WSP Announces Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
09 May 2020 - 3:41AM
WSP Global Inc. (TSX: WSP) (“WSP” or the “Corporation”) held its
annual meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) virtually on May 7,
2020. A total of 85,731,872 common shares (representing
approximately 81% of all issued and outstanding common shares of
the Corporation) were represented at the Meeting. WSP hereby
announces that shareholders of the Corporation (the “Shareholders”)
voted in favour of all items of business put forth at the Meeting
by the Corporation. The complete voting results for each item of
business at the Meeting are presented below.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORSThe Board
of Directors of the Corporation had fixed at eight the number of
directors (the “Directors”) to be elected at the Meeting. Following
the vote at the Meeting, each of the eight nominees listed in the
Corporation’s Management Information Circular dated March 13, 2020
was duly elected as a Director of WSP until the close of the next
annual meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation or until their
successors are appointed. All the nominee directors were members of
the Board of Directors of WSP prior to the Meeting.
Nominee |
Votes For |
% Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
% Votes Withheld |
Louis-Philippe Carrière |
84,869,336 |
99.33% |
576,254 |
0.67% |
Christopher Cole |
78,631,306 |
92.03% |
6,814,284 |
7.97% |
Alexandre L’Heureux |
85,173,687 |
99.68% |
271,903 |
0.32% |
Birgit Nørgaard |
85,211,294 |
99.73% |
234,296 |
0.27% |
Suzanne Rancourt |
84,911,700 |
99.38% |
533,890 |
0.62% |
Paul Raymond |
84,829,656 |
99.28% |
615,934 |
0.72% |
Pierre Shoiry |
84,843,834 |
99.30% |
601,756 |
0.70% |
Linda Smith-Galipeau |
85,027,064 |
99.51% |
418,526 |
0.49% |
APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT
AUDITORS Following the vote at the Meeting,
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants,
were appointed as independent auditors of WSP until the close of
the next annual meeting of Shareholders, and the Directors were
authorized to fix the remuneration of the auditors.
Votes For |
% Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
% Votes Withheld |
83,633,316 |
97.55% |
2,098,556 |
2.45% |
NON-BINDING ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATIONShareholders were also presented with a
non-binding, advisory vote on executive compensation to provide
their views on WSP’s executive compensation plans and related
disclosed objectives. Following the vote at the Meeting, such
advisory resolution was adopted.
Votes For |
% Votes For |
Votes Against |
% Votes Against |
80,522,519 |
94.24% |
4,923,071 |
5.76% |
As mentioned in the Corporation’s Management
Information Circular dated March 13, 2020, while Shareholders have
provided their collective advisory vote, the Directors remain fully
responsible for their compensation decisions and are not relieved
of these responsibilities by a positive advisory vote by
Shareholders.
The foregoing voting results will be published
on the Corporation’s website (www.wsp.com) under “Investors” and
filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).
VIRTUAL MEETINGIn line with
public authority recommendations, to contain the spread of the
novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and to prioritize and support the
health and well-being of its shareholders, employees and other
Meeting attendees, for the first time in its history, the
Corporation held its Meeting completely virtually via live webcast.
The Meeting audio webcast is available on WSP’s website in the
“Investors” section and on Broadridge’s website at
www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/WSP2020.
ABOUT WSPAs one of the world’s
leading professional services firms, WSP provides engineering and
design services to clients in the Transportation &
Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Environment, Power &
Energy, Resources and Industry sectors, as well as offering
strategic advisory services. WSP's global experts include
engineers, advisors, technicians, scientists, architects, planners,
environmental specialists and surveyors, in addition to other
design, program and construction management professionals. Our
talented people are well positioned to deliver successful and
sustainable projects, wherever clients need us.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE
CONTACT:
Alain MichaudChief Financial
OfficerWSP Global Inc.alain.michaud@wsp.comPhone: 438-843-7317
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