Granite Announces Voting Results From Its 2021 Joint Annual General Meetings of Stapled Unitholders
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (“Granite REIT”) (TSX: GRT.UN / NYSE: GRP.U) and Granite REIT Inc. (“Granite GP”) announced today the results of the matters voted on at their joint annual general meetings of stapled unitholders held earlier today (the “Meetings”). Each of the individuals nominated for election as a trustee of Granite REIT and a director of Granite GP, as set out Granite’s Management Information Circular dated April 12, 2021, were elected as set out below.
A total of 45,660,781 stapled units (74% of outstanding stapled units) were represented in person or by proxy at the Meetings.
The detailed results of the votes held at the Meetings are as follows:
As Trustee of Granite REIT
As Director of Granite GP
Nominee
Votes For
%
Votes
Withheld
%
Votes For
%
Votes
Withheld
%
Peter Aghar
45,274,390
99.78
100,101
0.22
45,274,815
99.78
99,676
0.22
Remco Daal
45,293,997
99.82
80,493
0.18
45,294,189
99.82
80,302
0.18
Kevan Gorrie
45,295,962
99.83
78,529
0.17
45,296,731
99.83
77,759
0.17
Fern Grodner
45,293,838
99.82
80,653
0.18
45,293,170
99.82
81,321
0.18
Kelly Marshall
45,090,572
99.37
283,919
0.63
45,090,822
99.37
283,669
0.63
Al Mawani
45,286,399
99.81
88,091
0.19
45,286,194
99.81
88,296
0.19
Gerald Miller
45,261,139
99.75
113,352
0.25
45,261,330
99.75
113,161
0.25
Sheila Murray
42,955,951
94.67
2,418,540
5.33
43,869,076
96.68
1,505,415
3.32
Jennifer Warren
45,289,303
99.81
85,188
0.19
45,289,673
99.81
84,818
0.19
Votes
For
%
Votes
Withheld
%
Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditors of Granite REIT
45,629,083
99.93
29,692
0.07
Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditors of Granite GP and authorization of the directors of Granite GP to fix the remuneration of Deloitte LP
45,628,117
99.93
30,658
0.07
Votes
For
%
Votes
Against
%
Non-binding advisory resolution on Granite’s approach to executive compensation
44,378,444
97.80
996,046
2.20
ABOUT GRANITE
Granite is a Canadian-based REIT engaged in the acquisition, development, ownership and management of logistics, warehouse and industrial properties in North America and Europe. Granite owns 115 investment properties representing approximately 50.4 million square feet of leasable area.
OTHER INFORMATION
Copies of financial data and other publicly filed documents about Granite are available through the internet on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ Systems for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) which can be accessed at www.sedar.com and on the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR) which can be accessed at www.sec.gov.
For further information, please see our website at www.granitereit.com or contact Teresa Neto, Chief Financial Officer, at 647-925-7560 or Andrea Sanelli, Manager, Legal & Investor Services, at 647-925-7504.
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