Excerpt from its Upcoming Investor Presentation Available at www.TheFutureOfDisney.com
Blackwells’ CIO Releases Video Discussing Key Aspects of its Campaign Available At www.TheFutureOfDisney.com and on YouTube
Shareholders Should Vote FOR Blackwells’ Nominees Jessica Schell, Craig Hatkoff and Leah Solivan on the GREEN Proxy Card
NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blackwells Capital, LLC (“Blackwells”), a shareholder of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney” or the “Company”) (NYSE:DIS), today released an excerpt from its upcoming investor presentation that details Blackwells’ vision for the future of technology at Disney. In this presentation excerpt, available at www.TheFutureOfDisney.com, Blackwells presents a 5-point strategic plan to recapture lost ground, and identifies current technological shortcomings at Disney, including:
- Fragmentation
- Unhurried Innovation
- Missing Native Technology Stack
- Spatial Computing and AI Mediocrity
“Disney should be dominating in the fields of spatial computing and AI. Few companies have the potential of Disney to synthesize these revolutionizing technologies, and relate them to consumers with the impact, and ROI, that Disney can. Spatial Computing has far more relevance to Disney than it does to either Apple or Meta, for example,” said Jason Aintabi, Chief Investment Officer of Blackwells.
“Electing Leah Solivan to the board of Disney, will add considerable technological and entrepreneurial expertise, and drive greater management accountability around Disney’s adoption of transformative technologies,” continued Mr. Aintabi.
To learn more about all three of Blackwells’ nominees Jessica Schell, Craig Hatkoff and Leah Solivan, we encourage shareholders to visit www.TheFutureOfDisney.com. Our campaign website includes materials for shareholders to evaluate and help make the best voting decisions.
Disney Shareholders – Please vote your proxy today on the GREEN universal proxy card “FOR” each of the Blackwells nominees and the Blackwells proposal.
If you have any questions about voting your proxy or need replacement proxy materials, contact:
Morrow Sodali LLC
+1 (800) 662-5200 (toll-free for shareholders)
+1 (203) 658-9400 (call collect for banks, brokers, trustees and other nominees)
Blackwells@morrowsodali.com
About Blackwells Capital
Blackwells Capital was founded in 2016 by Jason Aintabi, its Chief Investment Officer. Since that time, it has made investments in public securities, engaging with management and boards, both publicly and privately, to help unlock value for stakeholders, including shareholders, employees and communities. Throughout their careers, Blackwells’ principals have invested globally on behalf of leading public and private equity firms and have held operating roles and served on the boards of media, energy, technology, insurance and real estate enterprises. For more information, please visit www.blackwellscap.com.
Contacts
Media:
Gagnier Communications
Dan Gagnier & Riyaz Lalani
646-569-5897
blackwells@gagnierfc.com
Shareholders:
Morrow Sodali
Michael Verrechia & William Dooley
(800) 662-5200
blackwells@morrowsodali.com
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Blackwells Onshore I LLC, Blackwells Capital LLC, Jason Aintabi, Craig Hatkoff, Jessica Schell and Leah Solivan (collectively, the “Participants”) are participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of The Walt Disney Company (the “Company”) for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. On February 6, 2024, the Participants filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) their definitive proxy statement and accompanying GREEN Proxy Card in connection with their solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of the Company for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE ADVISED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT, THE ACCOMPANYING GREEN PROXY CARD AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE SOLICITATION OF PROXIES BY THE PARTICIPANTS, AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR DIRECT OR INDIRECT INTERESTS IN THE COMPANY, BY SECURITY HOLDINGS OR OTHERWISE.
The definitive proxy statement and an accompanying GREEN proxy card will be furnished to some or all of the Company’s shareholders and is, along with other relevant documents, publicly available at no charge on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov/. In addition, the Participants will provide copies of the definitive proxy statement without charge, when available, upon request. Requests for copies should be directed to Blackwells Onshore I LLC.
