KELOWNA, BC, Sept. 24, 2019 /CNW/ - Valens GroWorks
Corp. (TSXV: VGW) (OTCQX: VGWCF) (the "Company" or
"Valens"), a vertically integrated provider of industry
leading extraction products and services, including a diverse suite
of extraction methodologies, next generation cannabinoid delivery
formats and an ISO 17025 accredited analytical lab, is pleased to
announce the voting results from the Company's Annual General
and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting"),
held in Toronto, Ontario on
September 24, 2019.
The total number of common shares of the Company ("Common
Shares") represented by shareholders present in person and by
proxy at the Meeting was 43,999,025 Common Shares, representing
35.7% of the Company's total issued and outstanding Common Shares
as of the record date.
All of the matters put forward before shareholders for
consideration and approval as set out in the Company's notice of
meeting and management information circular, dated August 20, 2019, were approved by the requisite
majority of votes cast at the Meeting. In particular,
shareholders approved the re-election of all director nominees to
hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until
their successors are elected or appointed. Results of the vote for
the election of directors at the Meeting are set out as
follows:
Nominee
|
Votes
For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
% of Votes
Cast For
|
Tyler
Robson
|
28,733,832
|
97,177
|
99.7%
|
Christopher
Buysen
|
27,933,274
|
897,735
|
96.9%
|
Ashley
McGrath
|
27,927,421
|
903,588
|
96.9%
|
Chris
Irwin
|
27,718,481
|
1,112,528
|
96.1%
|
Nitin
Kaushal
|
27,918,128
|
912,881
|
96.8%
|
Deepak
Anand
|
28,790,687
|
40,322
|
99.9%
|
Shareholders also approved the following items of business
before the meeting: (1) setting the number of directors at six, (2)
the appointment of Davidson & Company LLP as auditor of the
Company for the ensuing year and the authorization of directors to
fix their remuneration, (3) approving amendments to the Company's
stock option plan, and (4) approving the advance notice policy of
the Company.
Detailed voting results are available under the Company's
profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
About Valens GroWorks
Valens GroWorks Corp. (TSXV:VGW) (OTCQX:VGWCF) is a
multi-licensed, vertically-integrated cannabis company focused on
being the partner of choice for leading Canadian and international
cannabis brands by providing best-in-class, proprietary services
including CO2, ethanol, hydrocarbon, solvent-less and terpene
extraction, analytical testing, formulation and white label product
development. Valens is the largest third-party extraction
company in Canada with an annual
capacity of 425,000 kg of dried cannabis and hemp biomass at our
purpose-built facility in Kelowna,
British Columbia, which is in the process of becoming
European Union (EU) Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
compliant. Additionally, our subsidiary Valens Labs is a Health Canada licensed ISO
17025 accredited cannabis testing lab providing sector-leading
analytical services and has partnered with Thermo Fisher Scientific
to develop a Centre of Excellence in Plant-Based Science. For
more information, please visit www.valensgroworks.com. The
Company's investor deck can be found specifically at
www.valensgroworks.com/investors/.
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