Niocorp Developments Ltd 8-K, filed Dec 15, 2022
Niocorp Developments Ltd (NB)
About this 8-K
Niocorp Developments Ltd filed this 8-K on December 15, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
NioCorp Developments Ltd. (the “Company”) held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on December 15, 2022. As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 279,393,227 common shares, no par value, of the Company (“Common Shares”) issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, of which 92,360,941 Common Shares were present by proxy or in person at the Annual Meeting. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:
Proposal One – To Set the Number of Directors for the Ensuing Year at Seven.
| Votes For: | 53,603,656 |
| Votes Against: | 1,507,729 |
| Abstentions: | 0 |
| Broker non-votes: | 37,249,556 |
Proposal Two – Election of Directors.
| Nominee | Votes FOR | Votes WITHHELD | Broker Non-Votes |
| Mark A. Smith | 53,635,875 | 1,475,510 | 37,249,556 |
| Michael J. Morris | 53,770,413 | 1,340,972 | 37,249,556 |
| David C. Beling | 51,810,571 | 3,300,814 | 37,249,556 |
| Anna Castner-Wightman | 51,727,409 | 3,383,977 | 37,249,556 |
| Nilsa Guerrero-Mahon | 53,879,306 | 1,232,079 | 37,249,556 |
| Fernanda Reda Fenga Viana Klamas | 53,776,778 | 1,334,607 | 37,249,556 |
| Peter Oliver | 54,035,162 | 1,076,224 | 37,249,556 |
Proposal Three – Appointment of BDO USA, LLP as Auditors of the Company for the Ensuing Year and Authorizing the Directors to Fix Their Remuneration.
| Votes For: | 90,796,295 |
| Votes Withheld: | 1,564,646 |
| Broker non-votes: | 0 |
Proposal Four – Approval, on a nonbinding, advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
| Votes For: | 51,547,037 |
| Votes Against: | 2,781,885 |
| Votes Withheld: | 782,463 |
| Broker non-votes: | 37,249,556 |
Proposal Five – Approval, on a nonbinding, advisory basis, of the frequency of future shareholder advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
| Votes for Every Year: | 52,888,441 |
| Votes for Every Two Years: | 394,544 |
| Votes for Every Three Years: | 1,005,754 |
| Votes Withheld: | 535,523 |
| Broker non-votes: | 37,536,679 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD. | ||
| DATE: December 15, 2022 | By: | /s/ Neal S. Shah |
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Neal S. Shah Chief Financial Officer | ||