Wheaton Precious Metals Announces Election of Directors and Approval of Special Matters
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TSX: WPM
May 14, 2020 NYSE: WPM
WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS ANNOUNCES ELECTION
OF DIRECTORS AND APPROVAL OF SPECIAL MATTERS
Vancouver, British Columbia – Wheaton Precious Metals™ Corp. ("Wheaton" or the
"Company") announces that the nominees listed below were elected as directors of
Wheaton at the 20 20 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders . Detailed results of the
vote for directors of the Company held at the Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders
earlier today are shown below:
Nominee Votes For % For
Votes
Withheld % Withheld
George L. Brack 259,636,177 84.74% 46,757,826 15.26%
John A. Brough 280,180,001 91.44% 26,214,002 8.56%
R. Peter Gillin 281,990,228 92.04% 24,403,775 7.96%
Chantal Gosselin 304,007,356 99.22% 2,386,647 0.78%
Douglas M. Holtby 292,451,315 95.45% 13,942,688 4.55%
Glenn Ives 294,238,164 96.03% 12,155,839 3.97%
Charles A. Jeannes 300,429,682 98.05% 5,964,321 1.95%
Eduardo Luna 275,477,994 89.91% 30,916,009 10.09%
Marilyn Schonberner 300,583,954 98.10% 5,810,049 1.90%
Randy V.J. Smallwood 300,854,391 98.19% 5,539,612 1.81%
The following special matter was approved by shareholders at the 2020 Annual and Special
Meeting of Shareholders:
• the non-binding advisory resolution accepting the Company’s approach to executive
compensation was carried with 75.74% of the votes cast in favour of such resolution.
In addition, Wheaton is pleased to announce the appointment of Glenn Ives to the Board of
Directors of the Company, effective today.
Mr. Ives retired as a Canadian partner of Deloitte LLP on March 31, 2020. He spent 20 years as a
partner at Deloitte including serving as Chair for two four-year terms ending in 2018 and during this
time was a member of Deloitte’s Global Board of Directors, Global Governance Committee, and
chaired the Global Risk Committee. Mr. Ives led Deloitte’s mining sector in North and South
America from 2007 to 2020.
"We are pleased to welcome Glenn to our Board," said Doug Holtby, Chairman of Wheaton
Precious Metals. "Glenn is internationally recognized as a leader in the industry and brings with
him over 30 years of experience in working with publicly traded mining companies. Glenn was a
key contributor to the proliferation of the streaming model, and we look forward to benefiting from
his strong financial background and wealth of knowledge in our sector.”
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Prior to joining Deloitte in 1999, Mr. Ives gained over a decade of senior financial experience in the
mining industry as Vice-President of Finance and CFO of Vengold Inc. and as Vice-President of
Finance of TVX Gold. Mr. Ives has extensive corporate governance experience with non-profit
organizations including serving as a director of the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation from
2010 to 2019 and Chairman from 2016 to 2018.
Mr. Ives holds a Bachelor of Mathematics degree (Honours) from the University of Waterloo, is a
Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants and is a member of the Institute of Corporate
Directors.
For further information, please contact:
Patrick Drouin
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.
Tel: 1-844-288-9878
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.wheatonpm.com