B2Gold Announces Voting Results from its 2023 Annual General and Special Meeting
June 26 2023 - 6:00PM
B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO) (NYSE AMERICAN: BTG) (NSX: B2G) (“B2Gold”
or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the voting results from
its Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the
“Meeting”) held on Friday, June 23, 2023. A total of 950,464,631
common shares were voted at the Meeting, representing 73.46% of the
votes attached to all outstanding common shares.
Shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of
all items of business before the Meeting. The nine director
nominees listed in B2Gold’s Management Information Circular (“the
“Circular”) dated May 15, 2023, were elected as directors of B2Gold
to hold office for the ensuing year or until their successors are
elected or appointed. Detailed results of the vote for each
director are set out below:
Name |
Total Votes in Favour |
Total Votes Withheld |
Outcome of Vote |
Kevin Bullock |
887,166,749 |
98.96% |
9,342,556 |
1.04% |
Approved |
Kelvin Dushnisky |
851,578,581 |
94.99% |
44,930,724 |
5.01% |
Approved |
Clive Johnson |
859,697,022 |
95.89% |
36,812,283 |
4.11% |
Approved |
George Johnson |
893,851,450 |
99.70% |
2,657,855 |
0.30% |
Approved |
Liane Kelly |
891,612,607 |
99.45% |
4,896,698 |
0.55% |
Approved |
Jerry Korpan |
841,819,914 |
93.90% |
54,689,390 |
6.10% |
Approved |
Thabile Makgala |
893,936,929 |
99.71% |
2,572,375 |
0.29% |
Approved |
Lisa Pankratz |
892,086,555 |
99.51% |
4,422,750 |
0.49% |
Approved |
Robin Weisman |
887,306,532 |
98.97% |
9,202,773 |
1.03% |
Approved |
The resolutions to set the number of directors
of the Company at nine, to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as
auditor of the Company, and to amend the Company’s Restricted Share
Unit Plan were approved with 99.41%, 98.08%, and 93.15%,
respectively, of votes cast in favour.
The resolution regarding the Advisory Vote on
the Company’s approach to Executive Compensation was approved with
94.14% of votes cast in favour.
A report on all items of business voted on at
the Meeting will be filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
About B2Gold Corp.
B2Gold is a low-cost international senior gold
producer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 2007,
today, B2Gold has operating gold mines in Mali, Namibia and the
Philippines and numerous exploration and development projects in
various countries including Canada, Mali, Colombia, Finland, Côte
d'Ivoire, and Uzbekistan.
ON BEHALF OF B2GOLD
CORP.“Clive T. Johnson”President
& Chief Executive Officer
The Toronto Stock Exchange and NYSE American LLC
neither approve nor disapprove the information contained in this
news release.
For more information on B2Gold please visit the Company website at www.b2gold.com or contact:
Michael McDonald
VP, Investor Relations & Corporate Development
+1 604-681-8371
investor@b2gold.com
Cherry DeGeer
Director, Corporate Communications
+1 604-681-8371
investor@b2gold.com
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