Kinross announces Annual Shareholder Meeting voting results
08 May 2020 - 7:00AM
Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX: K, NYSE: KGC) has announced the
detailed voting results of the election of its Board of Directors,
which took place at the Company’s virtual Annual and Special
Meeting of Shareholders on May 6, 2020.
The nominees listed in the Management
Information Circular dated March 11, 2020 were elected as directors
of Kinross at the meeting (see detailed voting results below). The
Company is also pleased to announce the appointment of a new
director, Mr. Glenn A. Ives (biography is below).
The appointment brings membership on the Kinross
board of directors to ten, following the appointment of Elizabeth
D. McGregor, announced in November 2019.
Board of Directors voting
results
Nominee |
Votes for |
% for |
Votes withheld |
% withheld |
Ian Atkinson |
815,205,689 |
97.27 |
22,917,576 |
2.73 |
John A. Brough |
814,475,300 |
97.18 |
23,647,965 |
2.82 |
Kerry D. Dyte |
836,470,243 |
99.80 |
1,653,022 |
0.20 |
Glenn A. Ives |
836,441,872 |
99.80 |
1,681,393 |
0.20 |
Ave G. Lethbridge |
831,890,453 |
99.26 |
6,232,812 |
0.74 |
Elizabeth D. McGregor |
836,391,533 |
99.79 |
1,731,732 |
0.21 |
Catherine McLeod-Seltzer |
742,075,826 |
88.54 |
96,047,439 |
11.46 |
Kelly J. Osborne |
832,756,769 |
99.36 |
5,366,496 |
0.64 |
J. Paul Rollinson |
836,435,406 |
99.80 |
1,687,859 |
0.20 |
David A. Scott |
832,679,591 |
99.35 |
5,443,674 |
0.65 |
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Glenn A. Ives
Mr. Ives is an audit specialist in the mining
and financial sectors and held various leadership positions with
Deloitte Canada during his tenure from 1999 to 2020. He served as
Deloitte’s mining leader for North and South America from 2007 to
March 2020, and was Executive Chair from 2010 to 2018. He served as
an Audit Partner from 1999 to 2010. Prior to joining Deloitte, Mr.
Ives held progressively senior leadership roles in the mining
industry, including CFO and Director of Vengold Inc. from 1993 to
1999, and Director and Vice-President of Finance for TVX Gold Inc.
from 1988 to 1999. Mr. Ives is currently the Chair of University of
Waterloo’s School of Accounting and Finance Advisory Board and a
director of the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation (Vancouver) and the
Canadian Nature Museum Foundation. Mr. Ives holds a Bachelor of
Mathematics (Honours) from the University of Waterloo and is a
Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants and a member of
Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia and
Ontario.
Voting results on the other items of business at the Annual and
Special Meeting of Shareholders are as follows:
Appointment of auditors
Votes for |
% for |
Votes withheld |
% withheld |
902,687,041 |
99.27 |
6,637,909 |
0.73 |
|
|
|
|
Reduction to the Stated Capital of the
Company
Votes for |
% for |
Votes against |
% withheld |
901,472,342 |
99.14 |
7,852,608 |
0.86 |
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|
|
|
“Say on Pay” advisory
resolution
Votes for |
% for |
Votes against |
% withheld |
776,959,417 |
92.70 |
61,163,848 |
7.30 |
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A report on all matters voted on at the meeting
has been filed on SEDAR.
About Kinross Gold
Corporation
Kinross is a Canadian-based senior gold mining
company with mines and projects in the United States, Brazil,
Chile, Ghana, Mauritania, and Russia. Kinross maintains listings on
the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol:K) and the New York Stock
Exchange (symbol:KGC).
Media Contact Louie DiazSenior
Director, Corporate Communicationsphone:
416-369-6469louie.diaz@kinross.com
Investor Relations ContactTom
ElliottSenior Vice-President, Investor Relations and Corporate
Developmentphone: 416-365-3390tom.elliott@kinross.com
Source: Kinross Gold Corporation
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