TORONTO, July 19,
2022 /CNW/ - Indigo Books & Music Inc. (TSX:
IDG), Canada's largest book and
lifestyle retailer, held its Annual and Special Meeting of
Shareholders today and announced the voting results for its board
of directors.
The total number of shares represented in person or by proxy at
the meeting was 20,880,092 representing 76.34% of Indigo's issued
and outstanding Common Shares. Shareholders voted in favour
of all items of business, including the election of each of the ten
nominee directors as shown below:
|
Nominee
|
Votes
For
|
% Votes
For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
% Votes
Withheld
|
|
Heather
Reisman
|
20,869,558
|
99.99 %
|
2,719
|
0.01 %
|
|
Frank Clegg
|
20,848,162
|
99.88 %
|
24,115
|
0.12 %
|
|
Jonathan
Deitcher
|
20,849,408
|
99.89 %
|
22,869
|
0.11 %
|
|
Mitchell
Goldhar
|
19,517,662
|
93.51 %
|
1,354,615
|
6.49 %
|
|
Howard
Grosfield
|
20,845,162
|
99.87 %
|
27,115
|
0.13 %
|
|
Robert Haft
|
19,521,687
|
93.53 %
|
1,350,590
|
6.47 %
|
|
Andrea
Johnson
|
20,849,517
|
99.89 %
|
22,760
|
0.11 %
|
|
Anne Marie
O'Donovan
|
20,849,392
|
99.89 %
|
22,885
|
0.11 %
|
|
Chika
StacyOriuwa
|
20,846,517
|
99.88 %
|
25,760
|
0.12 %
|
|
Gerald
Schwartz
|
20,848,687
|
99.89 %
|
23,590
|
0.11 %
|
Final results on all matters voted at the Annual and Special
Meeting held on July 19, 2022 are
available under Indigo's profile on SEDAR at sedar.com.
About Indigo Books & Music
Inc.
Indigo is a publicly traded Canadian company listed on the
Toronto Stock Exchange (IDG). Indigo is Canada's leading book and lifestyle retailer,
offering a curated assortment of books, gifts, baby, kids, wellness
and lifestyle products, that support their customers every day and
at key life stages by simplifying their journey to live with
intention. Indigo believes in real books, in living life fully and
generously, in being kind to each other and that stories – big and
little – connect us.
The Company supports a separate registered charity, called the
Indigo Love of Reading Foundation (the "Foundation"), which is
committed to addressing educational inequality, and more
specifically the literacy crisis in Canada. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
and the unprecedented nation-wide school closures, the Foundation
committed $1.0 million to provide
books to families in need. With the support of the Company, its
customers, employees, and suppliers, the Foundation has committed
over $35.0 million to more than 3,500
high-needs elementary schools across Canada since 2004. The Foundation is dedicated
to raising awareness about the critical importance of children's
literacy while providing essential literary support to high-needs
children across Canada. To learn
more about Indigo, please visit the "Our Company" section at
indigo.ca.
SOURCE Indigo Books & Music
Inc.