Avricore Health Hosts 2023 Annual General Meeting and Welcomes New Board Members

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AVRICORE HEALTH INC. (TSXV: AVCR) (the "Company" or “AVCR”) held its annual general meeting to elect directors, appoint its auditor and accept a new stock option plan to support the company’s continued growth.

“It’s been another amazing year of significant growth and accomplishments and everyone on the team is really excited to get to our next milestones,” said Hector Bremner, CEO of Avricore Health Inc. “We are invigorated by the positive changes in policy and funding of the pharmacy sector and we’re enjoying growing support for HealthTab’s mission to bring chronic and infectious disease screening to pharmacies around the world.”

Prior to the meeting, shareholders received an Information Circular outlining key resolutions and had the opportunity to vote in advance of the meeting. All resolutions proposed by management passed with a majority of votes cast prior to the deadline and were unanimously accepted during the meeting.

Resolutions of note included:

Board Changes

The Company welcomed the re-election of Chairman and Director David Hall, as well as Directors Alan Arnstein, Robert Sindelar, PhD., Rodger Seccombe, and Hector Bremner. Changes for this year included David Farnfield leaving the board but remaining a valued advisor. Also, the addition of two new independent directors:

Christine Hrudka - Ms. Hrudka is a Canadian pharmacist, entrepreneur, leader, public speaker, and advocate for women in business. She owned chain and independent pharmacies, served as Chair of the Canadian Pharmacy Association, and has led the advancement of many critical topics provincially, nationally, and internationally. She is a board member of Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan, the North American representative of the World Pharmacy Council, and an Ad-hoc member of the Minister Anand COVID-19 Supply Council. She also served as Director of Pharmapod, Director and committee member of Governance and Compensation, Smart Employee Benefits, Board chair of Aither Ingredient Corporation and Member-at-Large, University of Saskatchewan Senate. She has volunteered for many community boards such as SREDA, YWCA, United Way, and WESK. Christine holds a B.Sc. in Pharmacy (BSP) and a designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors, Designation (ICD.D).