NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN
VANCOUVER, June 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - Neovasc Inc.
("Neovasc" or the "Company") (NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN) is pleased to
announce the results of the votes on matters considered at its
Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders held on
June 4, 2018 in Vancouver, B.C. (the "Meeting").
At the Meeting, the shareholders of the Company (the
"Shareholders") re-elected board members Alexei Marko, Paul
Geyer, Dr. Jane Hsiao,
Steven Rubin, Dr. William O'Neill, and Doug Janzen to serve in office until the next
annual meeting or until their successors are duly elected or
appointed. Detailed results of the voting in respect of the
election of directors are as follows:
Nominee
|
Votes
For
|
% Votes
For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
% Votes
Withheld
|
Alexei
Marko
|
548,672,471
|
94.47%
|
32,102,416
|
5.53%
|
Paul Geyer
|
559,499,943
|
96.34%
|
21,274,944
|
3.66%
|
Dr. Jane
Hsiao
|
561,304,486
|
96.65%
|
19,470,400
|
3.35%
|
Steven
Rubin
|
560,192,689
|
96.46%
|
20,852,197
|
3.54%
|
Dr. William
O'Neill
|
562,311,935
|
96.82%
|
18,462,951
|
3.18%
|
Doug
Janzen
|
560,930,077
|
96.58%
|
19,844,809
|
3.42%
|
At the Meeting, the Shareholders also approved amendments
to the Company's stock option plan and the unallocated options
thereunder (91.69% of votes cast in favour), approved the Company's
Common Share Consolidation (83.84% of votes cast in favour) and
re-appointed Grant Thornton LLP, Chartered Accountants as auditors
of the Company (94.81% of votes cast in favour).
As of May 31, 2018, a total of
1,860,184,719 Common Shares were issued and outstanding.
About Neovasc Inc.
Neovasc is a specialty medical device company that develops,
manufactures and markets products for the rapidly growing
cardiovascular marketplace. Its products include the Reducer, for
the treatment of refractory angina, which is not currently
available in the United States and
has been available in Europe since
2015, and the Tiara, for the transcatheter treatment of mitral
valve disease, which is currently under clinical investigation in
the United States, Canada and Europe. For more information, visit:
www.neovasc.com.
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