Lithium Americas Announces 2022 AGM Results
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX: LAC) (NYSE: LAC) (“Lithium Americas” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the voting results from its annual meeting of shareholders held on June 21, 2022 (the “Meeting”).
A requisite majority of shareholders, casting votes in person or by proxy, approved the following items of business at the Meeting:
- setting the size of the Board of Directors at nine;
- electing each of the nine incumbent directors nominated by management;
- re-appointing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s auditor; and
- approving a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation.
Votes were cast on the matters noted above as follows:
Election of Board of Directors
| Number of Directors | Votes For | Votes Against |
| Setting the number of directors at nine | 42,054,406 (98.86%) | 483,077 (1.14%) |
| Director | Votes For | Votes Withheld |
| George Ireland | 41,671,914 (97.97%) | 865,570 (2.03%) |
| Fabiana Chubbs | 41,461,079 (97.47%) | 1,076,405 (2.53%) |
| Kelvin Dushnisky | 41,135,680 (96.70%) | 1,401,805 (3.30%) |
| Jonathan Evans | 41,957,067 (98.64%) | 580,417 (1.36%) |
| Dr. Yuan Gao | 37,881,520 (89.05%) | 4,655,965 (10.95%) |
| John Kanellitsas | 41,088,159 (96.59%) | 1,449,326 (3.41%) |
| Jinhee Magie | 41,332,972 (97.17%) | 1,204,512 (2.83%) |
| Franco Mignacco | 41,238,860 (96.95%) | 1,298,625 (3.05%) |
| Xiaoshen Wang | 37,188,584 (87.43%) | 5,348,901 (12.57%) |
Appointment of the Auditors
| Resolution | Votes For | Votes Withheld |
| Appointing PwC as the auditors | 72,728,305 (99.24%) | 558,305 (0.76%) |
Advisory Vote
| Resolution | Votes For | Votes Against |
| Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation | 40,915,602 (96.19%) | 1,621,882 (3.81%) |
Further details concerning voting results are available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
ABOUT LITHIUM AMERICAS
Lithium Americas Corp. is focused on developing lithium projects in Argentina and the United States. Lithium Americas is a Canadian-based company listed on both the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LAC) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LAC).
For further information contact:
Investor Relations
Telephone: 778-656-5820
Email: ir@lithiumamericas.com
Website: www.lithiumamericas.com
