TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Titan Medical Inc. (“Titan” or the “Company”) (TSX: TMD) (Nasdaq: TMDI), a medical device company focused on the design, development and commercialization of a robotic surgical system for application in single-port minimally invasive surgery, reported shareholder vote results from the Company’s Annual and Special Meeting held on Wednesday, May 29, 2019.
All of management’s nominees for election were duly elected as directors of the Company by the shareholders present or represented by proxy at the meeting. A total of 22,305,951 of the 31,150,237 common shares outstanding were voted at the meeting. The results of the vote were reported to the meeting by Computershare, which acted as scrutineer at the meeting, as follows:
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For Number |
% |
Withheld Number |
% |
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| John Barker | 5,300,505 | 91.24 | 509,105 | 8.76 | ||||||||
| Charles Federico | 5,736,442 | 98.74 | 73,168 | 1.26 | ||||||||
| David McNally | 5,683,584 | 97.83 | 126,026 | 2.17 | ||||||||
| Stephen Randall | 5,382,857 | 92.65 | 426,753 | 7.35 | ||||||||
| John Schellhorn | 5,712,799 | 98.33 | 96,811 | 1.67 | ||||||||
| Domenic Serafino | 5,718,221 | 98.43 | 91,389 | 1.57 | ||||||||
The appointment of BDO Canada LLP as Auditors of the Company was approved by shareholders (with 21,482,357 votes for and 823,594 votes withheld) in respect of the motion.
Shareholders passed the motion (with 3,637,601 votes for and 2,111,508 votes against) authorizing the SU Plan and DSU Plan.
Shareholders passed the motion (with 3,439,022 votes for and 2,310,087 votes against) authorizing amendments to the Stock Option Plan.
Shareholders passed the motion (with 3,529,202 votes for and 2,252,734 votes against) authorizing the reduction of the exercise prices of certain options granted to executive officers and employees under the Option Plan.
Further particulars of the resolutions referenced above are set forth in the management information circular of the Company dated April 29, 2019.
The Company intends to post a video replay of the Annual and Special Meeting on the investor tab of its website, www.titanmedicalinc.com, before June 30, 2019.
About Titan Medical Inc.
Titan Medical Inc. is focused on computer-assisted robotic surgical technologies for application in MIS. The Company is developing the SPORT Surgical System, a single-port robotic surgical system comprised of a surgeon-controlled patient cart that includes a 3D high-definition vision system and multi-articulating instruments for performing MIS procedures, and a surgeon workstation that provides an advanced ergonomic interface to the patient cart and a 3D endoscopic view inside the patient’s body. Titan intends initially to pursue focused surgical indications for the SPORT Surgical System, which may include one or more of gynecologic, urologic, colorectal or general abdominal procedures.
For more information, please visit the Company’s website at www.titanmedicalinc.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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