Suncor Energy shareholders approve all resolutions at Annual Meeting
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CALGARY, April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Suncor Energy Inc. today held
its annual and special meeting of shareholders in Calgary. The meeting was
attended by approximately 200 in person, with an additional 250 joining in the
webcast. A total of approximately 318 million shares (approximately 69% of
outstanding common shares) were represented in person or by proxy.
During business proceedings at the meeting, shareholders approved the
following resolutions:
1. The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Suncor's auditors.
2. The appointment of 11 Board members, including 10 independent
directors, with shares represented voting in favour of individual
directors as follows:
Mel Benson 94.47%
Brian Canfield 99.79%
Bryan Davies 99.80%
Brian Felesky 99.67%
John Ferguson 99.78%
W. Douglas Ford 99.72%
Richard George 99.91%
John Huff 99.71%
M. Ann McCaig 99.78%
Michael O'Brien 99.85%
Eira Thomas 98.55%
The biographies of Board members and further details about Suncor's
corporate governance practices are available on www.suncor.com.
3. The amendment and restatement of our Shareholder Rights Plan, with
93.64% of shares represented voting in favour. For more information
and a copy of the plan, see the investor centre on www.suncor.com.
4. The amendment of our Articles to effect a two for one division of our
common shares with 99.92% of shares represented voting in favour.
The text of remarks by Rick George, Suncor president and chief executive
officer and, Ken Alley, senior vice president and chief financial officer, is
available in the newsroom section of www.suncor.com. An archive of the video
webcast of the meeting is available at www.suncor.com/webcasts.
Suncor Energy Inc. is an integrated energy company headquartered in
Calgary, Alberta. Suncor's oil sands business, located near Fort McMurray,
Alberta, extracts and upgrades oil sands and markets refinery feedstock and
diesel fuel, while operations throughout western Canada produce natural gas.
Suncor operates a refining and marketing business in Ontario with retail
distribution under the Sunoco brand. U.S.A. downstream assets include pipeline
and refining operations in Colorado and Wyoming and retail sales in the Denver
area under the Phillips 66(R) brand. Suncor's common shares (symbol: SU) are
listed on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges.
Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc. is an authorized licensee of the Phillips
66(R) brand and marks in the state of Colorado. Sunoco in Canada is separate
and unrelated to Sunoco in the United States, which is owned by Sunoco, Inc.
of Philadelphia.
SOURCE Suncor Energy Inc.
Brad Bellows, (403) 269-8717
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