VANCOUVER, BC, May 10, 2024
/PRNewswire/ - Wheaton Precious Metals™ Corp. ("Wheaton" or the
"Company") announces that the nominees listed below were elected to
the Board of Directors at the 2024 Annual and Special Meeting of
Shareholders, including the addition of Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan, or Venkat, who
joins the board effective today. Detailed results of the vote for
the Board of Directors of the Company are shown below.
"With his impressive track record of exemplary
leadership and success in the mining industry, we are pleased to
welcome Venkat to our Board of Directors," said George Brack, Chair of the Board of Wheaton.
"Venkat brings a wealth of experience, strategic insight and a
strong dedication to sustainable growth, which will be invaluable
to Wheaton as we venture into our next phase of expansion. We look
forward to working closely with Venkat and benefiting from his
contributions to our board discussions and decision-making
process."
2024 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders Voting
Results
|
Nominee
|
Votes For
|
% For
|
Votes Withheld
|
% Withheld
|
|
George L.
Brack
|
324,783,866
|
98.27 %
|
5,717,692
|
1.73 %
|
|
Jaimie
Donovan
|
327,626,678
|
99.13 %
|
2,874,880
|
0.87 %
|
|
R. Peter
Gillin
|
313,193,110
|
94.76 %
|
17,308,448
|
5.24 %
|
|
Chantal
Gosselin
|
318,747,803
|
96.44 %
|
11,753,755
|
3.56 %
|
|
Jeane Hull
|
327,216,498
|
99.01 %
|
3,285,060
|
0.99 %
|
|
Glenn Ives
|
328,571,567
|
99.42 %
|
1,929,991
|
0.58 %
|
|
Charles A.
Jeannes
|
325,495,940
|
98.49 %
|
5,005,618
|
1.51 %
|
|
Marilyn
Schonberner
|
324,115,890
|
98.07 %
|
6,385,668
|
1.93 %
|
|
Randy V.J.
Smallwood
|
329,605,299
|
99.73 %
|
896,259
|
0.27 %
|
|
Srinivasan
Venkatakrishnan
|
328,191,419
|
99.30 %
|
2,310,139
|
0.70 %
|
The following special matter was also approved by shareholders
at the 2024 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders:
- the ordinary resolution to approve the appointment of Deloitte
LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, as auditors of
the Company was carried with 94.42% of the votes cast in favour of
such resolution; and
- as a special matter, the non-binding advisory resolution
accepting the Company's approach to executive compensation was
carried with 94.14% of the votes cast in favour of such
resolution.
Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan –
New Director
Mr. Venkatakrishnan is a Corporate Director and
an experienced mining executive who brings a wealth of mining and
financial experience, gained through his vast experience of leading
global mining businesses, in a career that has spanned across 17
countries and six continents. Mr. Venkatakrishnan has a
proven track record of leading multinational organizations -
including major publicly listed companies - through periods of
challenging and transformative change. He is currently the Chair of
Endeavour Mining plc. and a director of BlackRock World Mining
Trust plc. He was also, until March 31,
2024, a Director of Weir Group Plc. Previously, Mr.
Venkatakrishnan served as CEO of Vedanta Resources plc from 2018 to
2020 and was CEO of AngloGold Ashanti Limited between 2013 to 2018,
having previously been Chief Financial Officer of the business from
2005, and of Ashanti Goldfields Limited from 2000. In his early
career, he was a Director with Deloitte in London, leading corporate restructurings on
behalf of both corporates and financiers. Mr. Venkatakrishnan
is a past board member of the World Gold Council, International
Council on Mining and Metals, Business Leadership South Africa, the
Chamber of Mines of South Africa
and a past member of the Financial Review Investigation Panel of
the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
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