VANCOUVER, BC, May 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- (TSX:LUC) (BSE: LUC)
(Nasdaq Stockholm: LUC)
Lucara Diamond Corp. ("Lucara" or the "Company") held its Annual
General and Special Meeting of shareholders in Vancouver, British Columbia today.
Shareholders voted as follows on the matters before the meeting:
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Board Members
Shareholders elected the following 7 board members with
shareholders represented at the meeting voting in favour of
individual directors as follows:
Director
|
Votes
For
|
% Votes
For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
% Votes
Withheld
|
Paul
Conibear
|
214,103,414
|
97.05%
|
6,501,423
|
2.95%
|
David
Dicaire
|
219,605,131
|
99.55%
|
999,706
|
0.45%
|
Marie
Inkster
|
220,016,073
|
99.73%
|
588,764
|
0.27%
|
Adam Lundin
|
199,587,635
|
90.47%
|
21,017,202
|
9.53%
|
Catherine
McLeod-Seltzer
|
215,615,450
|
97.74%
|
4,989,387
|
2.26%
|
Peter J.
O'Callaghan
|
213,389,302
|
96.73%
|
7,215,535
|
3.27%
|
Eira Thomas
|
214,539,917
|
97.25%
|
6,064,920
|
2.75%
|
Appointment of Auditors
Shareholders re-appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Lucara's
auditors with 95.22% of shareholders voting in favour.
Ordinary Resolutions to Share Unit Plan Amendments
Shareholders passed an ordinary resolution to approve certain
amendments to the share units plans with 70.22% in favour. The
renewal of the Company's Corporation's share unit plan which has
been amended to increase the maximum share reservation and to
approve the unallocated awards under the Share Unit Plan was
approved with 70.21%.
Advisory Resolution on Executive Compensation
Management's approach to executive compensation, also disclosed in
Lucara's management proxy circular dated March 23, 2022 was approved with 97.10% of shares
represented at the meeting voting in favour.
Following the meeting, the Board of Directors selected Mr.
Paul Conibear to serve as Chairman
of the Board. Mr. Conibear was originally elected to Lucara's Board
in 2007 and had previously served as the Company's Lead
Director.
On behalf of the Board,
Eira Thomas
President and Chief Executive Officer
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ABOUT LUCARA
Lucara is a leading independent producer
of large exceptional quality Type IIa diamonds from its 100% owned
Karowe Mine in Botswana and owns a
100% interest in Clara Diamond Solutions, a secure, digital sales
platform positioned to modernize the existing diamond supply chain
and ensure diamond provenance from mine to finger. The Company has
an experienced board and management team with extensive diamond
development and operations expertise. The Company operates
transparently and in accordance with international best practices
in the areas of sustainability, health and safety, environment and
community relations.
The information in this release is accurate at the time of
distribution but may be superseded or qualified by subsequent news
releases.
The information was submitted for publication, through the
agency of the contact person set out above, on May 6, 2022 at 2:45pm
Pacific Time.
Tetiana Konstantynivska Investor Relations &
Communications, +1 604 674 0272| info@lucaradiamond.com;
Sweden: Robert Eriksson, Investor Relations & Public
Relations, +46 701 112615 | reriksson@rive6.ch; UK Public
Relations: Charles Vivian / Jos
Simson, Tavistock, +447788554035 |
lucara@tavistock.co.uk