OTTAWA, May 31, 2017 /CNW/ – CBC/Radio-Canada announces that on May 25, 2017 it sold 13,056,787 class A subordinate voting shares (the “Class A Shares”) of Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc. (the “Company”), the parent of Sirius XM Canada Inc., pursuant to a statutory plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) whereby, among other things, all of the shares of the Company were acquired by 2517835 Ontario Inc., a corporation owned by Slaight Communications Inc., Obelysk Media Inc. and Sirius XM Radio Inc. Pursuant to the terms of the Arrangement, CBC/Radio-Canada sold the Class A Shares at a price of C$4.50 per share in cash for aggregate gross proceeds of $58,755,541. Immediately prior to the closing of the Arrangement, CBC/Radio-Canada owned 13,056,787 Class A Shares of the Company, representing approximately 10.15% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Class A Shares. After giving effect to such disposition, CBC/Radio-Canada no longer has ownership or control or direction over any securities of the Issuer.

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