IMRIS Announces Postponement of its Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Release of First Quarter 2015 Financial Results and Conference Call

MINNEAPOLIS, May 6, 2015 /CNW/ - IMRIS Inc. (NASDAQ: IMRS; TSX: IM) ("IMRIS" or the "Company") today announced that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was scheduled for May 7^th, 2015, has been rescheduled to June 25^th, 2015.  IMRIS also announced that the First Quarter 2015 Financial Results press release and conference call, which were scheduled for May 7^th, 2015, have been postponed.  Further details regarding the meeting of shareholders will be contained in the Information Circular that will be mailed to shareholders of the Company in due course.

The Company's shareholders of record on May 14, 2015 will be entitled to notice and to vote at the Annual Meeting.

About IMRIS

IMRIS (NASDAQ: IMRS; TSX: IM) is a global leader in providing image guided therapy solutions through its VISIUS Surgical Theatre – a revolutionary, multifunctional surgical environment that provides unmatched intraoperative vision to clinicians to assist in decision making and enhance precision in treatment. The multi-room suites incorporate diagnostic quality high-field MR, CT and angio modalities accessed effortlessly in the operating room setting. VISIUS Surgical Theatres serve the neurosurgical, spinal, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular markets and have been selected by 61 leading medical institutions around the world.

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