The Annual General and Special Meeting will be held at the
If you are a non-registered shareholder, you will be able to attend, participate and/or vote at the Meeting online via live webcast only if you duly appoint yourself as proxyholder through the method specified by your intermediary and comply with all of the requirements set out in the Management Information Circular relating to appointment and registration, which must be properly completed before the proxy deadline on
Whether you intend to attend the meeting in person or virtually, shareholders are encouraged to vote in advance of the meeting. In order for your proxy to be valid you must submit your vote by no later than
Shareholders are encouraged to vote today via the internet or telephone using the control number found on the proxy or voting instruction form that was mailed to you to ensure your vote is received in a timely manner.
Registered Shareholders | Beneficial Shareholders | ||
Common Shares held in own name and represented by a physical certificate or DRS. | Common Shares held with a broker, bank or other intermediary. | ||
Internet | www.investorvote.com | www.proxyvote.com | |
Telephone | 1-866-732-8683 | Call the applicable number listed on the voting instruction form. | |
| Return the form of proxy in the enclosed envelope. | Return the voting instruction form in the enclosed envelope. |
Shareholders who have questions, including with respect to Notice and Access, or need assistance with voting their shares, should contact
Registered Shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders may virtually attend the Meeting using an internet connected device such as a laptop, computer, tablet or mobile phone, and the meeting platform will be supported across browsers and devices that are running the most updated version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge or Internet Explorer. Registered Shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders attending the Meeting must remain connected to the internet at all times during the Meeting in order to vote when balloting commences. It is your responsibility to ensure that you remain connected to the internet for the duration of the Meeting.
Registered Shareholders wishing to attend and to vote virtually at the Meeting should not complete or return the proxy form should instead follow the steps below, which are the same steps to be undertaken by duly appointed proxyholders:
- Log into https://web.lumiagm.com/484692983 on the Meeting date at least 15 minutes before the start of the Meeting. You should allow ample time to check into the virtual Meeting and to complete the related procedures.
- Click on "I have a login".
- Enter your 15-digit control number as your username (located on the form of proxy or in the email notification you received).
- Enter the Password: "b2gold2022" (case sensitive).
Registered Shareholders who have duly appointed a proxyholder to attend and vote at the Meeting must register such proxyholder with Computershare by visiting http://www.computershare.com/B2Gold on or before
Non-registered shareholders wishing to attend and participate in the virtual meeting must duly appoint themselves as proxyholder through the method specified by their intermediary and comply with all of the requirements set out in the Management Information Circular relating to appointment and registration, which must be properly completed before the proxy deadline on
The Company believes that the ability to participate in the Meeting in a meaningful way, including asking questions, remains important despite the decision to offer participation at this year's Meeting virtually. It is anticipated that Registered Shareholders and proxyholders (including Non-Registered Shareholders who have appointed themselves as proxyholder) will have substantially the same opportunity to ask questions on matters of business before the Meeting as those Shareholders and proxyholders attending in person. Upon Shareholders logging into the virtual meeting platform, they will have the opportunity to start submitting questions prior to the Meeting and will continue to have the opportunity to submit questions during the Meeting. Questions may be sent to the Chair of the Meeting using the online Q&A tool on the meeting portal. Only Registered Shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders will be able to submit questions. Guests will not be able to submit questions.
- Tap on the icon and then type your question.
- Compose your question and then press the send to deliver your question to the Chair.
- Once you have pressed the send icon in step 2, confirmation that your question has been received by the Chair will appear.
Questions will be read by the Chair of the Meeting or a designee of the Chair and responded to by a representative of the Company. To ensure fairness for all attendees, the Chair of the Meeting will decide on the amount of time allocated to each question and will have the right to limit or consolidate questions and to reject questions that do not relate to the business of the Meeting or which are determined to be inappropriate or otherwise out of order. As part of the Meeting, the Company will hold a Q&A session during which the Chair and the Company's senior management intend to answer questions submitted during the Meeting.
- Log into https://web.lumiagm.com/484692983 on the Meeting date at least 15 minutes before the start of the Meeting. You should allow ample time to check into the virtual Meeting and to complete the related procedures.
- Click on "I am a guest".
- Enter the password: "b2gold2022" (case sensitive).
In the event that you are unable to attend the Meeting in person or in the unlikely event that your internet connection to the webcast is lost or interrupted, or as an alternative method to access the webcast, the Meeting will also be accessible by dialing +1 416-764-8659 (local – Toronto), +1 778-383-7413 (local – Vancouver) or +1 888-664-6392 (toll free – North America). However, participation through the conference line during the Meeting will only allow the attendees to listen in and you will not be able to vote or ask questions.
A playback of the Meeting will be available until
Once the Meeting is adjourned, there will be presentations from
On Behalf of
"Clive T. Johnson"
President & Chief Executive Officer
For more information on
Randall Chatwin | |
SVP, Legal & Corporate Communications | Director, Corporate Communications |
+1 604-681-8371 | +1 604-681-8371 |
rchatwin@b2gold.com | cdegeer@b2gold.com |
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