Robert Halmi Inc. and Hal Roach Studios...

Robert Halmi Inc. and Hal Roach Studios said their shareholders approved a consolidation of the two companies as subsidiaries of a newly formed holding company called HRI Group. Shareholders of each company will receive shares of common stock of HRI, which is expected to begin trading on the NASDAQ National Market System on April 11. The merger was proposed eight months ago by Hal Roach Studios, which had acquired 20% of New York-based television film producer Halmi in 1986.