Sprott Inc. Announces Results of its Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Appointment of Ron Dewhurst as Chairman
May 10 2019 - 4:01PM
Sprott Inc. (“
Sprott” or the
“
Corporation”) (TSX: SII) reported the voting
results from its Annual Meeting of the Corporation's shareholders
(“
Shareholders”) held earlier today (the
"
Meeting"). Sprott is pleased to announce that all
resolutions put forward in the Management Information Circular
dated March 20, 2019 (the "
Circular") to
Shareholders were approved.
At the Meeting, each of the following five
nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of
Sprott:
Nominee |
Votes For |
% |
Votes Withheld |
% |
Ronald Dewhurst |
137,523,800 |
98.915 |
1,508,390 |
1.085 |
Peter Grosskopf |
137,564,934 |
98.945 |
1,467,256 |
1.055 |
Sharon Ranson |
137,477,200 |
98.882 |
1,554,990 |
1.118 |
Arthur Richards Rule IV |
138,229,873 |
99.423 |
802,317 |
0.577 |
Rosemary Zigrossi |
137,533,957 |
98.922 |
1,498,233 |
1.078 |
Sprott also announced that Ron Dewhurst was
appointed Chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Dewhurst joined
the Sprott board in 2017 and has held a number of other board
positions. Over the course of his career, Mr. Dewhurst has held
many senior leadership roles in the US and Australia, most recently
serving as Executive Vice President and Head of Global Investment
Managers for Legg Mason Inc. Prior to joining Legg Mason, Mr.
Dewhurst was Head of Americas for JP Morgan Asset
Management.
In addition to the election of directors,
Shareholders also appointed KPMG LLP, Chartered Accountants, as
auditors for the Corporation for the ensuing year and authorized
the directors to fix their remuneration and terms of
engagement.
For further details of each of the above
matters, please refer to the Circular filed on the System for
Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) at
www.sedar.com.
About Sprott
Sprott is an alternative asset manager and a
global leader in precious metal and real asset investments. Through
its subsidiaries in Canada, the US and Asia, the Corporation is
dedicated to providing investors with best-in-class investment
strategies that include Exchange Listed Products, Lending, Managed
Equities and Brokerage. Sprott is based in Toronto with offices in
New York, Carlsbad and Vancouver and its common shares are listed
on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol (TSX:SII). For more
information, please visit www.sprott.com.
Investor contact
information:
Glen WilliamsManaging Director(416)
943-4394gwilliams@sprott.com
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