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Avanti Helium Shareholders Re-Elect Bakker, Krizan, Nadaraju and Schow at 2026 AGM

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Key takeaways

  • Avanti Helium shareholders re-elected Chris Bakker, Bradley Krizan, Genga Nadaraju and Clark Schow at the November 5, 2026 annual general meeting.
  • Shareholders appointed Deloitte LLP as auditor and approved the company's rolling 10% stock option plan.
  • The equity incentive compensation plan was amended to raise the maximum issuable common shares to 12,895,892.

Avanti Helium Corp. Shareholders re-elected Chris Bakker, Bradley Krizan, Genga Nadaraju and Clark Schow as directors at the company's annual general meeting on November 5, 2026, and approved every resolution put forward. The Calgary-based company announced the outcome in a Newswire release dated November 6, 2026.

Avanti Helium's Director Votes and Auditor Appointment

Bakker, who is also the company's chief executive officer, was returned to the board alongside Krizan, Nadaraju and Schow. Shareholders separately appointed Deloitte LLP as auditors of Avanti Helium and approved the company's rolling 10% stock option plan.

Voters also backed an amendment to the equity incentive compensation plan. The change lifts the maximum number of common shares issuable under awards to 12,895,892 and aligns the plan with certain requirements of the TSX Venture Exchange, according to the release.

Avanti Helium describes its business as advancing helium production assets in Montana while pursuing a long-term strategy of building a scalable industrial gas business. The company's shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol AVN and on the OTC market under ARGYF.

RiverFort Financing Led Into the Meeting

Avanti Helium closed the first drawdown of a US$5 million facility with RiverFort Global Opportunities in September 2026, part of a US$10 million secured credit facility, Newswire reported. The funded amount was $3.652 million, convertible at C$0.756 per share, with monthly repayments of $384,615 beginning March 2027.

In August 2026, Avanti Helium signed a definitive convertible credit facility with Gibraltar-based RiverFort Global Opportunities PCC Ltd. For up to US$10 million, subject to TSXV acceptance and closing conditions, ChemAnalyst reported on August 27, 2026. The company had announced the same investment agreement on August 24, 2026, describing it as institutional growth financing to support its transition into commercial helium production and long-term expansion.

Board Votes Elsewhere in November 2026

ParanaPanema will hold an online extraordinary shareholders' meeting on December 7, 2026, where investors will vote on a reverse split, charter changes and replacing current board and fiscal council members, The future of trading reported.

HDFC Bank shareholders approved Anup Bagchi as managing director and CEO through a postal ballot on November 6, 2026, with 98.65% of valid votes in favour, ScanX reported. KEC International is seeking member approval for Anant Vardhan Goenka as an additional non-executive, non-independent director, with remote e-voting from November 7 to December 6, 2026, ScanX reported.

Voting Windows Still Open at Other Companies

V-Guard Industries is seeking shareholder approval to appoint Kurian Puthenpurayil John as a non-executive independent director for a term running from October 29, 2026, to October 28, 2031, with remote e-voting from November 7 to December 6, 2026, ScanX reported. The resolution requires a special majority.

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