TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - March 29, 2016) - ZoomerMedia Limited (TSX VENTURE:ZUM) (the "Company") today announced that it has completed the sale of its 2.6 acre property and buildings located at 30, 64 and 70 Jefferson Avenue, Toronto to Allied Properties REIT ("Allied") for gross proceeds of $31 million and has entered into an agreement to lease the property from Allied.
Concurrently the Company used a portion of the proceeds of the sale to retire its term loan and mortgage with the Royal Bank of Canada.
The Company will use the remaining proceeds to retire additional debt and for working capital purposes.
About ZoomerMedia Limited
ZoomerMedia Limited is a multimedia company that serves the 45plus "Zoomer" demographic through television, radio, magazine, internet and trade shows. ZoomerMedia's television properties include; Vision TV, Canada's only multi-faith specialty television service; ONE: Body Mind Spirit Love Channel, offering programs on exercise, meditation, yoga, natural health and living a planet-friendly lifestyle; JoyTV in Vancouver, Victoria, Surrey and the Frasier Valley, and the newly rebranded HOPETV (formerly JoyTV11), a lifestyle television service out of Winnipeg devoted to broadcasting Christian programming and is available in approximately 6 million Canadian homes. ZoomerMedia's radio properties include CFMZ-FM Toronto - The New Classical 96.3FM, CFMX-FM Cobourg - The New Classical 103.1FM, CFMO-FM - Collingwood - The New Classical 102.9FM, Canada's only commercial classical music radio stations serving the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), eastern Ontario and Collingwood, CFZM-AM 740 Toronto and CFZM-FM 96.7FM Toronto - Zoomer Radio, Toronto's "Timeless Hits" Station. ZoomerMedia also publishes Zoomer Magazine, the largest paid circulation magazine in Canada for the mature market. ZoomerMedia is Canada's leading provider of online content targeting the 45plus age group through many properties, the key one being www.EverythingZoomer.com. ZoomerMedia also has trade show and conference divisions that produce the ZoomerShows, annual consumer shows directed to the Zoomer demographic and ideaCity, an annual Canadian conference also known as 'Canada's Premiere Meeting of the Minds'.
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- the risks inherent in magazine publishing;
- the risks inherent in the operation of Internet media properties;
- the risks inherent in the operation of television broadcast properties;
- the risks inherent in the operation of radio broadcast properties;
- the risks inherent in the operations of affinity partners with respect to royalty revenue;
- the risks inherent in the operation of consumer shows generally,
- the competition within the media industry for the baby boomer generation's business;
- the risks associated with governmental regulation of the publishing, internet, radio broadcasting and television broadcasting businesses;
- the results of legal claims made by or against the Company;
- the dependence of the business on the continuing operation of its computer systems; and
- the dependence of the business on key personnel.
Given these risks, and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. ZoomerMedia Limited does not intend and does not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.