VANCOUVER, June 8, 2017 /CNW/ - Ballard Power Systems
(NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) today announced results of its 2017
Annual General Meeting, which was held yesterday at the Company's
headquarters facility in Burnaby, British
Columbia.
All nominees listed in the Management Proxy Circular dated
April 18, 2017 were elected as
directors of the Company. Each of the Ballard directors was elected
or re-elected by a majority of the votes cast by shareholders
present or represented by proxy. Director biographies are available
in the Corporate Leadership section of the Company's website.
Director
Nominee
|
Votes For
|
% For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
% Withheld
|
Ian A.
Bourne
|
41,275,156
|
98.39
|
675,968
|
1.61
|
Douglas P.
Hayhurst
|
41,462,289
|
98.83
|
488,835
|
1.17
|
Duy-Loan
Le
|
41,441,932
|
98.79
|
509,192
|
1.21
|
R. Randall
MacEwen
|
41,483,115
|
98.88
|
468,009
|
1.12
|
Marty
Neese
|
41,472,067
|
98.86
|
479,057
|
1.14
|
James
Roche
|
41,372,439
|
98.62
|
578,685
|
1.38
|
Ian
Sutcliffe
|
41,339,043
|
98.54
|
612,081
|
1.46
|
Janet
Woodruff
|
41,523,130
|
98.98
|
427,994
|
1.02
|
At the Annual General Meeting, Ballard's CEO provided an update
on the business, which can be found at
www.ballard.com/investors/presentations-events.
In addition, KPMG LLC Chartered Accountants was appointed as
auditor for the Company and an advisory vote approved the approach
to executive compensation disclosed in the Company's Management
Proxy Circular.
Item
|
For
|
% For
|
Against
|
%Against
|
Withheld/
Abstain
|
%Withheld/
Abstain
|
Non-Vote
|
Appointment of
Auditors
|
75,099,051
|
98.69
|
0
|
0
|
997,909
|
1.31
|
0
|
Executive
Compensation
|
40,950,461
|
97.61
|
1,000,661
|
2.31
|
0
|
0
|
34,145,835
|
Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual
General Meeting held on June 7, 2017
will be filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).
About Ballard Power Systems
Ballard Power Systems
(NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) provides clean energy products that
reduce customer costs and risks, and helps customers solve
difficult technical and business challenges in their fuel cell
programs. To learn more about Ballard, please visit
www.ballard.com.
SOURCE Ballard Power Systems Inc.