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Diamond Estates Wines and Spirits Inc. Announces Results of the Annual General and Special Meeting
Diamond Estates Wines and Spirits Inc. Announces Results of the Annual General and Special...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nDiamond Estates Wines and Spirits Inc. Announces Results of the Annual General and Special Meeting\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiamond Estates Wines and Spirits Inc. Announces Results of the Annual General and Special Meeting\nCanada NewsWire\nNIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ON, Sept. 28, 2016\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ON, Sept. 28, 2016 /CNW/ - Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. (\"Diamond Estates\" or \"the Company\") (DWS-TSX Venture) is pleased to announce the successful completion of its annual general and special meeting of shareholders held on September 27, 2016 (the \"Meeting\").  The Company had 58,980,575 or 58.90% of its issued and outstanding common shares represented at the Meeting either in person or by proxy and approximately 99% of votes received were in favour of all of the items on the agenda for the Meeting.  \n\nAt the Meeting, shareholders voted to approve the Company's stock option plan, which is done annually, approved the re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Accountants, Licensed Public Accountants as auditors of the Company for the ensuing year, and appointed J. Murray Souter, Harold Wolkin, John Hick, John De Sousa, David Beutel, Keith Harris and Craig Graham as the directors of the Company, each to hold office until the next annual general shareholders' meeting or until his successor is elected or appointed.  In addition, a majority of disinterested shareholders approved the amendment of the deferred share unit (\"DSU\") plan, subject to approval from the TSX Venture Exchange, increasing the number of DSUs issuable from 1,000,000 DSUs to 2,000,000 DSUs.  \n\n\"We continue to be pleased by the strong support for our business strategy demonstrated by our shareholders\" said J. Murray Souter, President and CEO of Diamond Estates. \"We are also excited with the long-term growth prospects for the company and are encouraged by the growing acceptance of our wines both domestically and internationally.\"\n\nThe Company would also like to announce that a slide presentation delivered a...