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Wesdome Gold Mines Announces Results of Annual General Meeting and Issues 2021 ESG Report
TORONTO, June 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX: WDO) (the “Company”) announces the results of the Company’s 2022 annual general meeting
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[{"type":"text","content":" TORONTO, June 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX: WDO) (the “Company”) announces the results of the Company’s 2022 annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) held by way of live webcast earlier today. A replay of the Meeting is available on the Company’s website. A total of 102,829,083 common shares were represented at the Meeting, representing 72.17% of the total issued and outstanding common shares of the Company. All matters presented for shareholder approval at the Meeting were approved, as follows: a) Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as auditors of the Company for the ensuing year and authorizing the directors of fix their remuneration; b) Election of the directors of the Company for the ensuing year; and c) Approval of an advisory non-binding resolution accepting the approach to executive compensation disclosed in the Management Information Circular of the Corporation dated May 11, 2022. Election of Directors The following seven individuals were elected as directors of the Company, until the next annual meeting of shareholders, as set out in the table below: Name of Nominee Votes castFOR % of votescast FOR Votes castWITHHELD % of votes castWITHHELD Charles Main 94,442,574 99.04% 919,784 0.96% Duncan Middlemiss 95,274,094 99.91% 88,264 0.09% Nadine Miller 94,328,525 98.92% 1,033,833 1.08% Warwick Morley-Jepson 94,825,199 99.44% 537,159 0.56% Brian Skanderbeg 95,184,523 99.81% 177,835 0.19% Edie Thome 88,335,093 92.63% 7,027,265 7.37% Bill Washington 93,988,116 98.56% 1,374,242 1.44% Re-Appointment of Auditors Based on proxies received and votes cast by show of hands during the Meeting, Grant Thornton LLP, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as independent auditors of the Company for the ensuing year and the directors are authorized to fix their remuneration, with the following results: Votes castFOR % of votes castFOR Votes castWITHHELD % of votes castWITHHELD Appointment of Auditors 100,653,394 97.91 2,151,508 2.09 Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Based on proxies received and votes cast by ballot during the Meeting, the advisory non-binding resolution accepting the approach to executive compensation disclosed in the Management Information Circular of the Corporation dated May 11,...