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Vitality shareholders elect four new directors and approve all resolutions at AGM
Trading Symbol: VPI VANCOUVER, July 23 /CNW/ - Vitality Products Inc. held its annual and special...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nTrading Symbol: VPI\n\n\nVANCOUVER, July 23 /CNW/ - Vitality Products Inc. held its annual and\nspecial general meeting of shareholders ("AGM") on July 21, 2009. The board of\ndirectors is pleased to announce that all resolutions put to vote at the AGM\npassed with an average of 99.9% approval from the votes cast. Robert C.\nFletcher, Rick V. Gannon, Brian L. Gessner and Stuart E. Pennington were\nelected to the board of directors for the first time at the AGM. Bruce J.\nMcDonald (Chairman of the Board), Robert H. Grant and William N. Grant were\nre-elected to the board.\n\n\nRobert C. Fletcher is the President and CEO of Genesis Marketing Group\nInc., a beverage manufacturing and marketing company managing beverage brands\nmarketed throughout North America. His business career started with Standard\nBrands in Vancouver. Mr. Fletcher has held senior management positions in\nlarge multinational Jacobs AG, and general management positions with Gray\nBeverage (Canada's largest Pepsi franchisee), FBI Brands Ltd. and Dairyworld\nFoods. Mr. Fletcher has been on the Board of Encorp Pacific and is currently\nthe President of the Juice Council of BC. His experience has been in senior\nmanagement with responsibility for operational success managing large teams.\nThese responsibilities have included contract negotiation, product R&D, sales\nand marketing, operational management and financial reporting. Successes\ninclude bringing to market a host of new products in Canada and developing\nsignificant and profitable businesses. He is the past President of Tennis BC\nand has been involved with many successful events such as the Federation Cup\nheld in North Vancouver. Mr. Fletcher graduated from Simon Fraser University\nwith a degree in Business and Economics.\n\n\nRick V. Gannon is a widely respected and seasoned sales executive with\nover 20 years of successful leadership experience working with global food\nmanufacturers, in both domestic and export markets. Over the course of his\ncareer, he has played a senior role in three major mergers, two acquisitions,\nand one of the largest leveraged buyouts in history. A passionate change agent\nand adept communicator, Mr. Gannon is regularly recognized for his ability to\ndevelop best-in-class sales structures, and for his success in building and\nmaintaining highly successf...