.
ABOUT WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., a publicly traded company
(NYSE: WWE), is an integrated media organization and recognized
leader in global entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio
of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a
year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly, PG
content across all of its platforms including television
programming, pay-per-view, digital media and publishing. WWE
programming is broadcast in more than 145 countries and 30
languages and reaches more than 500 million homes worldwide. The
company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New
York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and
Mexico City. Additional information on World Wrestling
Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) can be found at wwe.com and
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http://www.wwe.com/worldwide/.
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ABOUT SLIM JIM
Slim Jim is the No. 1 brand of meat sticks. The brand offers a
variety of snack items, including meat sticks, beef jerky, beef
steak, and beef and cheese and is available in a variety of flavors
at convenience, grocery and mass stores. The brand offers a
one-of-a-kind snacking experience, with its intense spicy flavor
and snap that consumers love. For more information, please visit
http://www.spicyside.com or http://www.facebook.com/slimjim.
ABOUT CONAGRA FOODS
Slim Jim is a brand of ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) one of
North America’s leading food companies, with brands in 97 percent
of America’s households. Consumers find Banquet, Chef Boyardee, Egg
Beaters, Hebrew National, Hunt’s, Marie Callender’s, Orville
Redenbacher’s, PAM, Peter Pan, Reddi-wip, Slim Jim, Snack Pack and
many other ConAgra Foods brands in grocery, convenience, mass
merchandise and club stores. ConAgra Foods also has a strong
business-to-business presence, supplying frozen potato and sweet
potato products as well as other vegetable, spice and grain
products to a variety of well-known restaurants, foodservice
operators and commercial customers. For more information, please
visit us at http://www.conagrafoods.com/.
Trademarks: All WWE programming,
talent names, images, likenesses, slogans, wrestling moves,
trademarks, copyrights and logos are the exclusive property of
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All other
trademarks, logos and copyrights are the property of their
respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements: This
news release contains forward-looking statements pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These
risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks relating
to maintaining and renewing key agreements, including television
distribution agreements; the need for continually developing
creative and entertaining programming; the continued importance of
key performers and the services of Vincent McMahon; the conditions
of the markets in which we compete; acceptance of the Company's
brands, media and merchandise within those markets; uncertainties
relating to regulatory and litigation matters; risks resulting from
the highly competitive nature of our markets; the importance of
protecting our intellectual property and complying with the
intellectual property rights of others; risks associated with
producing live events both domestically and internationally;
uncertainties associated with international markets; risks relating
to our film business and any new business initiative which we may
undertake; risks relating to the large number of shares of common
stock controlled by members of the McMahon family; and other risks
and factors set forth from time to time in Company filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results could differ
materially from those currently expected or anticipated. In
addition, our dividend is significant and is dependent on a number
of factors, including, among other things, our liquidity and
historical and projected cash flow, strategic plan (including
alternative uses of capital), our financial results and condition,
contractual and legal restrictions on the payment of dividends,
general economic and competitive conditions and such other factors
as our Board of Directors may consider relevant, including a waiver
by the McMahon family of a portion of the dividends.
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