TORONTO, July 15, 2021 /CNW/ - Indigo Books & Music Inc. (TSX: IDG),
Canada's largest book and
lifestyle retailer, held its Annual Shareholders' Meeting today and
announced the voting results for its board of directors.
The total number of shares represented in person or by proxy at
the meeting was 21,658,690 representing 79.41% of Indigo's issued
and outstanding Common Shares. Shareholders voted in favour
of all items of business, including the election of each of the ten
nominee directors as shown below:
|
Nominee
|
Votes
For
|
% Votes
For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
% Votes
Withheld
|
|
Heather
Reisman
|
21,624,268
|
99.90%
|
21,383
|
0.10%
|
|
Frank
Clegg
|
21,618,268
|
99.87%
|
27,383
|
0.13%
|
|
Jonathan
Deitcher
|
21,618,468
|
99.87%
|
27,183
|
0.13%
|
|
Mitchell
Goldhar
|
20,647,868
|
95.39%
|
997,783
|
4.61%
|
|
Howard
Grosfield
|
21,621,468
|
99.89%
|
24,183
|
0.11%
|
|
Robert
Haft
|
21,018,468
|
97.10%
|
627,183
|
2.90%
|
|
Andrea
Johnson
|
21,624,468
|
99.90%
|
21,183
|
0.10%
|
|
Anne Marie
O'Donovan
|
21,624,468
|
99.90%
|
21,183
|
0.10%
|
|
Chika Stacy
Oriuwa
|
21,621,968
|
99.89%
|
23,683
|
0.11%
|
|
Gerald
Schwartz
|
21,624,968
|
99.90%
|
20,683
|
0.10%
|
Final results on all matters voted at the Annual Meeting held on
July 15, 2021 are available under
Indigo's profile on SEDAR at sedar.com.
About Indigo Books & Music Inc.
Indigo is a publicly traded Canadian company listed on the Toronto
Stock Exchange (IDG). Indigo is Canada's leading book and lifestyle retailer,
offering a curated assortment of books, gifts, baby, kids, wellness
and lifestyle products, that support their customers every day and
at key life stages by simplifying their journey to live with
intention. Indigo believes in real books, in living life fully and
generously, in being kind to each other and that stories – big and
little – connect us.
Indigo founded the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation in 2004 to
address the underfunding of public elementary school libraries.
Every year the Foundation provides grants to high-needs elementary
schools so they can transform their libraries with the purchase of
new books and educational resources. To date, the Foundation has
committed over $33 million to more
than 3,000 elementary schools, benefitting more than 1,000,000
students. Most recently in April
2020, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and unprecedented
nation-wide school closures, the Foundation committed $1.0 million to provide books to families in
need. To learn more about Indigo, please visit the "Our Company"
section at indigo.ca.
SOURCE Indigo Books & Music
Inc.