Item 5.07Submission of a Matter to a Vote of Security Holders.
On August 23, 2022, Rare Element Resources Ltd. (the “Company”) held its 2022 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”). At the Meeting, two proposals were submitted to the shareholders for approval as set forth in the Company’s definitive management information and proxy circular filed on July 7, 2022 and the supplement to the notice of annual and special meeting of shareholders and management information and proxy circular filed on August 4, 2022. As previously disclosed, the proposal to appoint BDO USA, LLP to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company until the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Company (Proposal No. 2) was withdrawn and not presented or voted on at the Meeting. As of the record date June 29, 2022, a total of 212,466,889 common shares of the Company were outstanding and entitled to vote. In total, 133,086,641 common shares were present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting, which represented approximately 62.6% of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date.
The votes on the proposals were cast as set forth below:
1.Proposal No. 1 – Election of Directors. The shareholders elected the entire slate of directors presented to the shareholders. As a result, the Company’s board of directors consists of the seven persons elected at the Meeting.
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Name | | For | | Withheld | | Broker Non-Votes |
Gerald W. Grandey | | 132,129,304 | | 957,337 | | nil |
Barton S. Brundage | | 132,099,623 | | 987,018 | | nil |
Nicole J. Champine | | 132,027,934 | | 1,058,707 | | nil |
Kelli C. Kast | | 132,054,515 | | 1,032,126 | | nil |
David I. Roberts | | 132,060,943 | | 1,025,698 | | nil |
Randall J. Scott | | 130,110,986 | | 2,975,655 | | nil |
Lowell A. Shonk | | 132,050,562 | | 1,036,079 | | nil |
2.Proposal No. 3 – Adoption and approval of the new Rare Element Resources Ltd. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan.
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For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
130,604,455 | | 1,870,671 | | 611,515 | | nil |