CALGARY, May 3, 2016 /CNW/ - WestJet Airlines Ltd.
(TSX: WJA) (WestJet) announced today the voting results from its
Annual General Meeting held Tuesday May 3,
2016 in Calgary, Alberta.
The total number of shares represented by shareholders present in
person and by proxy at the meeting was 63.7 million representing
52.1 per cent of WestJet's issued and outstanding Common Voting
Shares and Variable Voting Shares.
Given that the total number of votes cast by or on behalf of
holders of WestJet's Variable Voting Shares at the meeting exceeded
25 per cent of the total number of votes cast at the meeting, the
results below reflect the fact that the vote attached to each
Variable Voting Share has been automatically decreased to equal the
maximum vote permitted per Variable Voting Share under WestJet's
amended and restated articles of incorporation, which, in these
circumstances was 0.6921 of a vote per Variable Voting Share.
Holders of the requisite number of shares voted in favour of all
items of business, including election of each of the twelve
director nominees as follows:
Nominee
|
#
Votes
for
|
%
Votes
for
|
#
Votes
withheld
|
%
Votes
withheld
|
Clive J.
Beddoe
|
54,426,071
|
95.01%
|
2,856,928
|
4.99%
|
Hugh
Bolton
|
54,938,138
|
95.91%
|
2,344,861
|
4.09%
|
Ron A.
Brenneman
|
54,896,826
|
95.83%
|
2,386,173
|
4.17%
|
Christopher M.
Burley
|
54,903,776
|
95.85%
|
2,379,223
|
4.15%
|
Antonio
Faiola
|
55,869,604
|
97.53%
|
1,413,395
|
2.47%
|
Brett
Godfrey
|
55,812,628
|
97.43%
|
1,470,371
|
2.57%
|
Allan W.
Jackson
|
54,463,758
|
95.08%
|
2,819,241
|
4.92%
|
S. Barry
Jackson
|
54,298,617
|
94.79%
|
2,984,382
|
5.21%
|
L. Jacques
Ménard
|
55,467,496
|
96.83%
|
1,815,503
|
3.17%
|
Janice
Rennie
|
54,877,639
|
95.80%
|
2,405,360
|
4.20%
|
Gregg
Saretsky
|
55,632,525
|
97.12%
|
1,650,474
|
2.88%
|
Karen
Sheriff
|
54,665,735
|
95.43%
|
2,617,264
|
4.57%
|
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 highest-rated airline for customer
service, powered by an award-winning culture of care and recognized
as one of the country's top employers. We offer scheduled service
to 100 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 150
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:
2015/2011/2010/2008/2007/2006/2005 Canada's Most Admired Corporate Culture
(Waterstone Human Capital)
2015 Best Employers in Canada
(Aon Hewitt)
2015/2014/2013 WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard ranked #1 in
Canada (MoneySense magazine)
2014/2013 WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard ranked #1 in the
Canada's Choice ranking
(RewardsCanada.ca)
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)
2014/2013/2012/2011 Highest equity score: airline, vacation package
supplier brands (Harris/Decima EquiTrend Study)
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