ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors of the Corporation had fixed at eight the number of directors to be elected at the Meeting. Following the vote at the Meeting, each of the eight nominees listed in the Corporation’s Management Information Circular dated
Nominee | Votes For | % Votes For | Votes Withheld | % Votes Withheld | ||
Louis-Philippe Carrière | 95,318,776 | 98.94 | % | 1,021,773 | 1.06 | % |
93,236,027 | 96.78 | % | 3,104,522 | 3.22 | % | |
Alexandre L’Heureux | 96,014,330 | 99.66 | % | 326,219 | 0.34 | % |
95,793,726 | 99.43 | % | 546,823 | 0.57 | % | |
95,944,806 | 99.59 | % | 395,743 | 0.41 | % | |
95,945,129 | 99.59 | % | 395,420 | 0.41 | % | |
95,694,279 | 99.33 | % | 646,270 | 0.67 | % | |
93,211,651 | 96.75 | % | 3,128,898 | 3.25 | % |
APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Following the vote at the Meeting,
Votes For | % Votes For | Votes Withheld | % Votes Withheld | ||
93,641,829 | 97.04% | 2,851,387 | 2.96% |
NON-BINDING ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Shareholders were also presented with a non-binding, advisory vote on executive compensation to provide their views on WSP’s executive compensation plans and related disclosed objectives. Following the vote at the Meeting, such advisory resolution was adopted.
Votes For | % Votes For | Votes Against | % Votes Against | ||
89,455,013 | 92.85% | 6,885,536 | 7.15% |
As mentioned in the Corporation’s Management Information Circular dated
The foregoing voting results will be published on the Corporation’s website (www.wsp.com) under “Investors” and filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).
VIRTUAL MEETING
This year again, the Corporation held its Meeting as a virtual only meeting, where all Shareholders regardless of geographic location had an equal opportunity to participate at the Meeting. The virtual-only format for the Meeting also helped to mitigate health and safety risks to the community, shareholders, employees, and other stakeholders in light of the current continuing COVID-19 environment. The Meeting audio webcast is available on WSP’s website in the “Investors” section.
ABOUT WSP
As one of the world’s leading professional services firms, WSP exists to future-proof our cities and environment. We provide strategic advisory, engineering, and design services to clients in the transportation, infrastructure, environment, building, power, energy, water, mining, and resources sectors. Our 55,000 trusted professionals are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. Sustainability and science permeate our work. WSP derived about half of its
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Chief Financial Officer
alain.michaud@wsp.com
Phone: 438-843-7317
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