BRAMPTON, ON, May 12, 2023
/CNW/ - MDA Ltd. (TSX: MDA) announced today the results of its
Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") which took place
virtually on May 12, 2023. A total of
86,226,293 common shares (representing approximately 72.230% of all
issued and outstanding common shares of MDA) were represented at
the Meeting. The complete voting results for each item of business
at the Meeting are presented below.
Election of Directors
The Board of Directors of MDA 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 MDA's
Management Information Circular dated April
5, 2023 was duly elected as a Director of MDA until the
close of the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their
successor is appointed.
Nominee
|
Votes
For
|
%
Votes
For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
% Votes
Withheld
|
Alison
Alfers
|
86,036,177
|
99.948 %
|
45,180
|
0.052 %
|
Yaprak
Baltacioglu
|
86,030,170
|
99.941 %
|
51,187
|
0.059 %
|
Darren
Farber
|
86,070,938
|
99.988 %
|
10,419
|
0.012 %
|
Michael
Greenley
|
86,070,938
|
99.988 %
|
10,419
|
0.012 %
|
Brendan
Paddick
|
86,068,338
|
99.985 %
|
13,019
|
0.015 %
|
John Risley
|
78,906,808
|
91.665 %
|
7,174,549
|
8.335 %
|
Jill Smith
|
79,654,490
|
92.534 %
|
6,426,867
|
7.466 %
|
Louis Vachon
|
84,721,531
|
98.420 %
|
1,359,826
|
1.580 %
|
Appointment of Auditor
Following the vote at the Meeting, KPMG LLP was appointed as the
independent auditor of MDA until the close of the next annual
meeting of shareholders, and the Directors were authorized to fix
the auditor's remuneration.
Votes
For
|
% Votes
For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
% Votes
Withheld
|
86,200,889
|
99.971 %
|
25,401
|
0.029 %
|
ABOUT MDA
Serving the world from its Canadian home and global offices, MDA
(TSX:MDA) is an international space mission partner and a robotics,
satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 50-year story
of firsts on and above the Earth. With over 2,700 staff across
Canada, the US and the UK, MDA is
leading the charge towards viable Moon colonies, enhanced Earth
observation, communication in a hyper-connected world, and more.
With a track record of making space ambitions come true, MDA
enables highly skilled people to continually push boundaries,
tackle big challenges, and imagine solutions that inspire and
endure to change the world for the better, on the ground and in the
stars.
SOURCE MDA Ltd.