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Saputo Announces Election of Directors
MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwired - Aug. 7, 2013) - Saputo Inc. (TSX:SAP) (Saputo or the Company) announces that the nominees listed in its management proxy circular dated June 5, 2013 were elected as directors of Saputo at the annual meeting of shareholders held yesterday.
According to proxies received, each of the following 11 nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of Saputo with the following results:
| |
Voted For |
Withheld from
Voting |
% For |
% Withheld |
| Emanuele (Lino) Saputo |
141,434,057 |
1,315,130 |
99.08% |
0.92% |
| Lino A. Saputo, Jr. |
142,473,763 |
275,426 |
99.81% |
0.19% |
| Lucien Bouchard |
141,153,539 |
1,595,650 |
98.88% |
1.12% |
| Pierre Bourgie |
140,887,187 |
1,862,002 |
98.70% |
1.30% |
| Henry E. Demone |
140,819,176 |
1,930,013 |
98.65% |
1.35% |
| Anthony M. Fata |
137,367,141 |
5,382,048 |
96.23% |
3.77% |
| Annalisa King |
137,369,209 |
5,379,980 |
96.23% |
3.77% |
| Tony Meti |
137,262,515 |
5,486,674 |
96.16% |
3.84% |
| Caterina Monticciolo |
142,256,140 |
493,049 |
99.65% |
0.35% |
| Patricia Saputo |
142,253,508 |
495,681 |
99.65% |
0.35% |
| Annette Verschuren |
142,271,510 |
477,679 |
99.67% |
0.33% |
About Saputo
Saputo produces, markets, and distributes a wide array of dairy products of the utmost quality, including cheese, fluid milk, extended shelf-life milk and cream products, cultured products and dairy ingredients. Saputo is one of the top ten dairy processors in the world, the largest in Canada, the third largest in Argentina and among the top three cheese producers in the United States. Our products are sold in more than 40 countries under well-known brand names such as Saputo, Alexis de Portneuf, Armstrong, Baxter, Dairyland, Dragone, DuVillage 1860, Friendship, Frigo Cheese Heads, Great Midwest, King's Choice, Kingsey, La Paulina, Milk2Go, Neilson, Nutrilait, Ricrem, Salemville, Stella and Treasure Cave. Saputo Inc. is a publicly traded company whose shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "SAP".