Endeavour Silver Announces 2021 Annual General Meeting Results
May 12 2021 - 6:06PM
Endeavour Silver Corp. (NYSE: EXK; TSX: EDR) announces that at the
Company’s 2021 Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) held on May 12,
2021 in Vancouver, shareholders voted in favour of all items of
business. A total of 67,521,897 votes were cast or represented
by proxy at the AGM, representing 41.25% of the outstanding common
shares as of the record date. The following is a tabulation of the
votes submitted by proxy:
Director |
Votes for |
Votes withheld |
Percent for |
Percent withheld |
Margaret M.
Beck |
34,983,870 |
749,106 |
97.90% |
2.10% |
Ricardo M. Campoy |
35,070,420 |
662,556 |
98.15% |
1.85% |
Bradford J. Cooke |
33,801,339 |
1,931,637 |
94.59% |
5.41% |
Geoffrey A. Handley |
33,025,727 |
2,707,250 |
92.42% |
7.58% |
Rex J. McLennan |
34,891,330 |
841,646 |
97.64% |
2.36% |
Kenneth Pickering |
35,004,529 |
728,448 |
97.96% |
2.04% |
Mario D. Szotlender |
34,601,368 |
1,131,608 |
96.83% |
3.17% |
All director nominees were re-elected.
By a vote by show of hands, shareholders voted
98.09% in favour of re-appointing KPMG LLP as auditor of the
Company and authorized the Board to fix the auditor's remuneration
for the ensuing year. In addition, shareholders also voted 97.51%
in favour to reconfirm the Stock Option Plan, as amended by
Amendment No. 5 and 97.75% in favour of the Share Unit
Plan.
As previously announced, effective today,
Bradford Cooke has been appointed Executive Chair of the Board and
has stepped down as CEO. Dan Dickson has assumed the role of CEO
and has been appointed to the Board, Christine West has assumed the
role of CFO and Rex McLennan has been selected as Lead Director of
Endeavour. Geoff Handley has stepped down as Chairman but plans to
remain an active Director of the Company.
Bradford Cooke commented, “I want to thank all
of the people who have supported me over the past 17 years in
building up Endeavour Silver to the Company it is today, including
our management team, board of directors and of course our
shareholders. We have done some great things together but we are
not half done yet.”
“The time has come to pass the management baton
to our rising stars, Dan Dickson and Christine West. I plan to stay
active with Endeavour, utilizing my knowledge of and contacts in
the mining industry to continue building a bigger and better
Company, and supporting Dan and Christine in their new roles. We
appreciate the vote of confidence of our directors and
shareholders.”
About Endeavour Silver –
Endeavour Silver Corp. is a mid-tier precious metals mining company
that owns and operates three high-grade, underground, silver-gold
mines in Mexico. Endeavour is currently advancing the Terronera
mine project towards a development decision and exploring its
portfolio of exploration and development projects in Mexico and
Chile to facilitate its goal to become a premier senior silver
producer. Our philosophy of corporate social integrity
creates value for all stakeholders.
SOURCE Endeavour Silver Corp. Contact
Information: Galina Meleger, Director Investor
RelationsToll free: (877) 685-9775Tel: (604) 640-4804Email:
gmeleger@edrsilver.com Website: www.edrsilver.com
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