B2Gold Announces Voting Results from its 2023 Annual General and Special Meeting
B2Gold Announces Voting Results from its 2023 Annual General and Special Meeting
Vancouver, BC, June 2 6, 2023 – B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO) (NYSE AMERICAN: BTG) (NSX: B2G)
(“B2Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the voting results from its Annual General and Special
Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) held on Friday, June 23, 2023 . A total of 950,464,631 common
shares were voted at the Meeting, representing 7 3.46% of the votes attached to all outstanding common
shares.
Shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of all items of business before the Meeting. The nine director
nominees listed in B2Gold’s Management Information Circular (“the “Circular”) dated May 15, 2023, were
elected as directors of B2Gold to hold office for the ensuing year or until their successors are elected or
appointed. Detailed results of the vote for each director are set out below:
Name
Total Votes
in Favour
Total Votes
Withheld
Outcome of
Vote
Kevin Bullock 887,166,749 98.96% 9,342,556 1.04% Approved
Kelvin Dushnisky 851,578,581 94.99% 44,930,724 5.01% Approved
Clive Johnson 859,697,022 95.89% 36,812,283 4.11% Approved
George Johnson 893,851,450 99.70% 2,657,855 0.30% Approved
Liane Kelly 891,612,607 99.45% 4,896,698 0.55% Approved
Jerry Korpan 841,819,914 93.90% 54,689,390 6.10% Approved
Thabile Makgala 893,936,929 99.71% 2,572,375 0.29% Approved
Lisa Pankratz 892,086,555 99.51% 4,422,750 0.49% Approved
Robin Weisman 887,306,532 98.97% 9,202,773 1.03% Approved
The resolutions to set the number of directors of the Company at nine , to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as auditor of the Company , and to amend the Company’s Restricted Share Unit Plan were approved
with 99.41%, 98.08%, and 93.15%, respectively, of votes cast in favour.
The resolution regarding the Advisory Vote on the Company’s approach to Executive Compensation was
approved with 94.14% of votes cast in favour.
A report on all items of business voted on at the Meeting will be filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
About B2Gold Corp.
B2Gold is a low -cost international senior gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in
2007, today, B2Gold has operating gold mines in Mali, Namibia and the Philippines and numer ous
exploration and development projects in various countries including Canada, Mali, Colombia, Finland, Côte
d'Ivoire, and Uzbekistan.
ON BEHALF OF B2GOLD CORP.
“Clive T. Johnson”
President & Chief Executive Officer
For more information on B2Gold please visit the Company website at www.b2gold.com or contact:
Michael McDonald Cherry DeGeer
VP, Investor Relations & Corporate Development Director, Corporate Communications
+1 604-681-8371 +1 604-681-8371
[email protected] [email protected]
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