WWE Annouces Adjournment Of Annual Meeting Due To COVID-19 Concerns
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As WWE continues to adjust to the new normal with the Coronavirus outbreak changing everything about the world for not only entertainment but for business as well, WWE announced today that it will adjourn its annual meeting of stockholders due to rapidly growing health concerns sparked by the outbreak of COVID-19.
WWE® to Adjourn Annual Meeting Due to COVID-19 Concerns
04/09/2020
STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) today announced that it intends to convene and then immediately adjourn, its Annual Meeting of Stockholders due to the rapidly evolving public health concerns relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and governmental actions related thereto, including the State of Connecticut’s Executive Order No. 7H dated March 20, 2020. The Annual Meeting is scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday April 16, 2020. The Annual Meeting will be convened and then immediately adjourned to a time and place that will be announced at the meeting and by press release. The record date will remain February 20, 2020. Stockholders should comply with applicable restrictions and not attend the Annual Meeting on April 16.
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