Savaria: 2016 Annual Shareholders Meeting

Laval, QC, May 5, 2016 – Savaria Corporation (“Savaria”) (TSX: SIS), one of the North America’s leader in the accessibility industry, announces you that it will hold its annual shareholder’s meeting on Wednesday, May 11^th at 11:00 AM, at the Hotel Le Crystal in Montreal.

Date : Wednesday, May 11^th, at 11:00 AM 

Place : Hotel Le Crystal 

        René Lévesque Room

             1100, de la Montagne street, Montreal

In addition to the usual resolutions, a review of Savaria’s fiscal 2015 and 2016 first quarter highlights will be presented. The Notice of Annual Meeting, the Management Information Circular and the 2015 Financial Statements and related Management Discussion and Analysis are available on the following websites: www.savaria.com and www.sedar.com. 

Savaria Corporation (savaria.com) is one of the North America’s leaders in the accessibility industry focused on meeting the needs of people with mobility challenges. Savaria designs, manufactures, distributes and installs primarily elevators for home and commercial use, as well as stairlifts and vertical and inclined platform lifts. With the acquisition of Silver Cross, the Corporation now operates a lead generation program to capture and distribute leads on potential customers to close to 100 affiliates in North America; also, it is a franchisor of stores through which new and recycled accessibility equipment is sold. In addition, Savaria converts and adapts minivans to be wheelchair accessible. The diversity of its product line, one of the world’s most comprehensive, enables the Corporation to stand out by proposing an integrated and customized solution for its customers’ mobility needs. Its operations in China have substantially grown and the collaboration with Savaria’s other Canadian facilities increases its competitive edge in the market place. The Corporation records more than 60% of its revenue outside Canada, primarily in the United States. It operates a sales network of some 400 active retailers and affiliates in North America and employs some 440 people spread out between its plants and sales offices in Laval (Quebec), Brampton and London (Ontario), Calgary (Alberta) and Huizhou (China).

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