BRP ANNOUNCES ELECTION OF DIRECTORS AND BOARD COMMITTEE COMPOSITION
During the meeting, the Company acknowledged the departure from the Board of Directors of Mr. Louis Laporte and thanked him for his many years of contribution to the success of the Company. Mr. Laporte has been a member of the Board of Directors since the inception of BRP in 2003 and he has been a member of the Investment and Risk Committee since the Company's initial public offering. He also acted as Chairman of the Investment and Risk Committee for six of those ten years.
At the meeting, all of the nominees for directors listed in the Company's management proxy circular dated April 27, 2023 were elected by a majority of the votes cast by shareholders present or represented by proxy. Voting results for each nominee were as follows:
Nominee | Votes | % | Votes | % |
Élaine Beaudoin | 281,093,825 | 99.43 % | 1,614,458 | 0.57 % |
Pierre Beaudoin | 270,113,810 | 95.55 % | 12,594,472 | 4.45 % |
Joshua Bekenstein | 264,414,129 | 93.53 % | 18,294,153 | 6.47 % |
José Boisjoli | 281,034,099 | 99.41 % | 1,674,183 | 0.59 % |
Charles Bombardier | 281,093,495 | 99.43 % | 1,614,786 | 0.57 % |
Ernesto M. Hernández | 282,621,322 | 99.97 % | 86,960 | 0.03 % |
Katherine Kountze | 282,621,749 | 99.97 % | 86,534 | 0.03 % |
Estelle Métayer | 282,144,893 | 99.80 % | 563,388 | 0.20 % |
Nicholas Nomicos | 282,340,601 | 99.87 % | 367,681 | 0.13 % |
Edward Philip | 278,408,071 | 98.48 % | 4,300,212 | 1.52 % |
Michael Ross | 282,685,472 | 99.99 % | 22,809 | 0.01 % |
Barbara Samardzich | 282,508,883 | 99.93 % | 199,400 | 0.07 % |
Changes to the Board Committees
Mr. Nicholas Nomicos has joined the Investment and Risk Committee, replacing Mr. Laporte, while Mr. Michael Ross joined the Audit Committee. As a result of the foregoing changes, the composition of the Board committees is now as follows:
Directors | Audit Committee | Human | Investment | Nominating, |
Pierre Beaudoin | Member | Member | ||
Joshua Bekenstein | Member | Member | ||
José Boisjoli (Chair) | Member | |||
Charles Bombardier | Member | |||
Katherine Kountze | Member | |||
Ernesto M. Hernández | Member | Member | ||
Estelle Métayer | Member | Member | ||
Nicholas Nomicos | Chair | Member | ||
Edward Philip | Chair | Chair | ||
Michael Ross | Member | |||
Barbara Samardzich (Lead independent director) | Member | Chair |
To learn more about BRP's Board members, click here.
Certain statements included in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian and
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