VANCOUVER, June 22, 2018 /CNW/ - Lithium Americas
Corp. (TSX: LAC) (NYSE: LAC) ("Lithium Americas" or the
"Company") is pleased to announce the results of its
annual general meeting of shareholders (the "AGM") that was held on
June 21, 2018.
All of the following business items were approved at the AGM by
the requisite majority of shareholder votes cast at the
meeting:
- setting the size of the Board of Directors at ten;
- electing each management-nominated director; and
- appointing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Lithium Americas'
auditor.
The ten directors of Lithium Americas elected at the AGM are:
Gary M. Cohn, Jonathan Evans, Jean
Fraser, Thomas Hodgson,
George Ireland, John Kanellitsas, Chaiwat Kovavisarach,
Franco Mignacco, Gabriel Rubacha and Wang Xiaoshen. Votes
for the directors were cast as follows:
|
Director
|
Votes
For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
Percent
For
|
Percent
Withheld
|
|
Gary M.
Cohn
|
47,030,917
|
224,015
|
99.53%
|
0.47%
|
|
Jonathan
Evans
|
47,029,718
|
225,214
|
99.52%
|
0.48%
|
|
Jean
Fraser
|
47,033,230
|
221,701
|
99.53%
|
0.47%
|
|
Thomas
Hodgson
|
45,834,031
|
1,420,901
|
96.99%
|
3.01%
|
|
George
Ireland
|
46,861,542
|
393,389
|
99.17%
|
0.83%
|
|
John
Kanellitsas
|
45,114,534
|
2,140,398
|
95.47%
|
4.53%
|
|
Chaiwat
Kovavisarach
|
45,650,484
|
1,604,448
|
96.60%
|
3.40%
|
|
Franco
Mignacco
|
45,754,974
|
1,499,958
|
96.83%
|
3.17%
|
|
Gabriel
Rubacha
|
43,707,264
|
3,547,668
|
92.49%
|
7.51%
|
|
Wang
Xiaoshen
|
45,514,968
|
1,739,964
|
96.32%
|
3.68%
|
Following the AGM, Lithium Americas' Board of Directors
appointed George Ireland, a director
of Lithium Americas since November, 2015, as Chairman of the
Board.
About Lithium Americas
Lithium Americas, together with SQM, is developing the
Cauchari-Olaroz lithium project, located in Jujuy, Argentina, through its 50% interest in
Minera Exar. In addition, Lithium
Americas owns 100% of the Thacker Pass project (formerly Stage 1 of
Lithium Nevada project) and RheoMinerals Inc., a supplier of
rheology modifiers for oil-based drilling fluids, coatings and
specialty chemicals. The Company trades on both the Toronto Stock
Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange, under the ticker
symbol "LAC".
SOURCE Lithium Americas Corp.