Annual and Special Meeting of Holders of Common Shares of PolyMet Mining Corp.
(the "Company")
June 16, 2021
REPORT OF VOTING RESULTS
National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations Section 11.3
Item 1: Election of Directors
The nominees listed on the Management Information Circular dated April 28, 2021 were elected as Directors of the Company to hold office for the ensuing year or until their successors are elected or appointed. The Company received the following votes from the holders of Common Shares with respect to the election of the seven nominees:
NOMINEE NAME | FOR | % OF VOTED | WITHHOLD | % OF VOTED |
Jonathan Cherry | 75,470,876 | 99.06% | 711,073 | 0.94% |
David Dreisinger | 75,658,841 | 99.31% | 523,108 | 0.69% |
David J. Fermo | 75,992,612 | 99.75% | 189,337 | 0.25% |
Alan R. Hodnik | 75,635,600 | 99.28% | 546,349 | 0.72% |
Roberto Huby | 75,931,137 | 99.67% | 250,812 | 0.33% |
Nathan Bullock | 75,949,370 | 99.69% | 232,579 | 0.31% |
Stephen Rowland | 75,609,490 | 99.24% | 572,459 | 0.76% |
Item 2: Appointment of Auditors
Deloitte & Touche LLP were appointed auditors of the Company to hold office until the close of the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are appointed, and the directors of the Company were authorized to fix the remuneration of the auditors. The Company received the following votes from the holders of Common Shares with respect to the election of auditors:
FOR | % OF VOTED | WITHHOLD | % OF VOTED |
86,596,570 | 99.60% | 345,957 | 0.40% |
Item 3: Re-approval of Omnibus Share Compensation Plan
PolyMet's Omnibus Share Compensation Plan as approved by the shareholders in 2007 and as amended, restated, and confirmed from time to time, most recently by shareholders in 2018 was reapproved by a majority of the disinterested vote. The Company received the following votes from the holders of Common Shares with respect to the re-approval of the Omnibus Share Compensation Plan:
FOR | % OF VOTED | AGAINST | % OF VOTED |
2,805,764 | 71.75%(1) | 1,104,387 | 28.25%(1) |
(1) Excludes an aggregate of 72,361,214 Common Shares held by insiders who are eligible to participate in the Omnibus Plan.
POLYMET MIINING CORP.
/s/ Patrick Keenan
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Patrick Keenan
Executive Vice President and CFO