Major Drilling Announces Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

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Major Drilling Announces Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders. (2026, September 4). Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/globenewswire/major-drilling-announces-results-of-annual-meeting-of-shareholders/article_45ab568e-aa6b-53dd-809d-edec8738566e.html

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Major Drilling Group International Inc., a leading provider of drilling services, held its annual general meeting on September 3, 2026, in which all eight nominated directors were elected. Shareholders representing over 79% of the company's common shares, totaling 65,553,399 votes, participated in the meeting and voted for the nominees. The election results confirm that each of the nominated directors was selected by shareholders.
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Major Drilling Group International Inc., a company that provides drilling services to the mining sector, held its annual general meeting on September 3, 2026 in Moncton, New Brunswick. All eight director nominees were elected as directors of the company, with a high level of shareholder participation, with 79% of shares voted (representing 65,553,399 common shares) in favor of the nominees. The election was held under a hybrid format that allowed both in-person and online voting.

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Corporation MONCTON Major Drilling Major Drilling Group International Inc. New Brunswick

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Corporation ORG · 4× Major Drilling PERSON · 2× Company ORG · 1× MDI ORG · 1× MONCTON GPE · 1× Major Drilling Group International Inc. ORG · 1× New Brunswick GPE · 1×

Narrative

Major Drilling Group International Inc. (“Major Drilling” or the “Company”) (TSX: MDI), the largest provider of drilling services to the mining sector, is pleased to announce that all director nominees listed in the Management Information Circular dated July 16, 2026 (the “Circular”) were elected as directors of Major Drilling in the course of the hybrid annual general meeting of shareholders of the Corporation (the “Meeting”) held September 3, 2026.
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Major Drilling Announces Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders · assertive framing

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Major Drilling Group International Inc. (“Major Drilling” or the “Company”) (TSX: MDI), the largest provider of drilling services to the mining sector, is pleased to announce that all director nominees listed in the Management Information Circular dated July 16, 2026 (the “Circular”) were elected as directors of Major Drilling in the course of the hybrid annual general meeting of shareholders of the Corporation (the “Meeting”) held September 3, 2026. asserted
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Shareholder participation was high, with the total percentage of shares voted reaching over 79% (representing 65,553,399 common shares of the Corporation). asserted
percentage → vote → Corporation
Each of the eight director nominees listed in the Circular was elected by the holders of common shares of the Corporation. asserted
Each → list → Corporation
The Corporation received the following proxy votes from the holders of common shares with respect to the election of the nine director nominees: asserted
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