VANCOUVER, June 5, 2019 /CNW/ - Ballard Power
Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) today announced results of
its 2018 Annual General Meeting, which was held yesterday at the
Company's headquarters in Burnaby,
British Columbia, Canada.
All nominees listed in the Management Proxy Circular dated
April 8th, 2019 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 Board of Directors section of the Company's
website.
|
Director
Nominee
|
Votes For
|
%
For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
% Withheld
|
|
Douglas P.
Hayhurst
|
75,018,994
|
99.44
|
422,484
|
0.56
|
|
Kui (Kevin)
Jiang
Duy-Loan
Le
|
73,206,309
74,972,046
|
97.04
99.38
|
2,235,170
469,433
|
2.96
0.62
|
|
R. Randall
MacEwen
|
75,021,963
|
99.44
|
419,516
|
0.56
|
|
Marty
Neese
|
75,057,064
|
99.49
|
384,415
|
0.51
|
|
James
Roche
Shaojun (Sherman)
Sun
|
75,078,086
74,141,866
|
99.52
98.28
|
363,393
1,299,613
|
0.48
1.72
|
|
Ian
Sutcliffe
|
75,065,692
|
99.50
|
375,787
|
0.50
|
|
Janet
Woodruff
|
75,077,089
|
99.52
|
364,390
|
0.48
|
At the Annual General Meeting, Ballard's CEO provided an update
on the business, which can be found at
http://ballard.com/investors/presentations-events.
In addition, KPMG LLP, Chartered Accountants, was appointed as
auditor for the Company and an advisory vote approved the approach
to executive compensation, as disclosed in the Company's Management
Proxy Circular.
|
Item
|
For
|
% For
|
Against
|
% Against
|
Withheld/
Abstain
|
% Withheld/
Abstain
|
Non-Vote
|
|
Appointment of
Auditors
|
107,081,821
|
96.05
|
0
|
0
|
2,494,256
|
3.95
|
0
|
|
Executive
Compensation
|
72,564,561
|
96.18
|
2,876,918
|
3.82
|
0
|
0
|
34,134,598
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual
General Meeting held on June
4th, 2019 will be filed on SEDAR
(www.sedar.com).
About Ballard Power Systems
Ballard Power Systems'
(NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) vision is to deliver fuel cell power for
a sustainable planet. The Company builds fuel cell products that
reduce customer costs and risks, and helps customers solve
difficult technical challenges or address new business
opportunities. To learn more about Ballard, please visit
www.ballard.com.
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