Century Announces Results of 2023 Shareholder Meeting
20 September 2023 - 2:00PM
Century Global Commodities Corporation
(“
Century”
or the
“
Company”)
is pleased to announce the results of the 2023 Annual General
Meeting of shareholders that was held on September 20, 2023 in Hong
Kong, China.
The Company is pleased to report that, as in
prior years, a very high shareholder response was achieved, with
86.203% of Century’s outstanding shares having been voted at the
meeting. At that meeting, the shareholders:
- set the size of the Board of
Directors at nine members;
- elected the Board of
Directors;
- re-appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as the Company’s auditors for the upcoming year; and
- re-approve the Company’s Equity
Incentive Plan and all unallocated awards thereunder, as required
every three years by the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Number
of
Directors
The number of directors of the Company for the
ensuing year was confirmed as and set at nine (9). The voting
results on this matter are as follows:
Setting the Number of Directors |
FOR |
101,828,312 |
99.933% |
ABSTAINED |
68,300 |
0.067% |
* % results rounded to 0.000%.
Election
of
Directors
Century’s shareholders accepted management’s
nominations for election to the Company’s Board of Directors with
overwhelming support. All of the nominees served as directors or
alternate director of the Company prior to the meeting and were
re-elected as directors until the Company’s next annual meeting of
shareholders. The voting results on the election of directors are
as follows:
Director |
FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAINED |
Sandy Chim |
101,490,181 |
99.812% |
181,431 |
0.178% |
9,900 |
0.010% |
Dwight Ball |
101,613,212 |
99.933% |
58,400 |
0.057% |
9,900 |
0.010% |
Howard Bernier |
101,613,212 |
99.933% |
58,400 |
0.057% |
9,900 |
0.010% |
Jionghui Wang |
101,613,212 |
99.933% |
58,400 |
0.057% |
9,900 |
0.010% |
Yiyan Chen |
101,477,381 |
99.799% |
194,231 |
0.191% |
9,900 |
0.010% |
Gloria Wong |
101,613,212 |
99.933% |
58,400 |
0.057% |
9,900 |
0.010% |
Jianlong Yang |
101,477,381 |
99.799% |
204,131 |
0.201% |
0 |
0.000% |
John Gravelle |
101,618,312 |
99.938% |
53,300 |
0.052% |
9,900 |
0.010% |
Tak Wai (Wien) Yu |
101,613,212 |
99.933% |
68,300 |
0.067% |
0 |
0.000% |
* % results rounded to 0.000%.
Re-appointment
of
Auditors
At the meeting, the Company’s shareholders
re-appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Professional
Accountants, as auditors of the Company for the 2023-2024 financial
year. The voting results on this matter are as follows:
Re-appointment of Auditors |
FOR |
101,886,712 |
99.990% |
ABSTAINED |
9,900 |
0.010% |
* % results rounded to 0.000%.
Re-approval
of the Equity Incentive
Plan
At the meeting, the Company’s shareholders also
re-approved the Company’s Equity Incentive Plan and adopted the
resolutions set out on page 37 of the Company’s Management
Information Circular dated August 11, 2023, making the plan
available for grants of equity-based incentive compensation for the
next three years. The following are the results of the vote on this
matter:
Re-approval of the Equity Incentive Plan |
FOR |
78,302,313 |
77.007% |
AGAINST |
23,379,199 |
22.993% |
* % results rounded to 0.000%.
ABOUT CENTURY
Century Global Commodities Corporation (TSX:CNT)
is primarily a resource exploration and development company with a
large portfolio of multi-billion tonne iron ore projects in Canada,
mostly discovered by its own exploration team. It has other
non-ferrous metals properties under exploration as well as a
well-established food distribution business (Century Food) in Hong
Kong.
The Joyce Lake Direct Shipping Iron Ore
Project
Joyce Lake, our most advanced project, is an
open pit direct shipping iron ore project in Newfoundland and
Labrador, close to the town of Schefferville, Québec which is
serviced by a rail link directly to ocean shipping iron ore ports
at Sept-Îles. The Project has completed an updated feasibility
study in 2022 and is undergoing environmental assessment. Joyce
Lake is held in a special purpose vehicle, Joyce Direct Iron Inc.
(“JDI”), in which Century owns 91.6%.
Century Food
Century Food is a subsidiary operation of the
Company which started a few years ago and is a value-adding
marketing and distribution business of quality food products
sourced from such regions as Europe and Australia and sold in the
Hong Kong and Macau markets.
For further information please contact:
Sandy Chim, President & CEOCentury Global Commodities
Corporation416-977-3188IR@centuryglobal.ca
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INFORMATION
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INFORMATION” WITHIN THE MEANING OF CANADIAN SECURITIES LEGISLATION.
THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE
REPRESENTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF CENTURY AS OF THE DATE OF THIS PRESS
RELEASE AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE.
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION INCLUDES INFORMATION THAT RELATES TO,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE COMPLETION OF THE RIGHTS OFFERING AND USE
OF PROCEEDS OF THE RIGHTS OFFERING, CENTURY’S OWNERSHIP AND PLANS
FOR SPIN-0UT, LISTING, FINANCING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE JOYCE LAKE
DSO IRON ORE PROJECT, INCLUDING (I) ESTIMATES AS TO RESOURCES AND
RESERVES FOR THE PROJECT, (II) ESTIMATES AS TO THE CAPITAL COSTS,
OPERATING COSTS, PRODUCTION RATES, MINE LIFE, NET PRESENT VALUE AND
RATES OF RETURN FOR THE PROJECT, (III) PROJECTIONS AS TO THE TIME
FRAME FOR THE ADDITIONAL WORK REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE
PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES; (IV) THE
ABILITY OF JDI TO CONCLUDE BENEFIT AGREEMENTS WITH FIRST NATIONS
AND THE GOVERNMENT OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; (V) THE TIMELINE
FOR COMPLETION OF THE EIS PROCESS BY JDI; (VI) THE ABILITY OF JDI
TO MEET ALL FEDERAL AND PROVISIONAL EIS REQUIREMENTS AND TO
ULTIMATELY SECURE THE REQUIRED ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING; AND (VII)
THE ABILITY OF JDI TO LIST ITS COMMON SHARES ON AN EXCHANGE, OF
WHICH THERE IS NO ASSURANCE. FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION IS BASED
ON, AMONG OTHER THINGS, OPINIONS, ASSUMPTIONS, ESTIMATES AND
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FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS AND EVENTS TO BE MATERIALLY
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INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, RISKS GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH
CENTURY’S BUSINESS, AS DESCRIBED IN CENTURY’S ANNUAL INFORMATION
FORM FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2023. INVESTOR SHOULD ALSO REVIEW
THE JOYCE LAKE DSO IRON ORE PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY IN DETAIL IN
ORDER TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE RISKS AFFECTING THE PROJECT AND THE
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