May 13, 2024
Vancouver, British
Columbia
Wheaton
Precious Metals Announces Election of Directors and Approval of
Special Matters and Welcomes New Board Member
Vancouver, British Columbia -
Wheaton Precious Metals™ Corp. ("Wheaton" or the "Company")
announces that the nominees listed below were
elected to the Board of Directors at the 2024 Annual and Special
Meeting of Shareholders, including the addition of Srinivasan
Venkatakrishnan, or Venkat, who joins the board effective today.
Detailed results of the vote for the Board of Directors of
the Company are shown below.
"With his impressive track record of
exemplary leadership and success in the mining industry, we are
pleased to welcome Venkat to our Board of Directors," said George
Brack, Chair of the Board of Wheaton. "Venkat brings a wealth of
experience, strategic insight and a strong dedication to
sustainable growth, which will be invaluable to Wheaton as we
venture into our next phase of expansion. We look forward to
working closely with Venkat and benefiting from his contributions
to our board discussions and decision-making process."
2024
Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders Voting
Results
|
Nominee
|
Votes For
|
% For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
% Withheld
|
|
George L.
Brack
|
324,783,866
|
98.27%
|
5,717,692
|
1.73%
|
|
Jaimie
Donovan
|
327,626,678
|
99.13%
|
2,874,880
|
0.87%
|
|
R. Peter
Gillin
|
313,193,110
|
94.76%
|
17,308,448
|
5.24%
|
|
Chantal
Gosselin
|
318,747,803
|
96.44%
|
11,753,755
|
3.56%
|
|
Jeane
Hull
|
327,216,498
|
99.01%
|
3,285,060
|
0.99%
|
|
Glenn
Ives
|
328,571,567
|
99.42%
|
1,929,991
|
0.58%
|
|
Charles
A. Jeannes
|
325,495,940
|
98.49%
|
5,005,618
|
1.51%
|
|
Marilyn
Schonberner
|
324,115,890
|
98.07%
|
6,385,668
|
1.93%
|
|
Randy
V.J. Smallwood
|
329,605,299
|
99.73%
|
896,259
|
0.27%
|
|
Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan
|
328,191,419
|
99.30%
|
2,310,139
|
0.70%
|
The following matters were also
approved by shareholders at the 2024 Annual and Special Meeting of
Shareholders:
·
the ordinary resolution to approve the appointment
of Deloitte LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, as
auditors of the Company was carried with 94.42% of the votes cast
in favour of such resolution; and
·
as a special matter, the non-binding advisory
resolution accepting the Company's approach to executive
compensation was carried with 94.14% of the votes cast in favour of
such resolution.
Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan - New
Director
Mr. Venkatakrishnan is a Corporate
Director and an experienced mining executive who brings a wealth of
mining and financial experience, gained through his vast experience
of leading global mining businesses, in a career that has spanned
across 17 countries and six continents. Mr. Venkatakrishnan
has a proven track record of leading multinational organizations -
including major publicly listed companies - through periods of
challenging and transformative change. He is currently the Chair of
Endeavour Mining plc. and a director of BlackRock World Mining
Trust plc. He was also, until March 31, 2024, a Director of Weir
Group Plc. Previously, Mr. Venkatakrishnan served as CEO of Vedanta
Resources plc from 2018 to 2020 and was CEO of AngloGold Ashanti
Limited between 2013 to 2018, having previously been Chief
Financial Officer of the business from 2005, and of Ashanti
Goldfields Limited from 2000. In his early career, he was a
Director with Deloitte in London, leading corporate restructurings
on behalf of both corporates and financiers. Mr.
Venkatakrishnan is a past board member of the World Gold Council,
International Council on Mining and Metals, Business Leadership
South Africa, the Chamber of Mines of South Africa and a past
member of the Financial Review Investigation Panel of the
Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
For
further information, please contact:
Investor Contact
Emma Murray
Vice President, Investor
Relations
Tel: 1-844-288-9878
Email: info@wheatonpm.com
Media Contact
Simona Antolak
Vice President, Communications &
Corporate Affairs
Tel: 604-639-9870
Email: simona.antolak@wheatonpm.com