Sleep Country Canada Announces Election of Directors

TORONTOMay 11, 2018 /CNW/ - Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. ("Sleep Country" or the "Company") (TSX: ZZZ) is pleased to announce that each of the nominees listed in its Management Information Circular dated March 26, 2018 were elected as directors of Sleep Country at the annual and special meeting (the "Meeting") of the shareholders of the Company held on May 11, 2018.

By way of a vote by ballot, the directors were elected to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders following the Meeting or until their respective successors are elected or appointed or their position is vacated. 

The votes cast in person or by proxy at the Meeting were as follows:

Nominee

Votes For

Votes
Withheld

Total Votes
Cast

Percentage
of Votes
For

Percentage
of Votes
Withheld

           

Stephen Gunn

26,308,602

5,666,749

31,975,351

82.28%

17.72%

           

Christine Magee

28,536,212

3,439,139

31,975,351

89.24%

10.76%

           

David Friesema

30,095,633

1,879,718

31,975,351

94.12%

5.88%

           

John Cassaday

30,831,060

1,144,291

31,975,351

96.42%

3.58%

           

Andrew Moor

30,763,781

1,211,570

31,975,351

96.21%

3.79%

           

David Shaw

31,329,203

646,148

31,975,351

97.98%

2.02%

           

Douglas Bradley

31,505,647

469,704

31,975,351

98.53%

1.47%

 

 

The formal Report on Voting Results with respect to all matters voted upon at the Meeting has been filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

About Sleep Country

Sleep Country is Canada's leading mattress retailer and the only specialty mattress retailer with a national footprint in Canada. Sleep Country operates under two mattress retail banners: Dormez-vous?, the largest retailer of mattresses in Quebec and Sleep Country Canada, the largest mattress retailer in the rest of Canada. As at May 11, 2018, Sleep Country has 252 stores and 16 distribution centres across Canada. All of the Company's stores are corporate-owned, enabling it to develop and maintain a strong culture of customer service, resulting in a consistent and superior in-store and home delivery customer experience.

SOURCE Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. Investor Relations

Robert Masson, Chief Financial Officer, 289.748.0206, robert.masson@sleepcountry.ca