5N Plus held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders

MONTREAL, May 7, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - 5N Plus Inc. (TSX: VNP), the leading producer of specialty metal and chemical products, held its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders yesterday in Montreal, Quebec. Over 70,054,456 shares (83.38% of outstanding common shares) were represented in person or by proxy at the meeting. As part of the formal proceedings, the Company's shareholders elected the Board of Directors and approved the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company.

The complete voting results from the meeting are as follows:

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors fixed at seven the number of directors of the Company to be elected at the meeting. Each of the seven nominees listed in the Management Information Circular was elected as a director of 5N Plus. All of the nominee directors were already members of the Board of Directors, with the exception of Mr. Maarten de Leeuw and Mr. Serge Vézina who were new nominees. Mr. Pierre Shoiry did not stand for re-election at the meeting and we thank him for his dedication and contribution to the Company throughout the years. Subsequent to the meeting, the directors re-appointed Mr. Jean-Marie Bourassa as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company.

Mr. Maarten de Leeuw has more than 20 years of experience in various commercial and trading roles in the non-ferrous metals industry, amongst others in Billiton and most recently holding senior management positions in Nyrstar. Consequently, he has deep commercial, trading and supply chain management experience that spans strategy development and tactical implementations around the world. He has successfully managed global teams with very significant bottom line responsibility and led strategic change projects for major businesses from concept to implementation. He holds a masters degree in business from the University of Maastricht in The Netherlands and has lived and worked in several countries in Australasia and Europe before recently returning to The Netherlands. Mr. de Leeuw has held several Director roles in the past with businesses in Australia, Europe and China and today owns his own consultancy and project management business.

Mr. Serge Vézina is a professional in the field of R&D, innovation and continuous improvement, environmental management and project evaluation for corporations in the private mineral sector with over forty years of broad experience at various levels in mining, processing, innovation and process improvement, environmental management and project evaluation. Before he retired in June 2006, Mr. Vézina spent nearly twenty years at Cambior Inc. in various functions including his most recent one as Vice President, Industrial Engineering and Environment. Mr. Vézina is still active as consultant and director of corporations and he maintains pro-active relationships with universities, governmental agencies and communities at the national as well as at the international levels.

APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, were reappointed as auditors of 5N Plus until the close of the next annual general shareholders' meeting, and the directors were authorized to fix the remuneration of the auditors.

About 5N Plus Inc.
5N Plus is the leading producer of specialty metal and chemical products. Fully integrated with closed-loop recycling facilities, the Company is headquartered in Montreal, Québec, Canada and operates manufacturing facilities and sales offices in several locations in Europe, the Americas and Asia. 5N Plus deploys a range of proprietary and proven technologies to produce products which are used in a number of advanced pharmaceutical, electronic and industrial applications. Typical products include purified metals such as bismuth, gallium, germanium, indium, selenium and tellurium, inorganic chemicals based on such metals and compound semiconductor wafers. Many of these are critical precursors and key enablers in markets such as solar, light-emitting diodes and eco-friendly materials.

Forward-Looking Statements and Disclaimer
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SOURCE 5N Plus Inc.