Century Announces Results of 2022 Shareholder Meeting
September 20 2022 - 9:52AM
Century Global Commodities Corporation
(“
Century”
or the
“
Company”)
is pleased to announce the results of the 2022 Annual General
Meeting of shareholders that was held on September 20, 2022 in Hong
Kong, China.
The Company is pleased to report that, as in
prior years, a very high shareholder response was achieved, with
88.75% of Century’s outstanding shares having been voted at the
meeting. At that meeting, the shareholders:
- set the size of the Board of
Directors at nine members;
- elected the Board of Directors;
and
- re-appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as the Company’s auditors for the upcoming year.
Number
of
Directors
The number of directors of the Company for the
ensuing year was confirmed as and set at nine (9). The voting
results on this matter are as follows:
Setting the Number of Directors |
FOR |
87,085,229 |
99.933% |
ABSTAINED |
58,000 |
0.067% |
* % results rounded
to 0.000%.
Election
of
Directors
Century’s shareholders accepted management’s
nominations for election to the Company’s Board of Directors with
overwhelming support. All of the nominees served as directors or
alternate director of the Company prior to the meeting and were
re-elected as directors until the Company’s next annual meeting of
shareholders. The voting results on the election of directors are
as follows:
Director |
FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAINED |
Sandy Chim |
86,962,198 |
99.792% |
180,931 |
0.208% |
100 |
0.000% |
Dwight Ball |
87,085,229 |
99.933% |
57,900 |
0.066% |
100 |
0.000% |
Howard Bernier |
87,085,229 |
99.933% |
57,900 |
0.066% |
100 |
0.000% |
Jionghui Wang |
87,083,229 |
99.931% |
59,900 |
0.069% |
100 |
0.000% |
Yiyan Chen |
86,960,198 |
99.790% |
182,931 |
0.210% |
100 |
0.000% |
Gloria Wong |
87,085,229 |
99.933% |
57,900 |
0.066% |
100 |
0.000% |
Jianlong Yang |
87,083,229 |
99.931% |
59,900 |
0.069% |
100 |
0.000% |
John Gravelle |
87,085,229 |
99.933% |
57,900 |
0.066% |
100 |
0.000% |
Tak Wai (Wien) Yu |
87,085,229 |
99.933% |
57,900 |
0.066% |
100 |
0.000% |
* % results rounded to 0.000%.
Re-appointment
of
Auditors
At the meeting, the Company’s shareholders
re-appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Professional
Accountants, as auditors of the Company for the 2022-2023 financial
year. The voting results on this matter are as follows:
Re-appointment of Auditors |
FOR |
87,360,229 |
100.000% |
ABSTAINED |
100 |
0.000% |
* % results rounded
to 0.000%.
ABOUT CENTURY
Century Global Commodities Corporation (TSX:CNT)
is primarily a resource exploration and development company with a
large portfolio of multi-billion tonne iron ore projects in Canada,
mostly discovered by its own exploration team. It has other
non-ferrous metals properties under exploration as well as a
well-established food distribution business (Century Food) in Hong
Kong.
The Joyce Lake DSO Iron Ore
Project
Joyce Lake, our most advanced project, is a DSO
(direct shipping ore) project in Newfoundland and Labrador, close
to the town of Schefferville, Quebec which is serviced by a rail
link directly to ocean shipping iron ore ports at Sept-Îles. The
Project completed feasibility study in 2015 which is being updated
and is undergoing environmental assessment. Joyce Lake is held in a
special purpose vehicle, Joyce Direct Iron Inc. (“JDI”), to be spun
out to be a separate listed company.
Century Food
Century Food is a subsidiary operation of the
Company which started a few years ago and is a value-adding
marketing and distribution business of quality food products
sourced from such regions as Europe and Australia and sold in the
Hong Kong and Macau markets.
For further information please contact:
Sandy Chim, President & CEOCentury Global Commodities
Corporation416-977-3188IR@centuryglobal.ca
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INFORMATION
THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS “FORWARD-LOOKING
INFORMATION” WITHIN THE MEANING OF CANADIAN SECURITIES LEGISLATION.
THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE
REPRESENTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF CENTURY AS OF THE DATE OF THIS PRESS
RELEASE AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE.
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION INCLUDES INFORMATION THAT RELATES TO,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, CENTURY’S OWNERSHIP AND PLANS FOR THE SPIN-0UT,
INCLUDING LISTING, FINANCING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE JOYCE LAKE DSO
IRON ORE PROJECT, INCLUDING (I) PROJECTIONS AS TO THE TIME FRAME
FOR THE ADDITIONAL WORK REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVINCIAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES; (II) THE ABILITY OF JDI
TO CONCLUDE BENEFIT AGREEMENTS WITH FIRST NATIONS AND THE
GOVERNMENT OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; (III) THE TIMELINE FOR
COMPLETION OF THE EIS PROCESS BY JDI; (IV) THE ABILITY OF JDI TO
MEET ALL FEDERAL AND PROVISIONAL EIS REQUIREMENTS AND TO ULTIMATELY
SECURE THE REQUIRED ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING; AND (V) THE ABILITY
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CENTURY’S ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
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