TSX Symbol: CIX
TORONTO, April 21, 2017 /CNW/ - CI Financial Corp.
(the "Corporation") announced the results of matters voted upon at
its annual and special meeting of shareholders held April 20, 2017. Shareholders holding an aggregate
of 176,118,431 common shares (66.51% of outstanding shares) were
present or represented by proxy at the meeting.
All nominated directors were elected with voting results
tabulated as follows:
|
Nominee
|
Votes
For
|
%
For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
%
Withheld
|
|
Peter W.
Anderson
|
174,859,619
|
99.50%
|
887,443
|
0.50%
|
|
Sonia A.
Baxendale
|
175,563,031
|
99.90%
|
184,031
|
0.10%
|
|
Paul W.
Derksen
|
174,447,367
|
99.26%
|
1,299,695
|
0.74%
|
|
William T.
Holland
|
173,203,946
|
98.55%
|
2,543,116
|
1.45%
|
|
David P.
Miller
|
174,855,428
|
99.49%
|
891,634
|
0.51%
|
|
Stephen T.
Moore
|
175,597,521
|
99.91%
|
149,541
|
0.09%
|
|
Tom P.
Muir
|
174,991,578
|
99.57%
|
755,484
|
0.43%
|
At the meeting, shareholders also voted: (i) to approve the
appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the auditors of the
Corporation; (ii) to ratify and approve the adoption of the
Corporation's Restricted Share Unit Plan, together with the grant
of Restricted Share Units made under the plan prior to the Meeting;
(iii) to confirm the adoption of By-Law No. 2 of the Corporation to
increase the quorum requirement for meetings of shareholders to two
persons representing not less than 25% of the outstanding shares of
the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting; and (iv) to accept
the approach to executive compensation disclosed in the Management
Information Circular of the Corporation dated March 1, 2017.
Details of each of these matters are set out in the Management
Information. A report of voting results for each resolution
presented at the Meeting prepared in accordance with National
Instrument 51-102 has been filed under the Corporation's profile on
SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX) is an independent, Canadian-owned
wealth management company with approximately $160.5 billion in assets as of March 31, 2017. Its primary operating businesses
are CI Investments Inc., one of Canada's largest investment managers, advisory
businesses Assante Wealth Management and Stonegate Private Counsel,
and First Asset Capital Corp., a leader in providing actively
managed exchange-traded funds to the Canadian marketplace. CI is on
the Web at www.cifinancial.com.
SOURCE CI Financial Corp.