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Allen-Vanguard reports on results of shareholders meeting
OTTAWA, April 29 /CNW Telbec/ - Allen-Vanguard Corporation ("Allen-Vanguard" or the "Company") (T...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nOTTAWA, April 29 /CNW Telbec/ - Allen-Vanguard Corporation\n("Allen-Vanguard" or the "Company") (TSX:VRS) is pleased to announce the\nresults of the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company held\non April 28th, 2008 in Ottawa and several initial decisions of the new Board\nregarding appointments.\n\n\nAt the meeting shareholders approved the following resolutions.\n\n\n - To appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Corporation and to authorize\n the directors of the Corporation to fix the auditors' remuneration;\n - To elect Peter M Kozicz, Cary McWhinnie, David O'Blenis, Philip\n O'Dell, Larry Cavaiola and David Luxton as the members of the board of\n directors for the upcoming year.\n\n\nFollowing the Annual and Special Meeting of shareholders, Mr. O'Blenis\nwas re-appointed Chairman of the Board and Chair of the Human Resources\nCommittee, Mr. McWhinnie was re-appointed Chair of the Governance Committee\nand Mr. Kozicz was re-appointed Chair of the Audit Committee.\n\n\nAbout Allen-Vanguard\n\n\nAllen-Vanguard Corporation supports the mission of military and homeland\nsecurity forces around the world with leading proprietary solutions for\nprotection and counter-measures against hazardous devices of all kinds,\nwhether chemical, biological, radiological or explosive (CBRNE), including\nimprovised explosive devices (IEDs) and remotely controlled IEDs (RCIEDs).\nAllen-Vanguard equipment is in service in more than 120 countries. Products\ninclude Electronic Counter-Measures ("ECM") equipment for jamming remote\ndetonation of terrorist devices, specialty security equipment for Explosive\nOrdnance Disposal ("EOD"), remote intervention robots for hazardous\napplications, and personal protective wear for use in dealing with explosive\nand bio-chemical agents. Allen-Vanguard is the developer and/or sole,\nworldwide licensee of proprietary technologies such as the Med-Eng bomb suit,\nthe Defender(TM) and Vanguard(TM) Mk2 bomb disposal robots, and the Universal\nContainment System and CASCAD Foam system for blast mitigation and\ndecontamination of bio-chemical warfare agents. Professional services\nencompass counter-IED intelligence, training and advisory services, including\nthe Triton(TM) Report on terrorist incidents around the world. The Company\noperates globally through ...