TORONTO, May 1, 2015 /CNW/ - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. reports that at its Annual Meeting of shareholders on April 30, 2015 there were 6 shareholders voting in person holding 19,604 Voting Common Shares and 403 shareholders voting by proxy holding 116,587,330 Voting Common Shares, representing in total 409 shareholders holding 116,606,934 Voting Common Shares being 81.50% of the total number of Voting Common Shares outstanding.
Each of the directors listed as nominees in the management proxy circular dated March 19, 2015 were elected directors of the Corporation until the next Annual Meeting.
The results of the vote for the election of directors are as follows:
| Names of Directors |
Number of Shares Voted For* |
Percentage of Shares Voted For |
Number of Shares Withheld from Voting* |
Percentage of Shares Withheld from Voting |
| W.E. Aziz |
106,038,969 |
94.13% |
6,607,186 |
5.87% |
| W.G. Beattie |
105,938,949 |
94.05% |
6,707,206 |
5.95% |
| G.A. Boland |
106,160,509 |
94.24% |
6,485,646 |
5.76% |
| J.L. Bragg |
106,231,331 |
94.31% |
6,414,824 |
5.69% |
| R.G. Close |
106,803,318 |
94.81% |
5,842,837 |
5.19% |
| D.L. Emerson |
106,524,775 |
94.57% |
6,121,380 |
5.43% |
| J.M. Fraser |
107,007,969 |
94.99% |
5,638,186 |
5.01% |
| C. R. Lamoureux |
106,227,011 |
94.30% |
6,419,144 |
5.70% |
| M.H. McCain |
106,800,982 |
94.81% |
5,845,173 |
5.19% |
| J.P. Olson |
106,534,715 |
94.57% |
6,111,440 |
5.43% |
* As the vote for each motion was taken by a show of hands, the number of votes disclosed reflects only those proxies received by management in advance of the meeting.
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is a leading Canadian consumer protein company, making high quality, innovative products under national brands including Maple Leaf®, Maple Leaf Prime®, Maple Leaf Natural Selections®, Schneiders®, Schneiders Country Naturals® and Mina™. The Company employs approximately 12,000 people across Canada and exports to global markets, including the U.S. and Asia. The Company is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario and its shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (MFI).
SOURCE Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
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