The North West Company Inc. Announces Voting Results of its Annual Meeting of Shareholders

The North West Company Inc. (TSX: NWC) (“

North West

”) today announced voting results for the election of directors at its annual general meeting of shareholders held today, June 9, 2021, via live audio webcast (the “

Meeting

”). Each of the nominees listed in the management information circular dated April 7, 2021 was elected as a director of North West at the Meeting.

A total of 25,860,173 variable voting and common voting shares representing approximately 53% of all of North West’s issued and outstanding shares were voted in connection with the Meeting. Shareholders approved all items of business before the Meeting, including the election of directors as follows:

Nominee	Votes For	% of VotesFor	Votes Withheld	% of VotesWithheld
H. Sanford Riley	25,440,588	98.85%	297,003	1.15%
Brock Bulbuck	25,096,677	97.51%	640,914	2.49%
Deepak Chopra	25,596,230	99.45%	141,361	0.55%
Frank Coleman	22,391,555	87.00%	3,346,036	13.00%
Stewart Glendinning	24,005,320	93.27%	1,732,271	6.73%
Edward Kennedy	25,718,713	99.93%	18,878	0.07%
Annalisa King	25,684,354	99.79%	53,237	0.21%
Violet Konkle	25,636,664	99.61%	100,927	0.39%
Jennefer Nepinak	25,606,422	99.49%	131,169	0.51%
Victor Tootoo	25,678,812	99.77%	58,779	0.23%

In addition, North West reports that:

1. an ordinary resolution approving the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as North West’s auditors for the 2021 fiscal year was passed by a majority of the votes represented at the Meeting; and
2. an advisory resolution accepting North West’s board’s approach to executive compensation was passed by a majority of the votes represented at the Meeting.

Details of the voting results on all matters considered at the Meeting are available in North West’s report of voting results, which is available under North West’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

ABOUT THE NORTH WEST COMPANY INC.

The North West Company Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a leading retailer of food and everyday products and services to rural communities and urban neighbourhoods in Canada, Alaska, the South Pacific and the Caribbean. North West operates 212 stores under the trading names Northern, NorthMart, Giant Tiger, Alaska Commercial Company, Cost-U-Less and RiteWay Food Markets and has annualized sales of approximately CDN$2.0 billion.

The variable voting and common voting shares of North West trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “NWC”.

CONTACT

Edward Kennedy, President and Chief Executive Officer, The North West Company Inc. Phone [phone]; fax [phone]; email [e-mail]

John King, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The North West Company Inc. Phone [phone]; fax [phone]; email: [e-mail]

Amanda Sutton, Vice President, Legal and Corporate Secretary, The North West Company Inc. Phone [phone]; fax [phone]; email: [e-mail]

or visit on-line at www.northwest.ca