Wheaton Precious Metals Announces Election of Directors and Approval of Special Matters
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Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) has announced the results of its 2025 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders. The company successfully elected nine directors to its Board, with all nominees receiving strong shareholder support ranging from 95.63% to 99.86% of votes cast. Randy V.J. Smallwood received the highest approval rate at 99.86%, while Glenn Ives and Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan also received over 99% approval.
The company noted the recent passing of Peter Gillin, a long-serving director who had previously announced he would not seek re-election. Additionally, shareholders approved a non-binding advisory resolution on executive compensation with 94.94% support.
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As previously announced, Peter Gillin, a long-serving director who had confirmed he would not be standing for re-election, sadly passed away last week. His contributions to the Board and to the organization as a whole were deeply valued and will be remembered with gratitude.
Detailed results of the vote for the Board of Directors of the Company are shown below.
2025 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders Voting Results
Nominee | Votes For | % For | Votes Withheld | % Withheld |
George L. Brack | 320,198,848 | 97.83 % | 7,090,095 | 2.17 % |
Jaimie Donovan | 323,374,043 | 98.80 % | 3,914,900 | 1.20 % |
Chantal Gosselin | 312,988,404 | 95.63 % | 14,300,539 | 4.37 % |
Jeane Hull | 322,832,980 | 98.64 % | 4,455,963 | 1.36 % |
Glenn Ives | 326,462,793 | 99.75 % | 826,150 | 0.25 % |
Charles A. Jeannes | 321,612,216 | 98.27 % | 5,676,727 | 1.73 % |
Marilyn Schonberner | 324,225,349 | 99.06 % | 3,063,594 | 0.94 % |
Randy V.J. Smallwood | 326,818,313 | 99.86 % | 470,630 | 0.14 % |
Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan | 324,453,056 | 99.13 % | 2,835,887 | 0.87 % |
The following matters were also approved by shareholders at the 2025 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders:
- the non-binding advisory resolution accepting the Company's approach to executive compensation was carried with
94.94% of the votes cast in favour of such resolution.