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CLUB ILLICO & VRAI BECOME ILLICO+

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5 months ago

August 13, 2024

Top French-language Content Comes Together on One Single Platform

MONTREAL, Aug. 13, 2024 /CNW/ – Big news for fans of French-language entertainment: in keeping with its customer satisfaction commitment based a simplified user experience, Videotron has chosen to consolidate its offering by creating one single subscriber-based video-on-demand (VOD) platform. As a result, Club illico and Vrai will merge on October 23 to become illico+, with a seamless transition for existing subscribers of both platforms on Helix and illico.

The illico+ platform will include the kind of scripted, unscripted and specialized content on which Club illico and Vrai have built their reputations over the years. This impressive catalogue will continue to offer several Quebec and international exclusives, along with movies and TV series for all audiences, true crime documentaries, docu-reality shows, reality series, comedy programming and much more.

Videotron will maintain its content creation investments to keep showcasing local original productions. More committed than ever to offering subscribers crowd-pleasing content and shining a spotlight on Quebec talent – both behind and in front of the camera – illico+ becomes the indispensable Quebec platform, with several productions to watch for starting October 23, including:

La collecte, the story of a debt collector (Charles-Aubey Houde) trying to turn the page on his life of crime, directed by Podz and co-starring Claude Legault, Caroline Néron and Guy NadonCorbeaux, a police drama starring Pascale Bussières and Mylène MackayHot Ones Québec, with host Marc-André Grondin interviewing famous personalities as they sample different hot saucesLe CH et son peuple, a documentary series in which journalist Brendan Kelly explores the parallels between Quebec society and the Montreal Canadiens hockey teamLes Grands Bien-cuits ComediHa!, Season 4 of the celebrity-roast series with guests of honour Claude Legault, Patrick Groulx, Mélanie Maynard and Pierre HébertL’appel, a series about a criminal biker trial produced by Aetios Productions, directed by Julie Perreault, and starring Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Pier-Luc Funk and Patrice Robitaille

As for international and U.S. acquisitions, illico+ subscribers can look forward to new episodes of hit series like HPI: haut potentiel intellectuel (Season 4), Set et match! (French version of Apples Never Fall), Le maire de Kingstown (French version of Mayor of Kingstown), and the French version of From. Also on tap: recent Paramount movies available shortly after their theatrical release, including Transformers : Le Commencement and Sourire 2 (French version of Smile 2).

With an enhanced catalogue and improved user experience, the subscriber-based VOD platform illico+ is sure to please existing and future subscribers. It all starts October 23 – don’t miss it!

About Vidéotron
Videotron, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc., is an integrated communications company engaged in television, entertainment, Internet access, wireline telephone and mobile telephone services. Following the acquisition of Freedom Mobile, Videotron became the fourth strongest and competitive wireless service provider in Canada. As of June 30, 2024, Videotron and Freedom together had 3,918,600 subscriber connections to their mobile telephony services. Videotron is also a leader in new technologies with its Helix home entertainment and management platform, and is the Québec leader in high-speed Internet access. As of June 30, 2024, Videotron was serving 1,321,900 television customers, 1,722,500 subscribers to its Internet services as well as 643,400 to its wireline telephony service. Finally, Videotron has taken the coveted title of ”most respected telecommunications provider in Québec” for the 18th time since 2006, according to Léger’s 2024 Reputation survey.

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Stora Enso Oyj: Notification of Change in Holdings according to Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act (25 December 2024)

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1 hour ago

December 27, 2024

STORA ENSO OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 27 December 2024 at 09:00 EET

HELSINKI, Dec. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Stora Enso Oyj received a notification pursuant to chapter 9, section 5 of the Securities Market Act from BlackRock, Inc on 27 December 2024.

On 25 December 2024, BlackRock’s holding in Stora Enso’s shares decreased below the 5 percent threshold.

% of shares and voting rights (total of 7.A)

% of shares and voting rights through financial instruments (total of 7.B)

Total of both in % (7.A + 7.B)

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

4.76% shares

Below 5% voting rights

0.27% shares

Below 5% voting rights

5.04% shares

Below 5% voting rights

Position of previous notification (if applicable)

Below 5% shares

Below 5% voting rights

Below 5% shares

Below 5% voting rights

Below 5% shares

Below 5% voting rights

A: Shares and voting rights

Class/type of shares

ISIN code (if possible)

Number of shares and voting rights

% of shares and voting rights

Direct

(SMA 9:5)

Indirect

(SMA 9:6 and 9:7)

Direct

(SMA 9:5)

Indirect

(SMA 9:6 and 9:7)

FI0009005961

37,609,170 shares

Below 5% voting rights

4.76% shares Below 5% voting rights

SUBTOTAL A

37,609,170 shares

Below 5% voting rights

4.76% shares

Below 5% voting rights

B: Financial Instruments according to SMA 9:6a

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion Period

Physical or cash settlement

Number of shares and voting rights

% of shares and voting rights

American Depositary Receipt (US86210M1062)

N/A

Physical

596,930 shares

Below 5% voting rights

0.07% shares

Below 5% voting rights

Securites lent

N7A

N/A

Physical

1,036,720 shares

Below 5% voting rights

0.13% shares

Below 5% voting rights

CFD

N/A

Cash

563,510 shares

Below 5% voting rights

0.07% shares

Below 5% voting rights

SUBTOTAL B

2,197,160 shares

Below 5% voting rights

0.27% shares

Below 5% voting rights

Stora Enso has two series of shares. Each A share and every ten R shares carry one vote. Stora Enso has 175,664,079 A shares and 612,955,908 R shares in issue. The Company does not hold its own shares. The total number of Stora Enso shares is 788,619,987 and the total number votes at least 236,959,669.

Investor enquiries:
Anna-Lena Åström
SVP Investor Relations
tel. +46 70 210 7691

Stora Enso

Part of the global bioeconomy, Stora Enso is a leading provider of renewable products in packaging, biomaterials and wooden construction, and one of the largest private forest owners in the world. We create value with our low-carbon and recyclable fiber-based products, through which we support our customers in meeting the demand for renewable sustainable products. Stora Enso has approximately 20,000 employees and our sales in 2023 were EUR 9.4 billion. Stora Enso shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Oy (STEAV, STERV) and Nasdaq Stockholm AB (STE A, STE R). In addition, the shares are traded in OTC Markets (OTCQX) in the USA as ADRs and ordinary shares (SEOAY, SEOFF, SEOJF). storaenso.com/investors

STORA ENSO OYJ

Investor enquiries:
Anna-Lena Åström
SVP Investor Relations
tel. +46 70 210 7691

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Truecaller continues strong growth, surpasses 400 million Android users

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1 hour ago

December 27, 2024

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Truecaller, the leading global platform for verifying contacts and blocking unwanted communication, reached another important milestone on 24th of December, when the number of monthly active users (MAU) on the operating system Android surpassed 400 million. Truecaller continues to grow rapidly in many geographic markets and the total user base has grown with more than 57 million users during 2024 and has now surpassed 433 million users in total.

“Truecaller’s strong commitment to help businesses and individuals communicate better through both calls and messages, continues to grow. Our geographical footprint is growing each day, and the development in our targeted growth markets is strong. We’re thrilled at achieving this milestone and we look forward to serving the next 400 million Android users,” says Rishit Jhunjuhnwala, Chief Product Officer and incoming CEO of Truecaller.

The growth in India continues to be strong with a growth of approximately 37 million users in but the relative growth in other parts of the world is stronger with a growth of 20 million users during 2024.

Truecaller will continue to report the average number of monthly and daily users on a quarterly basis in connection with interim reports.

For more information, please contact:
Andreas Frid, Head of IR & Communication
+46 705 29 08 00
andreas.frid@truecaller.com

About Truecaller:

Truecaller (TRUE B) is the leading global platform for verifying contacts and blocking unwanted communication. We enable safe and relevant conversations between people and make it efficient for businesses to connect with consumers. Fraud and unwanted communication are endemic to digital economies. especially in emerging markets. We are on a mission to build trust in communication. Truecaller is an essential part of everyday communication for more than 433 million active users. Truecaller is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm since 8 October 2021. For more information. please visit corporate.truecaller.com

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Xinhua Silk Road: Conference on deepening financial openness and co-op in Northeast Asia held in NE. China’s Shenyang

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December 27, 2024

BEIJING, Dec. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The 2nd Northeast Asia Finance Conference and 2024 “Revitalizing Liaoning with Finance” Excellent Cases Release kicked off on Tuesday in Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province, aiming to further deepen financial openness and cooperation in the Northeast Asian region and advance construction of a regional financial center.

The main forum held a series of activities, including an opening ceremony, two round-table dialogues on “finance + biomedical industry” and “finance + cultural industry”, a symposium for foreign financial institutions, a seminar on innovative development of financial clusters, a forum on development of technology and finance, a forum on industrial low-carbon transformation and financial innovation, as well as an enterprise project roadshow and industry-finance matchmaking event.

During the conference themed on “accelerating the construction of a regional financial center in Northeast Asia and creating a new highland for opening up”, excellent cases of revitalizing Liaoning through finance in 2024 were unveiled and the index for core areas of regional financial centers in northeast China was released.

The conference also held an unveiling ceremony for the upgrading of the Shenyang finance and trade development zone to a national-level development zone, and a launch ceremony of a platform for Shenyang industrial insights and decision analysis.

The conference was co-hosted by China Economic Information Service, Liaoning Branch of Xinhua News Agency, Shenhe District People’s Government, Shenyang local financial administration under guidance of Shenyang Municipal People’s Government and Liaoning local financial supervision and administration bureau.

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