Suncor Energy reports voting results from Annual General Meeting
CALGARY, Alberta, May 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Suncor held its Annual General Meeting in Calgary today. A total of approximately 1.16 billion shares (approximately 76.05% of outstanding common shares) were represented in person or by proxy.
Shareholders voted as follows on the matters before the meeting:
1. Shareholders elected the following ten board members (nine of whom are independent), with shares represented at the meeting voting in favour of individual directors as follows:
| Patricia M. Bedient | 99.85% | ||||||
| Mel E. Benson | 98.26% | ||||||
| John D. Gass | 99.35% | ||||||
| Dennis M. Houston | 99.47% | ||||||
| Mark S. Little | 98.97% | ||||||
| Brian P. MacDonald | 99.86% | ||||||
| Maureen McCaw | 97.09% | ||||||
| Lorraine Mitchelmore | 99.86% | ||||||
| Eira M. Thomas | 98.11% | ||||||
| Michael M. Wilson | 99.57% |
2. Shareholders appointed KPMG LLP as Suncor’s auditors.
3. Management’s approach to executive compensation (say on pay) disclosed in Suncor’s management proxy circular dated February 26, 2020 was approved with 94.64% of shares represented at the meeting voting in favour.
Note: the biographies of Board members and further details about Suncor’s corporate governance practices are available at .
The text of remarks by Mark Little, president and chief executive officer, and Alister Cowan, chief financial officer, are available at .
An archive of the webcast of the meeting will be available for the next 90 days at .
Suncor Energy is Canada's leading integrated energy company. Suncor's operations include oil sands development and upgrading, offshore oil and gas production, petroleum refining, and product marketing under the Petro-Canada brand. A member of Dow Jones Sustainability indexes, FTSE4Good and CDP, Suncor is working to responsibly develop petroleum resources while also growing a renewable energy portfolio. Suncor is listed on the UN Global Compact 100 stock index. Suncor's common shares (symbol: SU) are listed on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges.
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