B2Gold 2024 Annual General and Special Meeting: Leading Independent Proxy Advisory Firms, Glass Lewis and ISS, Recommend Shareholders Vote FOR All Proposed Items

6 June 2024

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO, NYSE AMERICAN: BTG, NSX: B2G) (“B2Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the support of Glass Lewis & Co. (“Glass Lewis”) and Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), who have recommended that shareholders vote FOR all proposed items to be considered at the upcoming Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) to be held on Thursday, June 20, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. (Vancouver time).

The Meeting will be held at the Star Sapphire Ballroom at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel, 1038 Canada Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, and in a virtual format conducted via live audio webcast online. The Meeting will be available to registered and non-registered shareholders and guests, and accessible via live webcast at https://web.lumiagm.com/410132572.

Glass Lewis and ISS Recommendation to B2Gold Shareholders

B2Gold is pleased to announce the support of Glass Lewis and ISS, who have recommended that shareholders vote FOR all proposed items to be considered at the upcoming Meeting. Glass Lewis and ISS are the leading third-party proxy advisory firms who, among other services, provide independent analysis and proxy voting recommendations to pension funds, investment managers, mutual funds and other institutional shareholders.

At the Meeting, shareholders are being asked to vote on four items:

  1. Election of the directors;
  2. Appointment of the Auditor;
  3. Approval of unallocated options under the Company’s stock option plan; and
  4. A non-binding, advisory vote on the Company’s approach to executive compensation.

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO, NYSE AMERICAN: BTG, NSX: B2G) (“B2Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the support of Glass Lewis & Co. (“Glass Lewis”) and Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), who have recommended that shareholders vote FOR all proposed items to be considered at the upcoming Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) to be held on Thursday, June 20, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. (Vancouver time).

    The Meeting will be held at the Star Sapphire Ballroom at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel, 1038 Canada Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, and in a virtual format conducted via live audio webcast online. The Meeting will be available to registered and non-registered shareholders and guests, and accessible via live webcast at https://web.lumiagm.com/410132572.

    Glass Lewis and ISS Recommendation to B2Gold Shareholders

    B2Gold is pleased to announce the support of Glass Lewis and ISS, who have recommended that shareholders vote FOR all proposed items to be considered at the upcoming Meeting. Glass Lewis and ISS are the leading third-party proxy advisory firms who, among other services, provide independent analysis and proxy voting recommendations to pension funds, investment managers, mutual funds and other institutional shareholders.

    At the Meeting, shareholders are being asked to vote on four items:

  • Election of the directors;
  • Appointment of the Auditor;
  • Approval of unallocated options under the Company’s stock option plan; and
  • A non-binding, advisory vote on the Company’s approach to executive compensation.

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