LAC:CC - Lithium Americas Announces 2022 AGM Results
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX: LAC) (NYSE: LAC) (“Lithium Americas” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the voting results from its annual meeting of shareholders held on June 21, 2022 (the “Meeting”).
A requisite majority of shareholders, casting votes in person or by proxy, approved the following items of business at the Meeting:
- setting the size of the Board of Directors at nine;
- electing each of the nine incumbent directors nominated by management;
- re-appointing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s auditor; and
- approving a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation.
Votes were cast on the matters noted above as follows:
Election of Board of Directors
| Number of Directors |
| Votes For |
| Votes Against |
| Setting the number of directors at nine |
| 42,054,406 (98.86%) |
| 483,077 (1.14%) |
| Director |
| Votes For |
| Votes Withheld |
| George Ireland |
| 41,671,914 (97.97%) |
| 865,570 (2.03%) |
| Fabiana Chubbs |
| 41,461,079 (97.47%) |
| 1,076,405 (2.53%) |
| Kelvin Dushnisky |
| 41,135,680 (96.70%) |
| 1,401,805 (3.30%) |
| Jonathan Evans |
| 41,957,067 (98.64%) |
| 580,417 (1.36%) |
| Dr. Yuan Gao |
| 37,881,520 (89.05%) |
| 4,655,965 (10.95%) |
| John Kanellitsas |
| 41,088,159 (96.59%) |
| 1,449,326 (3.41%) |
| Jinhee Magie |
| 41,332,972 (97.17%) |
| 1,204,512 (2.83%) |
| Franco Mignacco |
| 41,238,860 (96.95%) |
| 1,298,625 (3.05%) |
| Xiaoshen Wang |
| 37,188,584 (87.43%) |
| 5,348,901 (12.57%) |
Appointment of the Auditors
| Resolution |
| Votes For |
| Votes Withheld |
| Appointing PwC as the auditors |
| 72,728,305 (99.24%) |
| 558,305 (0.76%) |
Advisory Vote
| Resolution |
| Votes For |
| Votes Against |
| Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation |
| 40,915,602 (96.19%) |
| 1,621,882 (3.81%) |
Further details concerning voting results are available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com .
ABOUT LITHIUM AMERICAS
Lithium Americas Corp. is focused on developing lithium projects in Argentina and the United States. Lithium Americas is a Canadian-based company listed on both the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LAC) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LAC).
For further information contact:
Investor Relations
Telephone: 778-656-5820
Email: ir@lithiumamericas.com
Website: www.lithiumamericas.com