Saputo Announces Election of Directors
MONTREAL, Aug. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Saputo Inc. (TSX: SAP) (Saputo or the Company) announces that the nominees listed in the management information circular dated June 4, 2020, were elected as directors of Saputo at the annual meeting of shareholders held on August 6, 2020.
Each of the following ten nominees proposed by the board of directors was elected as a director of Saputo, pursuant to a vote conducted by ballot. The outcome of the proxies received by the Company and the ballots cast was as follows:
Voted For |
Withheld from Voting |
% For |
% Withheld |
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| Lino Saputo, Jr. | 337,758,047 | 7,564,422 | 97.81 | % | 2.19 | % | |
| Louis-Philippe Carrière | 344,151,131 | 1,171,338 | 99.66 | % | 0.34 | % | |
| Henry E. Demone | 341,108,617 | 4,213,852 | 98.78 | % | 1.22 | % | |
| Anthony M. Fata | 339,333,086 | 5,989,383 | 98.27 | % | 1.73 | % | |
| Annalisa King | 344,904,901 | 417,457 | 99.88 | % | 0.12 | % | |
| Karen Kinsley | 344,904,733 | 417,736 | 99.88 | % | 0.12 | % | |
| Tony Meti | 341,667,882 | 3,654,587 | 98.94 | % | 1.06 | % | |
| Diane Nyisztor | 340,773,734 | 4,548,735 | 98.68 | % | 1.32 | % | |
| Franziska Ruf | 341,109,382 | 4,213,087 | 98.78 | % | 1.22 | % | |
| Annette Verschuren | 344,510,004 | 812,465 | 99.76 | % | 0.24 | % | |
About Saputo
Saputo produces, markets, and distributes a wide array of dairy products of the utmost quality, including cheese, fluid milk, extended shelf-life milk and cream products, cultured products, and dairy ingredients. Saputo is one of the top ten dairy processors in the world, a leading cheese manufacturer and fluid milk and cream processor in Canada, the top dairy processor in Australia, and the second largest in Argentina. In the USA, Saputo ranks among the top three cheese producers and is one of the largest producers of extended shelf-life and cultured dairy products. In the United Kingdom, Saputo is the largest manufacturer of branded cheese and a top manufacturer of dairy spreads. Saputo products are sold in several countries under market-leading brands, as well as private label brands. Saputo Inc. is a publicly traded company and its shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “SAP”.
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