May 5, 2021 miningnewsdaily

Equinox Gold Announces Results From Annual General Meeting

<br /> Equinox Gold Announces Results From Annual General Meeting<br />

PR Newswire


VANCOUVER, BC

,

May 5, 2021

/PRNewswire/ – Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX: EQX) (NYSE American: EQX) (“Equinox Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Equinox Gold shareholders approved all matters voted on at the annual general meeting held earlier today including the election of management’s nominees as directors, the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditor, amendments to the Company’s Articles, and acceptance of the Company’s approach to executive compensation (“Say on Pay”). Each of the matters voted on at the meeting are described in detail in the Company’s Management Information Circular dated

March 12, 2021

, which is available on the Company’s website at

www.equinoxgold.com

. A total of 140,100,255 common shares were represented at the meeting, being 57.74% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common shares.


Number of Directors



Resolution



Votes For



Votes Against


Set the number of directors of the Company at nine


122,018,286 (99.82%)


220,486 (0.18%)


Election of Directors



Director Nominee



Votes For



Votes Withheld


Mr. Ross Beaty – Chairman


117,102,894 (95.80%)


5,136,401 (4.20%)


Ms. Maryse Bélanger


118,480,224 (96.92%)


3,759,071 (3.08%)


Mr. Lenard Boggio – Lead Director


114,638,211 (93.78%)


7,601,084 (6.22%)


Mr. Tim Breen


121,731,860 (99.58%)


507,435 (0.42%)


Mr. Gordon Campbell


121,580,640 (99.46%)


658,655 (0.54%)


Gen. Wesley Clark


121,970,790 (99.78%)


268,505 (0.22%)


Dr. Sally Eyre


120,017,121 (98.18%)


2,221,651 (1.82%)


Mr. Marshall Koval


112,276,546 (91.85%)


9,962,226 (8.15%)


Mr. Christian Milau


119,436,635 (97.71%)


2,802,136 (2.29%)


Appointment of Independent Auditor



Resolution



Votes For



Votes Withheld


Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company

for the ensuing year, and authorizing the Board to set the

auditor’s pay


139,524,075 (99.59%)


576,180 (0.41%)


Amendment of Company Articles



Resolution



Votes For



Votes Against


Amendments to the Company’s Articles to increase the

threshold for a quorum at shareholder meetings and

remove the right for directors to appoint alternates.


95,397,649 (78.04%)


26,675,914 (21.82%)


Say on Pay Advisory Vote



Resolution



Votes For



Votes Against


A non-binding advisory resolution approving the

Company’s approach to executive compensation


120,794,067 (98.82%)


1,252,476 (1.02%)

Cision
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SOURCE Equinox Gold Corp.

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May 5, 2021 – 5:19 PM PDT

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