WSP Announces Results of Annual Shareholders' Meeting
2014年5月23日 - 6:29AM
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WSP Announces Results of Annual Shareholders' Meeting
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - May 22, 2014) - WSP Global Inc.
(TSX:WSP) ("WSP" or the "Corporation") today held its annual
meeting of shareholders (the "Meeting") at the McCord Museum in
Montreal. A total of 43,528,198 common shares (representing
approximately 70.61% of all issued and outstanding common shares of
the Corporation) were represented in person or by proxy at the
Meeting. The Corporation hereby announces that shareholders of the
Corporation (the "Shareholders") voted in favour of all items of
business put forth at the Meeting by the Corporation.
The complete voting results for each item of business at the
Meeting are as follows:
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The Board of directors of the Corporation fixed to eight (8) the
number of directors (the "Directors") to be elected at the Meeting.
Each of the eight nominees listed in the Corporation's Management
Information Circular dated April 24, 2014 were elected as a
Director of WSP until the end of the next annual meeting of
Shareholders of the Corporation or until their successors are
appointed. All of the nominee Directors were currently members of
the Corporation's Board of directors.
Nominee |
Votes For |
% For |
|
Votes Withheld |
% Withheld |
|
Christopher Cole |
41,264,379 |
97.20 |
% |
1,189,251 |
2.80 |
% |
Pierre Shoiry |
42,443,372 |
99.98 |
% |
10,258 |
0.02 |
% |
Richard Bélanger |
40,834,674 |
96.19 |
% |
1,618,956 |
3.81 |
% |
Grant G. McCullagh |
41,493,314 |
97.74 |
% |
960,316 |
2.26 |
% |
Birgit Nørgaard |
41,482,002 |
97.71 |
% |
971,628 |
2.29 |
% |
Josée Perreault |
42,359,086 |
99.78 |
% |
94,544 |
0.22 |
% |
Pierre Seccareccia |
42,034,633 |
99.01 |
% |
418,997 |
0.99 |
% |
Pierre Simard |
41,340,816 |
97.38 |
% |
1,112,814 |
2.62 |
% |
APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants,
was appointed as auditors of WSP until the close of the next annual
general Shareholders' meeting, and the Directors were authorized to
fix the remuneration of the auditors.
Votes For |
% For |
|
Votes Withheld |
% Withheld |
|
42,576,768 |
99.81 |
% |
79,976 |
0.19 |
% |
NON-BINDING ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The Corporation has proposed a non-binding, advisory vote on
executive compensation to provide appropriate Director
accountability to the Shareholders for the Board's compensation
decisions. Through this vote, Shareholders were given a formal
opportunity to provide their views on the disclosed objectives of
the executive compensation plans, and on the plans
themselves.
During today's Meeting, Shareholders voted in favour of the
advisory vote on executive compensation.
Votes For |
% For |
|
Votes Against |
% Against |
|
41,617,172 |
98.03 |
% |
836,308 |
1.97 |
% |
As mentioned in the Corporation's Management Information
Circular dated April 24, 2014, while Shareholders have provided
their collective advisory vote, the Directors remain fully
responsible for their compensation decisions and are not relieved
of these responsibilities by a positive advisory vote by
Shareholders.
The foregoing voting results will be published on the
Corporation website (www.wspgroup.com) under "Investors" and filed
on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).
ABOUT WSP
WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms,
working with governments, businesses, architects and planners and
providing integrated solutions across many disciplines. The firm
provides services to transform the built environment and restore
the natural environment, and its expertise ranges from
environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering
iconic buildings to designing sustainable transport networks, and
from developing the energy sources of the future to enabling new
ways of extracting essential resources. It has approximately 17,000
employees, mainly engineers, technicians, scientists, architects,
planners, surveyors, other design professionals, as well as various
environmental experts, based in more than 300 offices, across 30
countries, on 5 continents. www.wspgroup.com
Forward-looking statements
Certain information regarding WSP contained herein may
constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
may include estimates, plans, expectations, opinions, forecasts,
projections, guidance or other statements that are not statements
of fact. Although WSP believes that the expectations reflected in
such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no
assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct.
These statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and
may be based on assumptions that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the
forward-looking statements. WSP's forward-looking statements are
expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
The complete version of the cautionary note regarding
forward-looking statements as well as a description of the relevant
assumptions and risk factors likely to affect WSP's actual or
projected results are included in the Management Discussion and
Analysis for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2013,
which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The forward-looking
statements contained in this press release are made as of the date
hereof and WSP does not assume any obligation to update or revise
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise unless expressly required
by applicable securities laws.
Isabelle AdjahiDirector, Communications and Investor
RelationsWSP Global Inc.514-340-0046, ext.
5648isabelle.adjahi@wspgroup.com
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