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RNS Number : 0660O  Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.  13 May 2024

May 13, 2024
Vancouver, British Columbia
 

Wheaton Precious Metals Announces Election of Directors and Approval of
Special Matters and Welcomes New Board Member

 

Vancouver, British Columbia - Wheaton Precious Metals™ Corp. ("Wheaton" or
the "Company") announces that the nominees listed below were elected to the
Board of Directors at the 2024 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders,
including the addition of Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan, or Venkat, who joins the
board effective today.  Detailed results of the vote for the Board of
Directors of the Company are shown below.

 

"With his impressive track record of exemplary leadership and success in the
mining industry, we are pleased to welcome Venkat to our Board of Directors,"
said George Brack, Chair of the Board of Wheaton. "Venkat brings a wealth of
experience, strategic insight and a strong dedication to sustainable growth,
which will be invaluable to Wheaton as we venture into our next phase of
expansion. We look forward to working closely with Venkat and benefiting from
his contributions to our board discussions and decision-making process."

 

2024 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders Voting Results

 

 Nominee                     Votes For    % For   Votes Withheld  % Withheld
 George L. Brack             324,783,866  98.27%  5,717,692       1.73%
 Jaimie Donovan              327,626,678  99.13%  2,874,880       0.87%
 R. Peter Gillin             313,193,110  94.76%  17,308,448      5.24%
 Chantal Gosselin            318,747,803  96.44%  11,753,755      3.56%
 Jeane Hull                  327,216,498  99.01%  3,285,060       0.99%
 Glenn Ives                  328,571,567  99.42%  1,929,991       0.58%
 Charles A. Jeannes          325,495,940  98.49%  5,005,618       1.51%
 Marilyn Schonberner         324,115,890  98.07%  6,385,668       1.93%
 Randy V.J. Smallwood        329,605,299  99.73%  896,259         0.27%
 Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan  328,191,419  99.30%  2,310,139       0.70%

 

The following matters were also approved by shareholders at the 2024 Annual
and Special Meeting of Shareholders:

 

·    the ordinary resolution to approve the appointment of Deloitte LLP,
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, as auditors of the Company was
carried with 94.42% of the votes cast in favour of such resolution; and

·    as a special matter, the non-binding advisory resolution accepting
the Company's approach to executive compensation was carried with 94.14% of
the votes cast in favour of such resolution.

 

Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan - New Director

Mr. Venkatakrishnan is a Corporate Director and an experienced mining
executive who brings a wealth of mining and financial experience, gained
through his vast experience of leading global mining businesses, in a career
that has spanned across 17 countries and six continents.  Mr. Venkatakrishnan
has a proven track record of leading multinational organizations - including
major publicly listed companies - through periods of challenging and
transformative change. He is currently the Chair of Endeavour Mining plc. and
a director of BlackRock World Mining Trust plc. He was also, until March 31,
2024, a Director of Weir Group Plc. Previously, Mr. Venkatakrishnan served as
CEO of Vedanta Resources plc from 2018 to 2020 and was CEO of AngloGold
Ashanti Limited between 2013 to 2018, having previously been Chief Financial
Officer of the business from 2005, and of Ashanti Goldfields Limited from
2000. In his early career, he was a Director with Deloitte in London, leading
corporate restructurings on behalf of both corporates and financiers.  Mr.
Venkatakrishnan is a past board member of the World Gold Council,
International Council on Mining and Metals, Business Leadership South Africa,
the Chamber of Mines of South Africa and a past member of the Financial Review
Investigation Panel of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Investor Contact

Emma Murray

Vice President, Investor Relations

Tel: 1-844-288-9878

Email: info@wheatonpm.com (mailto:info@wheatonpm.com)

 

Media Contact

Simona Antolak

Vice President, Communications & Corporate Affairs

Tel: 604-639-9870

Email: simona.antolak@wheatonpm.com (mailto:simona.antolak@wheatonpm.com)

 

 

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