TORONTO, June 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aecon Group Inc. (TSX: ARE) ("Aecon" or the "Company") announced today that the nominees listed in the Management Information Circular dated May 2, 2024 were elected as directors of Aecon, to hold office until the close of the next Annual General Meeting of the Corporation or until their successors are appointed. As disclosed, Anthony P. Franceschini and J.D. Hole did not stand for re-election and have retired from Aecon's Board.
On behalf of Aecon's Board of Directors, John M. Beck, Chairman, announced the election of Leslie Kass, Rod Phillips and Scott Stewart to Aecon's Board.
"We are pleased to welcome Ms. Kass, Mr. Phillips and Mr. Stewart to our Board of Directors. Collectively, they bring a breadth of knowledge and valuable insights that will be of great benefit to Aecon as we continue to build what matters to enable future generations to thrive," said John M. Beck, Chairman, Aecon Group Inc.
Leslie Kass is currently serving as the CEO and Director of the Board of North Coast Holdings and Lewis Services. Ms. Kass is a respected leader with over 30 years of experience in the utility and energy sectors. She was previously the CEO at Babcock & Wilcox and served as Executive Vice President at TC Energy's Corporate Technical Centre. Ms. Kass has also held leadership positions at Westinghouse Electric Company, Nuclear Energy Institute, Entergy, and Duke Energy. Ms. Kass earned an undergraduate degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds an MBA from Duke University. She has also served on the Board of Bruce Power and Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises.
Rod Phillips is the Vice Chair of Canaccord Genuity Corporation and a member of the Board of Directors of Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. In 2018, he was elected as the Member of Provincial Parliament representing Ajax. Mr. Phillips also served as the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Long-Term Care, and the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks. Prior to his public service, he was the President and CEO of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation and Morneau-Shepell. Mr. Phillips served as the Chair of the Board of Postmedia Network Inc., as Canadian Chair and Global Advisory Board member of Afiniti, and served on the corporate boards of Data Communications Management, Top Aces, and the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation. A graduate of the MBA program at Wilfrid Laurier University, he also holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and English from Western University, and holds the Institute of Corporate Directors designation, ICD.D.
Scott Stewart served for over four decades at IBI Group ("IBI") taking on various leadership roles. Mr. Stewart led the growth of the company geographically across North America and internationally, and the diversification into technology and systems. He took over as the CEO of IBI in 2013 and fulfilled that role until the sale of the company in 2022. He was also a member of IBI's Board of Directors from 2004 to 2022. Mr. Stewart's current and previous Board experience spans various associations including the Transportation Association of Canada and the Intelligent Transportation Society of Canada. He holds a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo and is a Professional Engineer (P.Eng) in multiple Canadian jurisdictions.
Remarking on the retirement of Anthony P. Franceschini and J.D. Hole from Aecon's Board, Mr. Beck said: "On behalf of my fellow members of the Board and Aecon's management, we thank Anthony and J.D. for their commitment and valuable service as guiding forces in Aecon's success and evolution for the past 15 years."
Mr. Franceschini held the role of Lead Director since 2021 and was also previously Chair of Aecon's Audit Committee, a member of the Risk Committee, and the Environmental, Health and Safety Committee. He is the retired President and CEO of Stantec Inc. Mr. Hole served as Chair of Aecon's Environmental, Health and Safety Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee. He previously served as Chairman of Lockerbie & Hole, an Aecon predecessor company.
Shareholders also adopted all other resolutions submitted for their approval, as disclosed in the Management Information Circular dated May 2, 2024, including the advisory vote on the Corporation's approach to executive compensation, the approval of unallocated units under the Corporation's Long-Term Incentive Plan, and the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditors of the Corporation to hold office until the close of the next Annual Meeting of the Corporation and that the Board of Directors be authorized to fix the auditors' remuneration.
The complete voting results for each item of business are as follows:
Election of Directors
Name of Nominee | Votes in Favour | % Votes in Favour | Votes Against | % Votes Against |
John M. Beck | 26,862,453 | 98.60% | 382,045 | 1.40% |
Susan Wolburgh Jenah | 26,908,227 | 98.77% | 336,271 | 1.23% |
Leslie Kass | 27,092,898 | 99.44% | 151,601 | 0.56% |
Stuart Lee | 27,089,781 | 99.43% | 154,718 | 0.57% |
Rod Phillips | 26,929,523 | 98.84% | 314,976 | 1.16% |
Eric Rosenfeld | 26,929,357 | 98.84% | 315,142 | 1.16% |
Jean-Louis Servranckx | 27,060,645 | 99.33% | 183,854 | 0.67% |
Monica Sloan | 26,841,584 | 98.52% | 402,914 | 1.48% |
Deborah S. Stein | 25,661,858 | 94.19% | 1,582,640 | 5.81% |
Scott Stewart | 26,928,994 | 98.84% | 315,505 | 1.16% |
Scott Thon | 27,105,548 | 99.49% | 138,951 | 0.51% |
Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
Votes in Favour | % Votes in Favour | Votes Against | % Votes Against |
26,505,105 | 97.29% | 739,394 | 2.71% |
Approval of Unallocated Units Under the Corporation's Long-Term Incentive Plan
Votes in Favour | % Votes in Favour | Votes Against | % Votes Against |
26,514,952 | 97.32% | 729,547 | 2.68% |
Appointment and Remuneration of Auditors
Votes in Favour | % Votes in Favour | Votes Withheld | % Votes Withheld |
27,145,511 | 99.13% | 239,565 | 0.87% |
Dividend
Aecon's Board of Directors approved its next quarterly dividend of 19 cents per share. The dividend will be paid on July 3, 2024 to shareholders of record as of June 21, 2024.
多倫多,2024年6月4日(GLOBE NEWSWIRE)——Aecon Group Inc.(多倫多證券交易所股票代碼:ARE)(“Aecon” 或 “公司”)今天宣佈,2024年5月2日管理信息通報中列出的被提名人當選爲Aecon的董事,任期至公司下屆年度股東大會閉幕或其繼任者被任命爲止。正如所披露的那樣,安東尼·弗朗切斯基尼和法學博士霍爾沒有競選連任,他們已經從Aecon的董事會退休。
主席約翰·貝克代表Aecon董事會宣佈萊斯利·卡斯、羅德·菲利普斯和斯科特·斯圖爾特當選爲Aecon董事會成員。
“我們很高興歡迎卡斯女士、菲利普斯先生和斯圖爾特先生加入我們的董事會。Aecon Group Inc.董事長約翰·貝克說,他們共同帶來了廣闊的知識和寶貴的見解,這將使Aecon受益匪淺,因爲我們將繼續創造重要的東西,使子孫後代能夠蓬勃發展。
萊斯利·卡斯目前擔任北海岸控股和路易斯服務公司的首席執行官兼董事會董事。卡斯女士是一位受人尊敬的領導者,在公用事業和能源領域擁有30多年的經驗。她曾是Babcock & Wilcox的首席執行官,並曾在TC Energy的企業技術中心擔任執行副總裁。卡斯女士還曾在西屋電氣公司、核能研究所、Entergy和杜克能源公司擔任領導職務。Kass 女士擁有麻省理工學院材料科學與工程本科學位和杜克大學工商管理碩士學位。她還曾在布魯斯·鮑爾和巴布科克和威爾科克斯企業的董事會任職。
羅德·菲利普斯是 Canaccord Genuity Corporation 的副主席和 Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. 的董事會成員。2018 年,他代表阿賈克斯當選爲省議會議員。菲利普斯先生還曾擔任財政部長、長期護理部長和環境、保護和公園部長。在擔任公共服務之前,他曾擔任安大略省彩票和博彩公司以及Morneau-Shepell的總裁兼首席執行官。菲利普斯先生曾擔任Postmedia Network Inc.董事會主席、Afiniti加拿大主席和全球顧問委員會成員,並在數據通信管理、Top Aces和省際彩票公司的公司董事會任職。他畢業於威爾弗裏德·勞里爾大學工商管理碩士課程,還擁有西方大學政治學和英語榮譽文學學士學位,並擁有公司董事學院稱號ICD.D。
斯科特·斯圖爾特在IBI集團(“IBI”)工作了四十多年,擔任過各種領導職務。Stewart先生領導了公司在北美和國際上的發展,並推動了技術和系統的多元化。他於2013年接任IBI的首席執行官,一直擔任該職務直到2022年公司被出售。從 2004 年到 2022 年,他還是 IBI 董事會成員。Stewart 先生目前和之前的董事會經驗跨越多個協會,包括加拿大交通協會和加拿大智能交通協會。他擁有滑鐵盧大學的土木工程學位,並且是加拿大多個司法管轄區的專業工程師(P.Eng)。
在談到安東尼·弗朗切斯基尼和法學博士霍爾從Aecon董事會退休時,貝克先生說:“我們代表我的董事會其他成員和Aecon的管理層,感謝安東尼和J.D. 在過去15年中作爲Aecon成功和發展的指導力量所做的承諾和寶貴服務。”
弗朗切斯基尼先生自2021年起擔任首席董事,此前還曾擔任Aecon審計委員會主席、風險委員會成員以及環境、健康和安全委員會成員。他是Stantec Inc.的退休總裁兼首席執行官。霍爾先生曾擔任Aecon環境、健康和安全委員會主席和審計委員會成員。他曾擔任Aecon前身公司Lockerbie & Hole的董事長。
股東們還通過了2024年5月2日管理信息通告中披露的所有其他提交其批准的決議,包括對公司高管薪酬方針的諮詢投票、批准公司長期激勵計劃下的未分配股份,以及任命普華永道會計師事務所爲公司核數師,任期至公司下屆年會閉幕,並授權董事會修復核數師的薪酬。
每項業務的完整投票結果如下:
董事選舉
被提名人姓名 | 投贊成票 | % 贊成票 | 投反對票 | % 反對票 |
約翰·貝克 | 26,862,453 | 98.60% | 382,045 | 1.40% |
蘇珊·沃爾伯格·傑納 | 26,908,227 | 98.77% | 336,271 | 1.23% |
萊斯利·卡斯 | 27,092,898 | 99.44% | 151,601 | 0.56% |
斯圖爾特·李 | 27,089,781 | 99.43% | 154,718 | 0.57% |
羅德·菲利普 | 26,929,523 | 98.84% | 314,976 | 1.16% |
埃裏克·羅森菲爾 | 26,929,357 | 98.84% | 315,142 | 1.16% |
Jean-Louis Servranckx | 27,060,645 | 99.33% | 183,854 | 0.67% |
莫妮卡·斯隆 | 26,841,584 | 98.52% | 402,914 | 1.48% |
黛博拉·S·斯坦 | 25,661,858 | 94.19% | 1,582,640 | 5.81% |
斯科特·斯圖爾 | 26,928,994 | 98.84% | 315,505 | 1.16% |
斯科特·託恩 | 27,105,548 | 99.49% | 138,951 | 0.51% |
關於高管薪酬的諮詢投票
投贊成票 | % 贊成票 | 投反對票 | % 反對票 |
26,505,105 | 97.29% | 739,394 | 2.71% |
批准公司長期激勵計劃下的未分配單位
投贊成票 | % 贊成票 | 投反對票 | % 反對票 |
26,514,952 | 97.32% | 729,547 | 2.68% |
核數師的任命和薪酬
投贊成票 | % 贊成票 | 被扣留的選票 | 被扣留的選票百分比 |
27,145,511 | 99.13% | 239,565 | 0.87% |
分紅
Aecon董事會批准了其下一季度每股19美分的股息。股息將於2024年7月3日支付給截至2024年6月21日的登記股東。