Benzinga | Nov 23, 2021 05:32PM EST

Akumin Announces Results Of Special Meeting Of Shareholders

Akumin Inc. (NASDAQ:AKU) (TSX:AKU) ("Akumin" or the "Corporation") today held a special meeting of its shareholders on a virtual meeting platform. A total of 62,092,201 shares, representing 69.75% of shares outstanding, were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy.

The meeting was held to elect the three nominee directors to Akumin's board of directors, to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders unless the director resigns or his or her office becomes vacated by reason of death or other cause before the annual meeting. Upon its previously announced acquisition of Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc., Akumin's board of directors increased the size of the board to 9 members. The purpose of the special meeting was to elect three directors to fill the vacancies created by the increase in the size of the board, as more particularly described in the management information circular dated October 18, 2021.

The results of the director elections conducted at the meeting were as follows:

Votes For Votes Withheld Not VotedNominee # (%) # (%) #

Rhonda Longmore-Grund 62,063,806 (99.95) 29,450 (0.05) 26,933,741

Paul Viviano 62,063,806 (99.95) 29,450 (0.05) 26,933,741

James Wyper 62,058,815 (99.95) 34,441 (0.06) 26,933,741