TORONTO, May 11, 2021 /CNW/ - George Weston Limited
(Weston) (TSX: WN) today announced
that all of the nominee directors listed in the management proxy
circular dated March 26, 2021, were
elected as directors of Weston.
The vote was conducted at the Company's Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, held in a virtual meeting format, on May 11, 2021 in Toronto. The results of the vote are set out
below:
|
Name
of Nominee
|
Votes
For
|
Votes Withheld
|
|
Paviter S.
Binning
|
134,771,994
|
99.53%
|
633,221
|
0.47%
|
|
Andrew A.
Ferrier
|
135,039,464
|
99.73%
|
365,751
|
0.27%
|
|
Nancy H.O.
Lockhart
|
135,170,076
|
99.83%
|
235,139
|
0.17%
|
|
Sarabjit S.
Marwah
|
135,154,543
|
99.81%
|
250,672
|
0.19%
|
|
Gordon M.
Nixon
|
134,999,005
|
99.70%
|
406,210
|
0.30%
|
|
J. Robert S.
Prichard
|
132,208,132
|
97.64%
|
3,197,083
|
2.36%
|
|
Christi
Strauss
|
135,353,583
|
99.96%
|
51,632
|
0.04%
|
|
Barbara
Stymiest
|
134,012,012
|
98.97%
|
1,393,203
|
1.03%
|
|
Galen G.
Weston
|
131,930,674
|
97.43%
|
3,474,541
|
2.57%
|
About George Weston Limited
George Weston Limited is a Canadian public company founded in
1882. The Company operates through its three reportable operating
segments, Loblaw Companies Limited, Choice Properties Real Estate
Investment Trust and Weston Foods. Loblaw provides Canadians with
grocery, pharmacy, health and beauty, apparel, general merchandise,
financial services and wireless mobile products and services.
Choice Properties owns, manages and develops a high-quality
portfolio of commercial retail, industrial, office and residential
properties across Canada. The
Weston Foods operating segment includes a leading North American
bakery that offers packaged bread and rolls in Canada as well as frozen and artisan bread and
rolls, cakes, donuts, pies, biscuits and alternatives throughout
Canada and the U.S.
SOURCE George Weston Limited