MINNEAPOLIS, MN, Dec. 11,
2024 /CNW/ - Ceres Global Ag Corp. (TSX: CRP)
("Ceres" or the "Corporation") announced today the results of its
annual meeting of shareholders held on November 25, 2024.
The nominees listed in the Management Information Circular ("the
Circular") dated November 1, 2024,
were elected as directors of the Corporation. All directors were
elected for another term.
The results of the vote are as follows:
Director
|
Votes
For
|
Votes For
%
|
Votes
Against
|
Votes Against
%
|
Carlos
Paz1
|
18,237,124
|
88.10 %
|
2,463,254
|
11.90 %
|
Harvey
Joel
|
20,679,411
|
99.90 %
|
20,967
|
0.10 %
|
Harold
Wolkin
|
17,891,596
|
86.43 %
|
2,808,782
|
13.57 %
|
James
Vanasek
|
17,879,696
|
86.37 %
|
2,820,682
|
13.63 %
|
David
Rotenberg
|
17,884,303
|
86.40 %
|
2,816,075
|
13.60 %
|
In addition, at the annual meeting of shareholders, the
shareholders of the Corporation:
- Appointed Baker Tilly WM LLP as the auditors of the Corporation
for the ensuing year.
The detailed voting results of the annual meeting of
shareholders will be available on www.sedarplus.ca.
1. As announced on
December 10, 2024, Carlos Paz resigned as President and Chief
Executive Officer and director of the Corporation, effective
December 31, 2024.
|
About Ceres Global Ag Corp.
Ceres and its subsidiaries add value across agricultural,
energy and industrial supply chains through efficient sourcing,
storing, transporting and marketing of high‐quality agricultural
commodities, value‐added products and raw materials. Leveraging its
network of commodity logistics centers and team of industry
experts, Ceres connects farmers to customers around the world.
Ceres is headquartered in Golden
Valley, Minnesota, and together with its affiliated
companies, operates 11 locations across Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Minnesota. These facilities have an aggregate
grain and oilseed storage capacity of approximately 29 million
bushels. The Corporation also owns membership interests in three
agricultural joint ventures that have an aggregate grain and
oilseed storage capacity of approximately 16 million bushels.
Ceres has a 50% interest in Savage Riverport, LLC (a joint
venture with Consolidated Grain and Barge Co.), a 50% interest in
Berthold Farmers Elevator, LLC (a joint venture with The Berthold
Farmers Elevator Company), a 50% interest in Farmers Grain, LLC (a
joint venture with Farmer's Cooperative Grain and Seed
Association), a 50% interest in Gateway Energy Terminal (an
unincorporated joint venture with Steel Reef Infrastructure Corp.),
and a 25% interest in Stewart Southern Railway Inc. (a short‐line
railway located in southeast Saskatchewan with a range of 130
kilometers).
For more information about Ceres, please visit
www.ceresglobalagcorp.com
Cautionary Notice: This news release contains
"forward‐looking information" within the meaning of applicable
Canadian securities legislation and United States
securities laws. Forward‐looking information may include, but is not
limited to, statements regarding future operations and results,
anticipated business prospects and financial performance of Ceres
and its subsidiaries, including the plans, costs, timing and
capital for the further development of the Northgate
Commodities Logistics Centre,
expectations or projections about the future,
strategies and goals for growth, expected and future cash
flows, costs, planned capital expenditures, the amount of expected
write-downs, regulatory change, general economic political and
market conditions anticipated capital projects, construction and
completion dates, operating and financial results, critical
accounting estimates, the expected financial and operational
consequences of future commitments. Generally,
forward‐looking information can be identified by the use of
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expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates",
"forecasts", "intends",
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and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results
"may", "could", "would", "might", or "will be taken", "occur", or
"be achieved". Forward‐looking information is based on the opinions
and estimates of management at the date the information is made,
and is based on a number of assumptions and subject to a variety of
risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual
events or results to differ materially from those projected in the
forward‐looking information. Key assumptions upon which such
forward‐looking information is based are listed in the
"Forward‐Looking Information" section of the MD&A for the
period ended June 30, 2024. Many such
assumptions are based on factors and events that are not within the
control of Ceres and there is no assurance they will prove to be
correct. Factors that could cause actual results to vary materially
from results anticipated by such forward‐looking information
include, among others, risks related to weather, politics and
governments, changes in
environmental and other laws and regulations, competitive factors in agricultural, food processing and feed sectors,
construction and completion of capital projects, labour, equipment
and material costs, access to capital markets, interest and
currency exchange rates, technological developments, global and
local economic conditions, the ability of Ceres to successfully
implement strategic initiatives and whether such strategic
initiatives will yield the expected benefits, the operating
performance of the Corporation's assets, the availability and price
of commodities and regulatory environment, processes and decisions.
Although Ceres has attempted to identify important factors that
could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially
from those described in forward‐looking information, there may be
other factors that cause actions, events or results that are not
anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that
forward‐looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual
results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such information.
Ceres undertakes no obligation to update forward‐
looking information if circumstances or management's estimates or
opinions should change, except as required by
applicable securities laws.
The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance
on forward‐looking information.
SOURCE Ceres Global Ag Corp.