MONTREAL, May 5, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ - 5N Plus Inc. (TSX: VNP), the leading producer of specialty metal and chemical products, held its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders yesterday in Montreal, Quebec. Over 68,641,807 shares (81.74% of outstanding common shares) were represented in person or by proxy at the meeting. As part of the formal proceedings, the Company's shareholders elected the Board of Directors, approved the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company and approved the Company's new RSU & PSU plan.

The complete voting results from the meeting are as follows:

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors fixed at six the number of directors of the Company to be elected at the meeting. Each of the six nominees listed in the Management Information Circular was elected as a director of 5N Plus. All of the nominee directors were already members of the Board of Directors. Mr. Serge Vézina and Mr. Maarten de Leeuw did not stand for re-election at the meeting and we thank them for their contribution to the Company throughout the last year. Subsequent to the meeting, the directors re-appointed Mr. Luc Bertrand as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company.

APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, were reappointed as auditors of 5N Plus until the close of the next annual general shareholders' meeting, and the directors were authorized to fix the remuneration of the auditors.

RSU & PSU Plan

The Company's shareholders approved its new RSU & PSU plan (the "Plan"). Under the Plan, the Company can issue up to 5 million common shares to its employees, officers and executives to settle grants of restricted share units ("RSUs") and performance share units ("PSUs"). The 1,245,000 RSUs and 500,000 PSUs already issued under the Plan were also approved.

About 5N Plus Inc.
5N Plus is the leading producer of specialty metal and chemical products.  Fully integrated with closed-loop recycling facilities, the Company is headquartered in Montreal, Québec, Canada and operates manufacturing facilities and sales offices in several locations in Europe, the Americas and Asia.  5N Plus deploys a range of proprietary and proven technologies to produce products which are used in a number of advanced pharmaceutical, electronic and industrial applications.  Typical products include purified metals such as bismuth, gallium, germanium, indium, selenium and tellurium, inorganic chemicals based on such metals and compound semiconductor wafers.  Many of these are critical precursors and key enablers in markets such as solar, light-emitting diodes and eco-friendly materials.

Forward-Looking Statements and Disclaimer
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SOURCE 5N Plus Inc.