Anavex shareholders OK plan amendment to add 4M shares, enforce one-year vesting

ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP.

• Amendment to 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan increases authorized shares from 10M to 14M.
• New awards subject to minimum one-year vesting; exceptions for substitutions, cash awards, 5% pool, change in control, death/disability.
• Liberal share recycling prohibited: shares used for exercise price or tax withholding cannot be re-added to plan reserve.
• All six director nominees elected (Missling, Ma, van der Velden, Skarpelos, Thomas, Donhauser) with >85% of votes cast.
• Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor received 49.6M for vs 1.9M against.