MONTREAL, May 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (the “Corporation” or “Osisko”) (OR: TSX & NYSE) announces that it has completed its name change to “OR Royalties Inc.” and “Redevances OR Inc.” in French following receipt of shareholder approval at the annual and special meeting of shareholders held earlier today.
The Corporation’s common shares will commence trading under the new name on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange at the start of trading on May 13, 2025. Further to the name change, the new CUSIP number for the Corporation’s common shares will be 68390D106, effective May 13, 2025. The ticker symbol for the Corporation’s common shares will remain unchanged as “OR” on both the TSX and NYSE.
The Corporation also announces that each of the eight (8) nominees listed in the management information circular filed on April 8, 2025 with regulatory authorities were elected as directors of the Corporation. There were 155,758,846 common shares present or represented at the meeting or 83.29% of the 187,007,157 common shares issued and outstanding on March 21, 2025, being the record date for the meeting.
Election of Directors
Based on the proxies received by the Corporation and the votes on a show of hands, the following individuals were elected as directors of the Corporation until the next annual shareholders’ meeting, with the following results:
RESOLUTION No1 Name of Nominees | Votes cast FOR | Percentage (%) of votes cast FOR | Votes WITHHELD | Percentage (%) of votes cast WITHHELD |
Jason Attew | 147,301,337 | 99.65 | 511,714 | 0.35 |
Edie Hofmeister | 146,515,073 | 99.12 | 1,297,978 | 0.88 |
W. Murray John | 144,570,794 | 97.81 | 3,242,257 | 2.19 |
Pierre Labbé | 142,400,867 | 96.34 | 5,412,184 | 3.66 |
Wendy Louie | 147,248,217 | 99.62 | 564,834 | 0.38 |
Norman MacDonald | 137,018,995 | 92.70 | 10,794,056 | 7.30 |
Candace MacGibbon | 146,775,203 | 99.30 | 1,037,848 | 0.70 |
David Smith | 145,161,598 | 98.21 | 2,651,453 | 1.79 |
Appointment and Remuneration of Auditor
Based on the proxies received by the Corporation and the votes on a show of hands, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, was appointed as independent auditor of the Corporation for the ensuing year and the directors are authorized to fix its remuneration, with the following results:
RESOLUTION No2 | Votes cast FOR | Percentage (%) of votes cast FOR | Votes WITHHELD | Percentage (%) of votes cast WITHHELD |
Appointment and Remuneration of Auditor | 153,193,465 | 98.35 | 2,565,381 | 1.65 |
Approval of the unallocated rights and entitlements under the Deferred Share Unit Plan
Based on the proxies received by the Corporation and the votes on a show of hands with respect to the adoption of an ordinary resolution to approve the unallocated rights and entitlements under the Deferred Share Unit Plan, the results on this matter were as follows:
RESOLUTION No3 | Votes cast FOR | Percentage (%) of votes cast FOR | Votes cast AGAINST | Percentage (%) of votes cast AGAINST |
Ordinary Resolution to approve the unallocated rights and entitlements under the Deferred Share Unit Plan | 144,628,797 | 97.85 | 3,184,253 | 2.15 |
Adoption of a special resolution approving the amendment to the Articles of the Corporation to change its name to “OR Royalties Inc. / Redevances OR Inc.”
Based on the proxies received by the Corporation and the votes on a show of hands with respect to the adoption of a special resolution to approve the amendment to the Articles of the Corporation to change its name to “OR Royalties Inc. / Redevances OR Inc.”, the results on this matter were as follows:
RESOLUTION No4 | Votes cast FOR | Percentage (%) of votes cast FOR | Votes cast AGAINST | Percentage (%) of votes cast AGAINST |
Special Resolution to approve the amendment to the Articles of the Corporation to change its name to “OR Royalties Inc. / Redevances OR Inc.” | 154,983,958 | 99.50 | 774,886 | 0.50 |
Advisory Resolution on Executive Compensation
Based on the proxies received by the Corporation and the votes on a show of hands with respect to the adoption of an advisory resolution accepting the Corporation’s approach to executive compensation, the results on this matter were as follows:
RESOLUTION No5 | Votes cast FOR | Percentage (%) of votes cast FOR | Votes cast AGAINST | Percentage (%) of votes cast AGAINST |
Advisory Resolution on Executive Compensation | 143,933,031 | 97.38 | 3,880,017 | 2.62 |
About Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd is an intermediate precious metal royalty company which holds a North American focused portfolio of over 195 royalties, streams and precious metal offtakes, including 21 producing assets. Osisko’s portfolio is anchored by its cornerstone asset, a 3-5% net smelter return royalty on the Canadian Malartic Complex, home to one of Canada’s largest gold mines.
Osisko’s head office is located at 1100 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal, Suite 300, Montréal, Québec, H3B 2S2.
For further information, please contact Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd:
Grant Moenting Vice President, Capital Markets Tel: (514) 940-0670 x116 Cell: (365) 275-1954 Email: gmoenting@osiskogr.com | Heather Taylor Vice President, Sustainability and Communications Tel: (514) 940-0670 x105 Email: htaylor@osiskogr.com |
