OTTAWA, March 8, 2018
/CNW/ - BluMetric Environmental Inc. (TSXV: BLM) announced today
that, following the adoption of its Advance Notice By-Law, it
received formal notice on Monday, March 5,
2018 from Roger Woeller, a
shareholder of the Company and current member of the Board of
Directors, of two individuals that he intends to nominate for
election to the Board of Directors at the upcoming Annual and
Special General Meeting of Shareholders, which is scheduled for
Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in
Ottawa. The full text of the Advance Notice By-Law is
available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. If Mr. Woeller nominates these
individuals for election at the meeting, there will be a total of 8
nominees for the 6 board positions to be elected at the
meeting.
The Board of BluMetric reminds shareholders that BluMetric
has already proposed a full complement of 6 experienced directors
and recommends shareholders vote in favour of the BluMetric
nominees. The BluMetric nominees are: Jane Pagel, Geoff
Simonett, Vijay Jog, Ronald
Donaldson, Hubert Fleming,
and Scott MacFabe (CEO of BluMetric). Biographical information
regarding each of the nominees is available at pages 6 and 23 in
BluMetric's Management Proxy Circular dated February 26, 2018 and filed on SEDAR
(www.sedar.com). Information regarding how to vote for the
BluMetric nominees is also described in the Management Proxy
Circular.
INFORMATION CONCERNING PROPOSED NOMINEES
A brief summary of biographical information in respect of the
two proposed nominees, compiled from the notice received by
BluMetric, is set out below. None of this information has been
verified by BluMetric and BluMetric takes no responsibility for its
accuracy.
Joachim T. Fritz, B.Sc.
Mr. Fritz is a retired patent agent and intellectual property
professional with more than 20 years' management experience.
Mr. Fritz managed the national and Ottawa IP groups for a national
law firm for 16 years. A Fellow of the Intellectual Property
Institute of Canada (IPIC), Mr.
Fritz currently chairs the Patent Agent Examination Standards
Committee of IPIC.
Robert Frank Berner, P.Eng.
Mr. Berner has 37 years of management and executive experience
across a broad range of disciplines, from technology to finance.
Mr. Berner's most recent positions included 13 years as CTO
of Rogers' wireless operations and 10 years as CTO of Rogers
Communications Inc. He has more than 20 years of varied
experience as a board member.
About BluMetric Environmental Inc.
BluMetric
Environmental Inc. is a publicly traded cleantech company with a
portfolio of industry-leading products, processes, and services in
the environment sciences and engineering sectors. BluMetric takes
pride in its strong record of providing sustainable solutions to
the world's environmental challenges. Headquartered in
Ottawa, Ontario, BluMetric's team
of industry experts serves clients in Canada, the United
States, and Central
America.
For more information, visit www.blumetric.ca
Forward-Looking Statements
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statements in this press release, including those relating to
discussions of the Company's contractual and corporate agreements,
future products, opportunities and cost initiatives, strategies,
and other statements that are predictive in nature, that depend
upon or refer to future events or conditions, or that include words
such as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "plans", "believes",
"estimates", or similar expressions, are forward-looking statements
within the meaning of securities laws. Forward-looking statements
include, without limitation, the information concerning possible or
assumed future results of operations of the Company. These
statements are not historical facts but instead represent only the
Company's expectations, estimates, and projections regarding future
events. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or
release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to
reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press
release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events,
except as required by law.
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SOURCE BluMetric Environmental Inc.
