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MONTREAL, May 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WSP Global Inc. (TSX: WSP) (“WSP” or the “Corporation”), one of the world's leading professional services firms, held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) in a hybrid format on May 8, 2025. A total of 109,034,984 common shares (representing approximately 83% of all issued and outstanding common shares of the Corporation) were represented at the Meeting. WSP hereby announces that shareholders of the Corporation (the “Shareholders”) voted in favour of all items of business put forth at the Meeting by the Corporation. The complete voting results for each item of business at the Meeting are presented below.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors of the Corporation had fixed at eight the number of directors to be elected at the Meeting. Following the vote at the Meeting, each of the eight nominees listed in the Corporation’s Management Information Circular dated March 25, 2025, was duly elected as a director of WSP until the close of the next annual meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation or until their successor is appointed (the “Directors”).
| Name | Votes | % Votes | Votes | % Votes | ||
| Christopher Cole | 107,323,543 | 98.49 | % | 1,648,352 | 1.51 | % |
| Martine Ferland | 108,689,506 | 99.74 | % | 282,390 | 0.26 | % |
| Eric Lamarre | 108,849,778 | 99.89 | % | 122,118 | 0.11 | % |
| Alexandre L’Heureux | 108,915,064 | 99.95 | % | 56,832 | 0.05 | % |
| Suzanne Rancourt | 108,897,030 | 99.93 | % | 74,944 | 0.07 | % |
| Linda Smith-Galipeau | 106,762,934 | 97.97 | % | 2,209,039 | 2.03 | % |
| Macky Tall | 108,848,437 | 99.89 | % | 123,537 | 0.11 | % |
| Claude Tessier | 108,524,812 | 99.59 | % | 447,162 | 0.41 | % |
APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Following the vote at the Meeting, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, were appointed as independent auditors of WSP until the close of the next annual meeting of Shareholders, or until their successor is appointed, and the Directors were authorized to fix the remuneration of the auditors.
| Votes For | % Votes For | Votes Withheld | % Votes Withheld | ||
| 107,816,128 | 98.88 | % | 1,218,856 | 1.12 | % |
NON-BINDING ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Shareholders were also presented with a non-binding, advisory vote on executive compensation to provide their views on WSP’s executive compensation plans and related disclosed objectives. Following the vote at the Meeting, such an advisory resolution was adopted.
| Votes For | % Votes For | Votes Against | % Votes Against | ||
| 104,932,101 | 96.29 | % | 4,039,873 | 3.71 | % |
As mentioned in the Corporation’s Management Information Circular dated March 25, 2025, while Shareholders have provided their collective advisory vote, the Directors remain fully responsible for their compensation decisions and are not relieved of these responsibilities by a positive advisory vote by Shareholders.