CALGARY, May 5, 2015 /CNW/ - WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX:
WJA and WJA.A) (WestJet) announced today the voting results from
its Annual General Meeting held Tuesday May
5, 2015 in Calgary,
Alberta. The total number of shares represented by
shareholders present in person and by proxy at the meeting was 61.2
million representing 48.5 per cent of WestJet's issued and
outstanding Common Voting Shares and Variable Voting Shares.
The requisite number of shareholders voted in
favour of all items of business, including election of each of the
eleven director nominees as follows:
Nominee |
# Votes
for |
% Votes
for |
# Votes
withheld |
% Votes
withheld |
Clive J. Beddoe |
58,125,679 |
94.97% |
3,079,701 |
5.03% |
Hugh Bolton |
59,127,279 |
96.60% |
2,078,101 |
3.40% |
Ron A. Brenneman |
59,917,803 |
97.90% |
1,287,577 |
2.10% |
Antonio Faiola |
59,232,624 |
96.78% |
1,972,756 |
3.22% |
Brett Godfrey |
60,508,341 |
98.86% |
697,039 |
1.14% |
Allan W. Jackson |
59,941,206 |
97.94% |
1,264,174 |
2.06% |
S. Barry Jackson |
59,984,688 |
98.01% |
1,220,692 |
1.99% |
L. Jacques Ménard |
59,968,028 |
97.98% |
1,237,352 |
2.02% |
L.M. (Larry) Pollock |
56,629,003 |
92.52% |
4,576,377 |
7.48% |
Janice Rennie |
58,536,638 |
95.64% |
2,668,742 |
4.36% |
Gregg Saretsky |
58,981,626 |
96.37% |
2,223,754 |
3.63% |
Detailed voting results for the meeting are
available under WestJet's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
About WestJet
We are proud to be Canada's
most-preferred airline, powered by an award-winning culture of care
and recognized as one of the country's top employers. We offer
scheduled service to more than 90 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean and Europe. Through our regional airline, WestJet
Encore, and with partnerships with airlines representing every
major region of the world, we offer our guests more than 120
destinations in more than 20 countries. Leveraging WestJet's
extensive network, flight schedule and remarkable guest experience,
WestJet Vacations delivers affordable, flexible travel experiences
with a variety of accommodation options for every guest. Members of
our WestJet Rewards program earn WestJet dollars on flights,
vacation packages and more. Our members use WestJet dollars towards
the purchase of WestJet flights and vacation packages on any day,
at any time, to any WestJet destination with no blackout
periods ̶ even on seat sales. For more information
about everything WestJet, please visit westjet.com.
Recent recognition includes:
2015 Best Employers in Canada
(Aon Hewitt)
2014 Interbrand Canada's Best Canadian Brands (Rank #20)
2014 Brands of the Year (Strategy magazine)
2014 Canada's Most Preferred Airline (Ipsos)
2014 Value Airline of the Year (Air Transport World magazine)
2014/2013/2012 Canada's Most
Attractive Employer (Randstad)
2014/2013 WestJet RBC MasterCard ranked #1 in Canada (Money Sense magazine and
RewardsCanada.ca)
2014/2013/2012/2011 Highest equity score: airline, vacation package
supplier brands (Harris/Decima EquiTrend Study)
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