BRAMPTON, ON, May 10, 2024
/PRNewswire/ - MDA Space (TSX: MDA) announced today the
results of its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the
"Meeting") which took place virtually on May
9, 2024. A total of 75,404,964 common shares (representing
approximately 62.872% of all issued and outstanding common shares
of MDA Space) were represented at the Meeting. The complete voting
results for each item of business at the Meeting are presented
below.
MDA Space also announced the appointment of Mr. Brendan Paddick as the new Chair of the Board of
Directors, succeeding Mr. John
Risley who will continue to serve as a director. Mr. Paddick
has served on the Company's Board since 2021, most recently serving
as Chair of the Audit Committee. Members of the Board and the
management team of MDA Space would like to acknowledge and thank
Mr. Risley for his leadership, guidance and service as Chair for
the past three year.
Election of Directors
The Board of Directors of MDA
Space 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 MDA Space Management
Information Circular dated March 28,
2024 was duly elected as a Director of company's Board of
Directors 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
|
70,772,926
|
98.08 %
|
1,382,167
|
1.92 %
|
Yaprak
Baltacioglu
|
69,840,631
|
96.79 %
|
2,314,462
|
3.21 %
|
Darren
Farber
|
71,974,656
|
99.75 %
|
180,437
|
0.25 %
|
Michael
Greenley
|
72,150,682
|
99.99 %
|
4,411
|
0.01 %
|
Brendan
Paddick
|
71,380,008
|
98.93 %
|
775,085
|
1.07 %
|
John Risley
|
72,146,694
|
99.99 %
|
8,399
|
0.01 %
|
Jill Smith
|
62,715,273
|
86.92 %
|
9,439,820
|
13.08 %
|
Yung Wu
|
72,133,778
|
99.97 %
|
21,315
|
0.03 %
|
Appointment of Auditor
Following the vote at the
Meeting, KPMG LLP was appointed as the independent auditor of MDA
Space 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
|
75,082,799
|
99.61 %
|
295,582
|
0.39 %
|
Approving Company's Name Change to MDA Space
Ltd.
Following the vote at the meeting, the shareholders
approved a special resolution to amend the Company's articles to
change the name of the Company from MDA Ltd. to MDA Space Ltd. (the
"Name Change"). Following the meeting, the Company filed such
articles of amendment and, effective May 9,
2024, completed the Name Change.
Votes
For
|
% Votes
For
|
Votes
Against
|
% Votes
Against
|
75,393,266
|
99.98 %
|
11,697
|
0.02 %
|
It is expected that the Company's common shares will begin
trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the new name at market
open on or about May 14, 2024. The
common shares will continue to trade under the symbol "MDA". Share
certificates or DRS statements representing common shares of the
Company are not affected by the Name Change and do not need to be
exchanged. The Name Change does not affect the rights of the
Company's shareholders and no further action is required by
existing shareholders.
Re-approving Unallocated Options, Rights or Other
Entitlements under Company's Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan
Following the vote at the Meeting, all the unallocated options,
rights or other entitlements under the Company's omnibus equity
incentive plan were re-approved.
Votes
For
|
% Votes
For
|
Votes
Against
|
% Votes
Against
|
68,752,671
|
95.29 %
|
3,402,421
|
4.72 %
|
ABOUT MDA SPACE
Building the space between proven
and possible, MDA Space (TSX:MDA) is a trusted mission partner to
the global space industry. A robotics, satellite systems and
geointelligence pioneer with a 55-year+ story of world firsts and
more than 450 missions, MDA Space is a global leader in
communications satellites, Earth and space observation, and space
exploration and infrastructure. The MDA Space team of more than
3,000 space experts in Canada, the
US and the UK has the knowledge and know-how to turn an audacious
customer vision into an achievable mission – bringing to bear a
one-of-a-kind mix of experience, engineering excellence and
wide-eyed wonder that's been in our DNA since day one. For
those who dream big and push boundaries on the ground and in the
stars to change the world for the better, we'll take you there. For
more information, visit www.mda.space.
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