MONTREAL, May 23, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - Resolute Forest Products Inc.
(NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) today held its annual general meeting of
stockholders in Saint-Félicien, Quebec. A total of 84,271,754 common
shares, or 89.1% of the outstanding shares, were voted at the meeting.
Shareholders voted in favor of each proposal, including the re-election
of each director nominee, by a substantial majority:
|
Nominees
|
For
|
Withheld
|
Non-Votes
|
|
|
# of shares
|
%
|
# of shares
|
%
|
|
|
Michel P. Desbiens
|
80,500,139
|
99.4
|
481,670
|
0.6
|
3,289,945
|
|
Jennifer C. Dolan
|
80,506,029
|
99.4
|
475,780
|
0.6
|
3,289,945
|
|
Richard D. Falconer
|
80,503,934
|
99.4
|
477,875
|
0.6
|
3,289,945
|
|
Richard Garneau
|
80,504,023
|
99.4
|
477,786
|
0.6
|
3,289,945
|
|
Jeffrey A. Hearn
|
80,508,650
|
99.4
|
473,159
|
0.6
|
3,289,945
|
|
Bradley P. Martin
|
79,542,979
|
98.2
|
1,438,830
|
1.8
|
3,289,945
|
|
Alain Rhéaume
|
80,506,009
|
99.4
|
475,800
|
0.6
|
3,289,945
|
|
Michael Rousseau
|
80,506,775
|
99.4
|
475,034
|
0.6
|
3,289,945
|
|
David H. Wilkins
|
80,505,180
|
99.4
|
476,629
|
0.6
|
3,289,945
|
The other proposals on which stockholders voted favorably included:
-
The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the
Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2014
fiscal year.
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An advisory vote to approve compensation of the Company's named
executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement.
About Resolute Forest Products
Resolute Forest Products is a global leader in the forest products
industry with a diverse range of products, including newsprint,
specialty papers, market pulp and wood products. The Company owns or
operates nearly 40 pulp and paper mills and wood products facilities in
the United States, Canada and South Korea, and power generation assets
in Canada. Marketing its products in close to 90 countries, Resolute
has third-party certified 100% of its managed woodlands to at least one
of three internationally recognized sustainable forest management
standards. The shares of Resolute Forest Products trade under the stock
symbol RFP on both the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock
Exchange.
Resolute and other member companies of the Forest Products Association
of Canada, as well as a number of environmental organizations, are
partners in the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement. The group works to
identify solutions to conservation issues that meet the goal of
balancing equally the three pillars of sustainability linked to human
activities: environmental, social and economic.
SOURCE Resolute Forest Products Inc.
Investors
Rémi G. Lalonde
Vice President, Investor Relations
514 394-2345
ir@resolutefp.com
Media and Others
Seth Kursman
Vice President, Corporate Communications,
Sustainability and Government Affairs
514 394-2398
seth.kursman@resolutefp.com
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