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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-029650"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VFF"
cik: "0001584549"
company_name: "Village Farms International, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T18:01:36.785125+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Village Farms shareholders elect directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- All seven director nominees elected; highest withheld was 20.45% for Christopher Woodward.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote approved with 81.71% of votes cast in favor.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ratified as auditor for FY2023 with 97.69% of votes cast.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-029650
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VFF
- cik: 0001584549
- company_name: Village Farms International, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584549/000095017023029650/0000950170-23-029650-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584549/000095017023029650/vff-20230623.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Village Farms International, Inc. shareholders approved Election of the Board of Directors to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are elected or appointed. at the 2023-06-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-23
  source text: Proposal No. 1: The election of the Board of Directors to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are elected or appointed, received the following votes: Nominee Votes For % For Votes Withheld % Withheld Michael A. DeGiglio 17,328,203 86.94% 2,603,067 13.06% John P. Henry 16,516,591 82.87% 3,414,679 17.13% David Holewinski 16,502,653 82.80% 3,428,617 17.20% Kathleen M. Mahoney 17,885,827 89.74% 2,045,443 10.26% John R. McLernon 16,437,998 82.47% 3,493,272 17.53% Stephen C. Ruffini 16,350,146 82.03% 3,581,124 17.97% Christopher C. Woodward 15,855,726 79.55% 4,075,554 20.45%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584549/000095017023029650/0000950170-23-029650-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Village Farms International, Inc. shareholders approved Re-appointing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. at the 2023-06-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-23
  source text: Proposal No. 3: Re-appointing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023: Votes For % For Votes Withheld % Withheld 41,101,024 97.69% 971,712 2.31%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584549/000095017023029650/0000950170-23-029650-index.htm

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