Kinross announces Annual Shareholder Meeting voting results
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Kinross announces Annual Shareholder Meeting voting results
Toronto, Ontario, May 3, 2017 – Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has announced the detailed voting results of the election of its Board of Directors, which took place at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held in Toronto on May 3, 2017.
The nominees listed in the Management Information Circular dated March 16, 2017 were elected as directors of Kinross at the meeting. Voting results were are follows:
Board of directors elected
| Nominee | Votes for | % for | Votes withheld | % withheld | |||||
| Ian Atkinson John A. Brough John M.H. Huxley Ave G. Lethbridge Catherine McLeod-Seltzer John E. Oliver Kelly J. Osborne Una M. Power J. Paul Rollinson | 706,716,208 672,001,056 672,096,570 702,170,590 686,939,700 674,258,649 705,760,110 705,005,940 701,725,983 | 99.09 94.22 94.24 98.45 96.32 94.54 98.96 98.85 98.39 | 6,479,958 41,195,110 41,099,596 11,025,575 26,256,466 38,937,516 7,436,056 8,190,226 11,470,182 | 0.91 5.78 5.76 1.55 3.68 5.46 1.04 1.15 1.61 |
Voting results at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders approving “Say on Pay”, an advisory resolution on executive compensation, and the appointment of the auditors, were as follows:
“Say on Pay” advisory resolution
| Votes for | % for | Votes against | % against | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 671,073,007 | 93.93 | 43,359,461 | 6.07 |
Appointment of auditors
| Votes for | % for | Votes withheld | % withheld | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 787,831,302 | 99.04 | 7,670,502 | 0.96 |
A report on all matters voted on at the meeting has been filed on SEDAR.
About Kinross Gold Corporation
Kinross is a Canadian-based senior gold mining company with mines and projects in the United States, Brazil, Russia, Mauritania, Chile and Ghana. Our focus is on delivering value based on the core principles of operational excellence, balance sheet strength, disciplined growth and responsible mining. Kinross maintains listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol:K) and the New York Stock Exchange (symbol:KGC).
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