VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Inc. (TSX – SWP) (“Swiss Water” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce voting results from its Annual General and Special Meeting held on June 25, 2021.
Directors: Director nominees listed in the Information Circular were elected as Directors of Swiss Water. The voting results for individual Directors elected were as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Withheld | |||||
| Nominee | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | ||
| Frank A. Dennis | 1,933,415 | 78.99% | 514,378 | 21.01% | ||
| Roland W. Veit | 1,928,260 | 78.78% | 519,533 | 21.22% | ||
| Anne G. Saunders | 2,122,673 | 86.72% | 325,120 | 13.28% | ||
| Robert B. Johnston | 2,108,255 | 86.13% | 339,538 | 13.87% | ||
| Donald J. Tringali | 2,298,423 | 93.90% | 149,370 | 6.10% | ||
| Nancy L. McKenzie | 2,122,423 | 86.71% | 325,370 | 13.29% | ||
| Alan C. Wallace | 2,123,383 | 86.75% | 324,410 | 13.25% | ||
Auditors: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was appointed as auditors with 99.56% voting support.
Amendments to Convertible Debenture: Shareholders approved the proposed amendment to the convertible debenture with 73.16% voting support. As an interested party, Mill Road Capital’s shares were excluded from voting on this matter.
Company Profile
Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Inc. is a leading specialty coffee company and a premium green coffee decaffeinator which employs the proprietary SWISS WATER® Process to decaffeinate green coffee without the use of chemicals. It also owns Seaforth Supply Chain Solutions, a green coffee handling, and storage business. Both businesses are located in the cities of Burnaby and Delta, British Columbia.
For more information, please contact:
Iain Carswell, Chief Financial Officer
Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Inc.
Phone: 604.420.4050
Email: investor-relations@swisswater.com
Website: investor.swisswater.com
Forward-Looking Statements:
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The forward-looking statements contained herein are made as of the date of this press release and are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Except to the extent required by applicable securities law, Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Inc. undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any such statements to reflect any change in management’s expectations or in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statements may be based, or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from those described herein.