Departure of Directors or Certain Officers
Brian Quigley, an independent director of Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (the 'Company'), advised the Board of Directors of the Company (the 'Board') that he would not be standing for re-election at the Company's next annual shareholder meeting. Accordingly, at the annual meeting of shareholders, held on June 28, 2021 (the 'Meeting'), Mr. Quigley was not presented as a director nominee and was not re-elected to the Board.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On June 28, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. (Pacific Time), the Company held the Meeting. There were 2,735,413 shares of the Company represented in person or by proxy at the meeting, constituting 53.6% of the Company's issued share capital as at May 3, 2021, being the record date of the Meeting. The matters voted upon at the Meeting and the final voting results are set forth below:
Matter Being Voted On | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | Percent Approved By1 |
To Elect Chris Bunka as a director | 1,389,144 | 30,938 | 7,703 | 1,307,628 | 97.2% |
To Elect John Docherty as a director | 1,175,573 | 245,394 | 6,818 | 1,307,628 | 82.3% |
To Elect Nicholas Baxter as a director | 1,171,626 | 249,276 | 6,883 | 1,307,628 | 82.1% |
To Elect Ted McKechnie as a director | 1,394,635 | 26,310 | 6,840 | 1,307,628 | 97.7% |
To Elect Albert Reese Jr. as a director | 1,393,765 | 27,167 | 6,853 | 1,307,628 | 97.6% |
To Appoint Davidson & Company LLP as Auditors | 2,713,114 | 17,792 | 4,504 | 0 | 99.2% |
To Approve an amendment to the Company's Equity Incentive Plan for the issuance of an additional 249,143 common shares | 975,355 | 442,816 | 9,614 | 1,307,628 | 68.3% |
To Ratify the lawful actions of the directors for the past year | 1,225,531 | 55,303 | 146,951 | 1,307,628 | 85.8% |
1 Percentage is calculated based on abstained votes being counted as a vote against the resolution.
All of the proposals are described in detail in the Company's proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2021.
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