MONTREAL, March 26, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - Data-driven
marketing and loyalty analytics company Aimia Inc. (TSX: AIM)
announces that it has filed its management information circular in
respect of its annual general meeting of shareholders ("Meeting")
and its inclusion of three new candidates for election as
independent directors to the Board at the Meeting scheduled for
April 27, 2018. The new independent
director nominees are as follows:
W. Brian Edwards: Edwards is a technology
executive, corporate director and Founder of BCE Emergis Inc.,
serving as its Chief Executive Officer from 1988 to 2002. He
currently serves on the Board of Directors of Transat A.T. Inc.,
where he has been a director since 2010 and chairs Transat's human
resources committee. He has also served on the Board of privately
held Camso Inc. since 2004 and chairs the human resources
committee. Edwards has been a director of Atrium Innovations Inc.
since it was taken private in 2014. Atrium Innovations Inc. was
purchased in March 2018 by Nestle's.
From 2010 to 2016, Edwards was the Chairman of the Board of
Directors of ATW Tech. From 2010 to 2014 he was a Director of
Pethealth Inc. and a member of the human resources committee &
governance committee. Pethealth Inc. was sold to Fairfax Financial
Holdings Limited in 2014. From 2004 to 2012 Edwards was Chairman of
the Board of Montreal-based
Miranda Technologies Inc. As Chairman, Edwards was instrumental in
taking the company public and was actively involved in bringing
Miranda to a worldwide leadership position in the broadcast
industry. The company was acquired by Belden Inc. in August 2012. He is active in the community &
Chairman of the Adaptive Sports Foundation. He is a past
Co-Chairman of the Centraide (United Way) of Greater Montreal campaign. He has co-chaired
the Montreal Heart Institute's Bal des Vins-Coeurs, is vice-chair
of the Concordia University Foundation
and was active in establishing KnowledgeOne Inc., Concordia's
on-line learning offering. He recently completed 12 years on
Concordia University's Board of
Governors including the last six years as vice-chair. Brian Edwards holds a B.Comm. from Concordia
University.
Philip Mittleman:
Mittleman serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President for
Mittleman Brothers, LLC and its subsidiaries, including Mittleman
Investment Management, LLC, a value-oriented SEC-registered
investment adviser based in New
York. Before co-founding Mittleman Brothers in 2005, he was
Managing Partner of Blue Hill Ventures LLC and Voltron Ventures LP,
venture capital funds whose early stage investments in companies
such as rent.com (acquired by eBay), First International Oil Corp
(acquired by Sinopec), Eyewonder (acquired by Limelight), and
Audium (acquired by Cisco), resulted in liquidity events of over
US$1 billion.
Jeremy Rabe: Rabe is
the Founder and a Managing Partner with On Point Loyalty, a
boutique investment and advisory firm focused on the airline
loyalty industry. He is also an Operating Partner with Advent
International, a leading global private equity firm where he
provides strategic support to portfolio companies including
LifeMiles, the loyalty program of Colombia's Avianca. Prior to joining Advent
International, Rabe was the founding CEO and Board Director of
Premier Loyalty & Marketing and was responsible for the
management of Club Premier, Mexico's leading coalition loyalty program. He
has also worked as a strategy consultant and frequent flyer program
director for Aeromexico and TACA Airlines.
"We are pleased to have these nominees stand for election at our
2018 Meeting. The combination of technology, loyalty and travel
industry expertise that these nominees bring to the table continues
to enhance the skillset of our Board of Directors," said
Robert E. Brown, Chair of Aimia's
Board of Directors. "In addition, we welcome the contribution that
one of our largest shareholders will bring to us."
Aimia maintains an ongoing dialogue with its investors. The
nominations of Mittleman and Rabe reflect constructive engagement
with Aimia's shareholders, particularly Mittleman Brothers
Investment Management. In conjunction with the nomination of
Mittleman and Rabe, a customary standstill agreement has been
entered into with Mittleman Brothers Investment
Management.
In the event the director nominees proposed by management are
elected at the Meeting, the Board of Directors will be composed of
10 directors. Additional details regarding the director nominees
and the standstill agreement are contained in Aimia's management
information circular, which is available on SEDAR
at www.sedar.com and on the Company's website
at www.aimia.com.
About Aimia
Aimia Inc. (TSX: AIM) is a data-driven
marketing and loyalty analytics company. We provide clients with
the customer insights they need to make smarter business decisions
and build relevant, rewarding and long-term one-to-one
relationships, evolving the value exchange to the mutual benefit of
both our clients and consumers.
We own and operate Aeroplan, Canada's premier loyalty coalition, with 75
world class partners representing more than 150 brands in the
financial, retail, and travel sectors, and more than 120 online
retail partners. Our 5 million active members redeemed for 2.7
million rewards in 2017.
Our Insights & Loyalty Solutions business serves individual
companies, providing end-to-end loyalty strategy, program
development, implementation and management services. Our work is
underpinned by leading products and technology platforms such as
the Aimia Loyalty Platform – Enterprise and Aimia Loyalty Platform
– SaaS, and enhanced by our analytics and insights business,
including Intelligent Shopper Solutions.
In other markets, we own and operate Air Miles Middle East, and
hold investments in Club Premier, a coalition owned together with
Grupo Aeromexico, and Nasdaq-listed Cardlytics, a purchase
intelligence company.
For more information about Aimia, visit www.aimia.com.
SOURCE AIMIA