Thomson Reuters
Announces Voting Results for Election of Directors
TORONTO, June 4, 2020 -- Thomson Reuters (TSX / NYSE: TRI)
today announced the voting results from the election of the
company's Board of Directors at its annual meeting of shareholders
held virtually yesterday.
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All 12 nominees were elected to the Thomson Reuters Board, and
all of the nominees were previously directors of the company. Each
director elected will continue to hold office until Thomson Reuters
next annual meeting of shareholders, or until the director resigns
or a successor is elected or appointed.
The results were as follows:
| Nominee |
Votes For |
% Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
% Votes Withheld |
| David Thomson |
435,895,384 |
98.94% |
4,662,432 |
1.06% |
| Steve Hasker |
437,303,286 |
99.26% |
3,254,118 |
0.74% |
| Kirk E. Arnold |
433,610,790 |
98.42% |
6,946,634 |
1.58% |
| David W. Binet |
411,656,085 |
93.44% |
28,901,388 |
6.56% |
| W. Edmund Clark, C.M. |
408,680,562 |
92.76% |
31,876,724 |
7.24% |
| Michael E. Daniels |
418,211,730 |
94.93% |
22,345,204 |
5.07% |
| Kirk Koenigsbauer |
440,068,651 |
99.89% |
488,275 |
0.11% |
| Vance K. Opperman |
414,377,329 |
94.06% |
26,179,585 |
5.94% |
| Kim M. Rivera |
439,755,753 |
99.82% |
799,472 |
0.18% |
| Barry Salzberg |
427,554,657 |
97.05% |
12,999,042 |
2.95% |
| Peter J. Thomson |
420,676,362 |
95.49% |
19,877,501 |
4.51% |
| Wulf von Schimmelmann |
433,009,133 |
98.29% |
7,544,489 |
1.71% |
Thomson Reuters thanks its two outgoing directors for their
significant contributions to the company. Sheila Bair served on the Board since 2014 and
was Chair of the Risk Committee and a member of the Audit
Committee. Kristin Peck served on
the Board since 2016 and was a member of the Corporate Governance
Committee and Human Resources Committee. In connection with Ms.
Bair's retirement from the Board, Kirk
Arnold was appointed as the new Chair of the Risk
Committee.
For the other items of business at the annual meeting,
shareholders re-appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the
company's auditor, approved an advisory resolution on executive
compensation and did not approve the shareholder proposal set out
in the management proxy circular. A final report on voting results
has been filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities
and furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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