Fiera Capital Corp : 2013-05-23 - Fiera Capital Corporation announces the election of directors
May 23, 2013 at 11:43 pm
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MONTREAL, QUEBEC - May 23, 2013 - FIERA CAPITAL CORPORATION (TSX: FSZ) (the "Corporation") announces that all nominees listed in the management information circular dated April 17, 2013 have been elected as directors of the Corporation.
Each of the four (4) Class A directors proposed for election at the annual meeting of the shareholders was elected on a vote by show of hands. Each of the nominees was elected by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Class A Subordinate Voting Shares of the Corporation present or represented by proxy at the meeting. The proxies received by management for the election of the Class A directors were as follows:
Class A Directors
Votes for
Votes withheld
#
%
#
%
Louis Vachon
29,609,887
99.19
242,570
0.81
Luc Paiement
29,611,307
99.19
241,150
0.81
David R. Shaw
29,609,757
99.19
242,700
0.81
Arthur R.A. Scace
29,696,482
99.48
155,975
0.52
Each of the eight (8) Class B directors proposed for election at the annual meeting of the shareholders was elected by the sole holder of Class B Special Voting Shares, Fiera Capital LP, on a vote by ballot. The votes for the election of the Class B directors were as follows:
Class B Directors
Votes for
Votes withheld
#
%
#
%
Denis Berthiaume
21,207,964
100
0
0
Sylvain Brosseau
21,207,964
100
0
0
Jean-Guy Desjardins
21,207,964
100
0
0
Raymond Laurin
21,207,964
100
0
0
Jean C. Monty
21,207,964
100
0
0
Neil Nisker
21,207,964
100
0
0
David Pennycook
21,207,964
100
0
0
Lise Pistono
21,207,964
100
0
0
About Fiera Capital Corporation
Fiera Capital is a leading publicly traded, independent investment firm. The Firm is one of only a handful of full service, multi-product investment firms in Canada, offering clients a proven top tier track record in equity and fixed income management as well as depth and expertise in asset allocation and alternative investments. www.fieracapital.com.
For further information, please contact:
Mélanie Tardif, CPA, CMA
Director, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations
Fiera Capital Corporation
514-954-6456
mtardif@fieracapital.com
Additional information relating to the Company, including the Company's annual information form, is on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Fiera Capital Corporation is a Canada-based independent asset management company. The Company delivers customized and multi-asset solutions across public and private market asset classes to institutional, financial intermediary and private wealth clients across North America, Europe and Asia. It offers a range of traditional and non-traditional investment strategies through specialized and balanced mandates. It works with endowments, foundations, corporations, private and public funds and Taft-Hartley plans. Its institutional solutions include fixed income, equity and non-traditional. Its fixed income solutions include Canadian Active, Canadian Credit, Core Plus, Infrastructure Debt and North American High Yield. The Company's portfolio managers work directly with clients and their financial intermediaries, attorneys and accountants to design custom portfolios. Its private markets solution categories include real estate, infrastructure, agriculture, private equity and private credit.