VERSABANK ANNOUNCES THE RESULTS OF ITS 2026 MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
LONDON, ON, April 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - VersaBank (TSX: VBNK) (NASDAQ: VBNK) ("VersaBank" or the "Bank") reports the results of its 2026 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") held in London, Ontario on April 8, 2026.
Each of the director nominees listed in VersaBank's Management Information Circular dated March 9, 2026, were elected as directors of the Bank. The detailed results of the vote are as follows, with percentages rounded to two decimal places:
Director
Number of Votes
Cast
Percentage of Votes
Cast
The Honourable Frank Newbould
In Favour:
Withheld:
10,971,287
161,216
98.55 %
1.45 %
Robbert-Jan Brabander
In Favour:
Withheld:
11,082,921
49,582
99.55 %
0.45 %
David A. Bratton
In Favour:
Withheld:
11,002,166
130,336
98.83 %
1.17 %
Gabrielle Bochynek
In Favour:
11,021,423
99.00 %
Withheld:
111,080
1.00 %
Peter M. Irwin
In Favour:
11,001,809
98.83 %
Withheld:
130,694
1.17 %
Richard Jankura
In Favour
11,111,627
99.81 %
Withheld:
20,876
0.19 %
Arthur Linton
In Favour:
Withheld:
11,002,167
130,336
98.83 %
1.17 %
Susan T. McGovern
In Favour:
Withheld:
10,917,136
215,366
98.07 %
1.93 %
Scott Verity
In Favour:
Withheld:
11,099,367
33,136
99.70 %
0.30 %
David R. Taylor
In Favour:
Withheld:
11,086,908
45,595
99.59 %
0.41 %
At the Meeting, the Shareholders also approved the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Bank and an administrative by-law amendment to allow for the roles of President and Chief Executive Officer to be held by separate individuals.
VersaBank's Voting Results with respect to all matters voted upon at the Meeting will be filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar.
ABOUT VERSABANK
VersaBank is a North American bank with a difference. Federally chartered in both Canada and the U.S., VersaBank has a branchless, digital, business-to-business model based on its proprietary state-of-the-art technology that enables it to profitably address underserved segments of the banking industry in a significantly risk mitigated manner. Because VersaBank obtains substantially all of its deposits and undertakes the majority of its funding activities electronically through financial intermediary partners, it benefits from significant operating leverage that drives efficiency and return on common equity. In August 2024, VersaBank launched its unique Structured Receivable Program funding solution for point-of-sale finance companies, which has been highly successful in Canada for over 15 years, to the underserved multi-trillion-dollar U.S. market. VersaBank also owns Minnesota-based DRT Cyber Inc., a North American leader in the provision of cyber security services to address the rapidly growing volume of cyber threats challenging financial institutions, multi-national corporations and government entities. Through DRT Cyber Inc., VersaBank owns proprietary intellectual property and technology to enable the next generation of digital assets for the banking and financial community, including the Bank's revolutionary and proprietary Real Bank Tokenized Deposits TM.
VersaBank's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ under the symbol VBNK.
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