Bitfarms Ltd. (Nasdaq/TSX: BITF) (“Bitfarms” or the “Company”), a
global Bitcoin vertically integrated company, today announces the
results of its annual general and special meeting of shareholders
(the “
Meeting”), held virtually on May 31, 2024. A
total of 149,457,098 common shares, representing 39.8% of the
issued and outstanding common shares of the Company were
represented at the Meeting.
Based on the proxies received and the votes cast
at the Meeting, four directors (the “Directors”)
were elected for the ensuing year. The following is a tabulation of
the votes submitted:
Nominee |
Votes For |
Votes Against* |
Nicolas Bonta |
82,364,315 |
7,117,680 |
Andres Finkielsztain |
81,170,259 |
8,311,737 |
Emiliano Joel Grodzki |
33,957,229 |
55,524,769 |
Edith M. Hofmeister |
63,902,867 |
25,579,129 |
Brian Howlett |
81,169,394 |
8,312,604 |
*Proxies representing a total of 60,014,630
common shares were not voted in respect to the election of
directors.
The Company wishes to advise that Mr. Emiliano
Grodzki has not been elected to the board of directors of the
Company (the “Board”). The Company thanks Mr.
Grodzki for his valuable contributions as a co-founder of Bitfarms
and during his tenure of service. The Board will be seeking an
appropriate candidate to enhance the Board’s skill set and address
the independence concerns expressed by certain proxy advisory firms
which are believed to have led to Mr. Grodzki not being re-elected.
This process has been commenced and the Company expects that it
will be completed shortly.
Shareholders also voted in favor of reappointing
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as auditors of the Company for the
ensuing year and authorized the Directors to fix their
remuneration, with votes “For” totaling 145,721,819 common shares
and votes “Withheld” totaling 3,774,608 common shares.
With votes “For” totaling 53,277,873 common
shares and 36,204,123 “Against”, shareholders voted in favor of an
ordinary resolution approving the renewal of the Company’s long
term equity incentive plan and the unallocated entitlements
thereunder, as more particularly described in the Management
Information Circular dated April 16, 2024.
The following are the Officers of the
Company:
Nicolas Bonta Jeffrey Lucas Benjamin Gagnon Benoit Gobeil
Marc-André Ammann Philippe Fortier Tracy Krumme Damian Luis Polla
Paul Magrath Patricia Osorio Andrea Keen Stephanie Wargo Guillaume
Reeves Jeff (Jun Feng) Gao |
- Chairman, Interim President & CEO- Chief Financial
Officer- Chief Mining Officer- Executive Vice President Operations
and Infrastructure- Senior Vice President of Finances and
Accounting- Senior Vice President of Corporate Development- Senior
Vice President, Head of Investor Relations- General Manager LATAM
Operations- Vice President Taxation & Sustainability- Vice
President & Corporate Secretary- Vice President of Human
Resources- Vice President of Marketing and Communications- Vice
President Information Technology- VP of Risk Management and
Optimization |
About Bitfarms
Ltd. Founded in 2017, Bitfarms is a global Bitcoin
mining company that contributes its computational power to one or
more mining pools from which it receives payment in Bitcoin.
Bitfarms develops, owns, and operates vertically integrated mining
farms with in-house management and company-owned electrical
engineering, installation service, and multiple onsite technical
repair centers. The Company’s proprietary data analytics system
delivers best-in-class operational performance and uptime.
Bitfarms currently has 12 Bitcoin mining
facilities and one under development situated in four countries:
Canada, the United States, Paraguay, and Argentina. Powered
predominantly by environmentally friendly hydro-electric and
long-term power contracts, Bitfarms is committed to using
sustainable and often underutilized energy infrastructure.
To learn more about Bitfarms’ events,
developments, and online communities:
www.bitfarms.comhttps://www.facebook.com/bitfarms/https://twitter.com/Bitfarms_iohttps://www.instagram.com/bitfarms/https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitfarms/
Cautionary Statement
Trading in the securities of the Company should
be considered highly speculative. No stock exchange, securities
commission or other regulatory authority has approved or
disapproved the information contained herein. Neither the Toronto
Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, or any other securities exchange or
regulatory authority accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain
“forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements”
(collectively, “forward-looking information”) that are based on
expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news
release and are covered by safe harbors under Canadian and United
States securities laws. The statements and information in this
release regarding additions to the Board and the benefits thereof,
growth opportunities and prospects for the Company, and other
statements regarding future growth, plans and objectives of the
Company are forward-looking information. Any statements that
involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations,
beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events
or performance (often but not always using phrases such as
“expects”, or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “anticipates” or
“does not anticipate”, “plans”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “forecasts”,
“estimates”, “prospects”, “believes” or “intends” or variations of
such words and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or
results “may” or “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken to
occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may
be forward-looking information.
This forward-looking information is based on
assumptions and estimates of management of the Company at the time
they were made, and involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance,
or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking information. Such factors include, among
others, risks relating to: the construction and operation of the
Company’s facilities may not occur as currently planned, or at all;
expansion may not materialize as currently anticipated, or at all;
the power purchase agreements and economics thereof may not be as
advantageous as expected; the digital currency market; the ability
to successfully mine digital currency; revenue may not increase as
currently anticipated, or at all; it may not be possible to
profitably liquidate the current digital currency inventory, or at
all; a decline in digital currency prices may have a significant
negative impact on operations; an increase in network difficulty
may have a significant negative impact on operations; the
volatility of digital currency prices; the anticipated growth and
sustainability of hydroelectricity for the purposes of
cryptocurrency mining in the applicable jurisdictions; the
inability to maintain reliable and economical sources of power for
the Company to operate cryptocurrency mining assets; the risks of
an increase in the Company’s electricity costs, cost of natural
gas, changes in currency exchange rates, energy curtailment or
regulatory changes in the energy regimes in the jurisdictions in
which the Company operates and the potential adverse impact on the
Company’s profitability; the ability to complete current and future
financings; the impact of the Restatement on the price of the
Company’s common shares, financial condition and results of
operations; the risk that a material weakness in internal control
over financial reporting could result in a misstatement of the
Company’s financial position that may lead to a material
misstatement of the annual or interim consolidated financial
statements if not prevented or detected on a timely basis;
historical prices of digital currencies and the ability to mine
digital currencies that will be consistent with historical prices;
and the adoption or expansion of any regulation or law that will
prevent Bitfarms from operating its business, or make it more
costly to do so. For further information concerning these and other
risks and uncertainties, refer to the Company’s filings on
www.sedarplus.ca (which are also available on the website of the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov), including
the MD&A for the year-ended December 31, 2023, filed on March
7, 2024 and the MD&A for three-month period ended
March 31, 2024 filed on May 15, 2024. Although the Company has
attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed in
forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause
results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended, including
factors that are currently unknown to or deemed immaterial by the
Company. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove
to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly,
readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking
information. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or
update any forward-looking information other than as required by
law.
Investor Relations
Contact:Tracy Krumme SVP, Investor Relations+1
786-671-5638tkrumme@bitfarms.com
Media Contacts:Actual Agency Khushboo
Chaudhary+1 646-373-9946mediarelations@bitfarms.com
Québec Media: TactLouis-Martin Leclerc+1
418-693-2425lmleclerc@tactconseil.ca
U.S. MediaDan Katcher or Joseph SalaJoele Frank, Wilkinson
Brimmer Katcher212-355-4449
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