Willamette Valley Vineyards Inc.
07/14/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/14/2021 04:01
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders (Form 8-K)
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Annual Meeting of Shareholders
The 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the 'Annual Meeting') of Willamette Valley Vineyards, Inc. (the 'Company') was held virtually on July 10, 2021 from Turner, Oregon. A total of 3,104,848 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 62.5% of the shares outstanding and eligible to vote and constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by valid proxies at the Annual Meeting. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors:
All of the nominees for director were elected to serve until the Company's Annual Meeting in the indicated years with the respective votes set forth opposite their names:
| Year | Votes Cast For | Votes Witheld | ||||||
| Term | % of | % of | ||||||
| Nominees for Director | Ends | Number | Votes Cast | Number | Votes Cast | |||
| Craig Smith | 2024 | 1,568,880 | 88.69% | 200,002 | 11.31% | |||
| Stan Turel | 2024 | 1,549,307 | 87.59% | 219,575 | 12.41% |
Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors:
The shareholders ratified the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as independent auditors for the 2021 fiscal year by the votes set forth in the following table:
| Votes Cast For | Votes Cast Against | Abstain | |||||||
| % of | % of | % of | Broker | ||||||
| Number | Votes Cast | Number | Votes Cast | Number | Votes Cast | Non-Votes | |||
| 3,033,716 | 97.71% | 6,466 | 0.21% | 64,666 | 2.08% | 0 |