Premium Brands Holdings Corporation Announces its 2024 Annual Meeting Results
May 11, 2024 at 04:49 am IST
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VANCOUVER, BC, May 10, 2024 /CNW/ - Premium Brands Holdings Corporation ("Premium Brands" or the "Company") (TSX: PBH) announced the voting results from its 2024 annual meeting of shareholders held May 10, 2024. A total of 34,549,399 Common Shares or 77.41% of our issued and outstanding Common Shares were voted in connection with the annual meeting. Shareholders voted by ballot on each item of business. Based on proxies received prior to the meeting and votes tallied at the meeting, each director nominee was elected by a substantial majority as follows:
Sean Cheah
99.29 %
Johnny Ciampi
98.29 %
Thomas Dea
99.87 %
Dr. Marie Delorme, C.M.
99.87 %
Bruce Hodge
98.28 %
Kathleen Keller-Hobson
99.38 %
Hugh McKinnon
94.56 %
George Paleologou
98.74 %
Mary Wagner
99.71 %
Additionally, the Company's advisory "say on pay" vote received 98.80% support based on proxies received prior to the meeting and votes tallied at the meeting. Full results of the votes are included as Appendix "A" to this press release.
About Premium Brands
Premium Brands owns a broad range of leading specialty food manufacturing and differentiated food distribution businesses with operations across Canada and the United States.
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APPENDIX "A"
PREMIUM BRANDS HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Premium Brands Holdings Corporation Friday, May 10, 2024
Report of Voting Results National Instrument 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations Section 11.3
Matters Voted Upon
1.
To fix the number of Directors to be elected at the Meeting at not more than nine (9).
34,177,706 (99.45%)
For
189,413 (0.55%)
Against
2.(a)
To elect Sean Cheah as a Director of the Corporation.
34,123,267 (99.29%)
For
243,851 (0.71%)
Against
(b)
To elect Johnny Ciampi as a Director of the Corporation.
33,780,774 (98.29%)
For
586,345 (1.71%)
Against
(c)
To elect Thomas Dea as a Director of the Corporation.
34,321,710 (99.87%)
For
45,409 (0.13%)
Against
(d)
To elect Dr. Marie Delorme, C.M. as a Director of the Corporation.
34,321,739 (99.87%)
For
45,380 (0.13%)
Against
(e)
To elect Bruce Hodge as a Director of the Corporation.
33,777,014 (98.28%)
For
590,105 (1.72%)
Against
(f)
To elect Kathleen Keller-Hobson as a Director of the Corporation.
34,154,215 (99.38%)
For
212,903 (0.62%)
Against
(g)
To elect Hugh McKinnon as a Director of the Corporation.
32,497,556 (94.56%)
For
1,869,562 (5.44%)
Against
(h)
To elect George Paleologou as a Director of the Corporation.
33,932,492 (98.74%)
For
434,627 (1.26%)
Against
(i)
To elect Mary Wagner as a Director of the Corporation.
34,268,747 (99.71%)
For
98,371 (0.29%)
Against
3.
To approve the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of the Corporation for the ensuing year, and to authorize the Directors of the Corporation to fix the remuneration of such Auditors.
34,452,420 (99.72%)
For
96,979 (0.28%)
Withheld
4.
To approve the Corporation's approach to executive compensation.
Premium Brands Holdings Corporation is a Canada-based company, which owns a range of specialty food manufacturing and differentiated food distribution businesses with operations across Canada and the United States. The Company operates through two segments: Specialty Foods and Premium Food Distribution. The Specialty Foods segment consists of its specialty food manufacturing businesses. The Premium Food Distribution segment consists of its differentiated distribution and wholesale businesses as well as certain seafood processing businesses. It provides servicing to approximately 22,000 customers. The logo and its family of brands and businesses includes Harvest Meats, Hempler's, Piller's, Grimm's Fine Foods, Freybe, Isernio's, Expresco and SJ Fine Foods. The Company operates in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and in Arizona, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio and Washington.