VANCOUVER, BC, June 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Village Farms
International, Inc. (the "Company" or "Village Farms") (NASDAQ:
VFF) (TSX: VFF) announced today that all of the director nominees
listed in the management information circular dated May 22, 2020 were elected as directors of the
Company at the annual and special meeting of shareholders held
earlier today (the "Meeting"). The results of the vote for each
nominee director are set out below:
Nominee
|
Proxy Votes
For
|
Proxy %
For
|
Proxy Votes
Withheld
|
Proxy %
Withheld
|
Michael A.
DeGiglio
|
17,366,234
|
98.9%
|
195,599
|
1.1%
|
John P.
Henry
|
17,391,611
|
99.0%
|
170,222
|
1.0%
|
David
Holewinski
|
17,300,308
|
98.5%
|
261,525
|
1.5%
|
John R.
McLernon
|
16,581,558
|
94.4%
|
980,275
|
5.6%
|
Stephen C.
Ruffini
|
17,113,977
|
97.5%
|
447,856
|
2.5%
|
Christopher C.
Woodward
|
17,016,997
|
96.9%
|
544,836
|
3.1%
|
In addition, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was appointed auditor of
the Company to hold office until the next annual meeting of
shareholders and the directors were authorized to fix the auditor's
remuneration and the Company's quorum-related by-law amendment was
ratified.
Final voting results of all matters voted on at the Meeting will
be made available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
About Village Farms International, Inc.
Village Farms is one of the largest and longest-operating
vertically integrated greenhouse growers in North America. Village Farms produces and
distributes fresh, premium-quality produce with year-round
distribution to national grocers in the U.S. and Canada from more than nine million square feet
of Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) greenhouses in
Canada and the U.S., as well as
from its partner greenhouses in Canada and Mexico. The Company is leveraging its 30 years
of experience as a large-scale, low-cost vertically integrated
grower for the rapidly emerging global cannabis and CBD
opportunities. In Canada,
British-Columbia-based Pure
Sunfarms (majority-owned by Village Farms) is one of the single
largest cannabis operations in the world and one of the
best-selling brands in the country. In the U.S., subject to
compliance with all applicable U.S. federal and state laws, the
Company is pursuing a strategy become a leading developer and
supplier of branded and white-labeled CBD products targeting "big
box" and other major retailers and consumer packaged goods
companies, and with one the largest greenhouse operations in
country, is well positioned for the potential federal legalization
of high-THC cannabis.
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