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RNS Number : 3963Z Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 15 May 2023
May 12, 2023
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 2023 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders. Detailed
results of the vote for the Board of Directors of the Company are shown below.
As previously announced, Mr. Eduardo Luna and Mr. John Brough did not stand
for re-election. In addition, Ms. Jeane Hull has been elected to the Board.
"I am excited to welcome Jeane Hull to Wheaton's Board of Directors. Ms. Hull
brings a wealth of technical and operational experience that will no doubt
make her an excellent addition to the Wheaton Board," said George Brack, Chair
of the Board of Wheaton. "With the addition of Ms. Hull, Wheaton has exceeded
our stated diversity target of 30% female board members by 2024, with over 40%
of the board now female."
2023 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders Voting Results
Nominee Votes For % For Votes Withheld % Withheld
George L. Brack 322,284,673 97.61% 7,878,957 2.39%
Jaimie Donovan 322,651,839 97.72% 7,511,791 2.28%
R. Peter Gillin 314,292,950 95.19% 15,870,680 4.81%
Chantal Gosselin 315,923,913 95.69% 14,239,717 4.31%
Jeane Hull 327,888,602 99.31% 2,275,028 0.69%
Glenn Ives 327,605,660 99.23% 2,557,970 0.77%
Charles A. Jeannes 306,763,045 92.91% 23,400,585 7.09%
Marilyn Schonberner 323,870,891 98.09% 6,292,739 1.91%
Randy V.J. Smallwood 327,027,044 99.05% 3,136,586 0.95%
The following special matter was also approved by shareholders at the 2022
Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders:
· the non-binding advisory resolution accepting the Company's approach
to executive compensation was carried with 92.02% of the votes cast in favour
of such resolution.
Jeane Hull - New Director
Ms. Hull has over 35 years of mining operational leadership and engineering
experience, most notably holding the positions of Chief Operating Officer for
Rio Tinto plc at the Kennecott Utah Copper Mine and Executive Vice President
and Chief Technical Officer of Peabody Energy Corporation. She also held
numerous management engineering and operations positions with Rio Tinto
affiliates. Prior to joining Rio Tinto, she held positions with Mobil Mining
and Minerals and has additional environmental engineering and regulatory
affairs experience in the public and private sectors. Ms. Hull currently
serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Coeur Mining, Inc., Copper
Mountain Mining Corporation and Eprioc AB. She previously served on the boards
of Interfor Corporation, Trevali Mining Corporation, Pretium Resources Inc.
and Cloud Peak Energy Inc. Ms. Hull also serves on the Advisory Board for
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
For further information, please contact:
Patrick Drouin or Emma Murray
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.
Tel: 1-844-288-9878
Email: info@wheatonpm.com
Website: www.wheatonpm.com (http://www.wheatonpm.com)
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