EX-99.4 5 exh_994.htm EXHIBIT 99.4

Exhibit 99.4

 

Broadridge · I 11 111 VOTIN G INSTRUCTIO N FORM ANNUAL M EET I N G STANTE C INC. 5 1 MERCEDES WAY EDGEWOOD NY 11717 WHEN: T HURSDAY , MAY 06 , 202 1 A T 10:3 0 A.M . MDT WHERE : t o b e hel d via liv e audi o webcas t ontine at https://web.lumiagm.com/204079726 "" STANTEC INC. 400 - 102 2 0 103 AVENUE NW EDHONTON, AB TSJ 0K4 CANAD A Abou t Voting A mee t ing is being he l d for the holders of thesecurit i es listed on the othe r side of this form . As a beneficial holder of the securities you have the righ t to vote on the it em(s) bemg covere d a t th e meeting , which are d es c ribed i n th e Proxy Sta t e m e n t . The control n umb e r h as b ee n assi gn ed to you to i dent i fy your shares for v o ting. You must keep your control numbe r confidential and no t d i sclose it to othe r s other than when you vote using o ne of the vo t ing options set out on t hisform . Should you send t his form or provide your control number to others, you are responsible for any subsequent voting o f , o r subsequen t inabilit y t o v o t e , your shares Please r ea d the P roxy S t a t ement carefully and take n ote of any releva t n proxy deposit d a te . We need t o receive yo u r voting instruc tio ns at l east one business day before the proxy deposit date no t e d on t h e re v e r s e. If you h ave any qu es tion s, pl ease co n ta ct the p e r son who services yo ur acco u n t. We have been reques t ed toforward to you the enclosed proxy material relative to secur i ties held by us in your account b ut not registered i n your name. Only we as the holder of record can vote such securities. W e shall be pleased to vote your securities in accordance w it h your wishes, if you will execute the form and return it t o us p r omptlyin the enclosed busi n ess reply envelope. It is understood that if you sign without otherw i se marking th e form your securities wil l bevo t ed as recommended i n the Proxy Statement. For th is met?ting, the extent o f ou r authority to vo te your securities in the absence of your instructions can be determined by referring to the applicable voting instruc i ton number in d i ca t ed o n t h e face of your form . For margin accounts, in the event your securities have been loaned over record dat the num be r of securities we vo t e on your b eha l f has been or can be ad j usted downward . Please note that unde r a r ule amendment adopted by the New York Stock Exchange for shareholder meetings held on or after January t, 2010 , brokers are no longe r allowed to vote securities held in their clients' accounts on uncontested e l ections o f directors unless the clien t has provided voting ins tructions (it will continue to be the case t ha t brokers cannot vote the i r cl i ents' sewri t ies in contes t ed director elect i ons) . Consequently, if you wan t us t o vote yo ur securit i es on your behalf on th e election of d i rector you must p rovide voting instructions to us . Voting on m a tters presented at shareholder meetings, particularly the election of directors is t h e pr i mary method fo r shareho lde rs to influence the direc i t on taken by a pub l idy - rtadedcompany . We urge you to participate in the e lect i on by returning the enclosed voting instruct i on f orm to us with instruct i ons as t ohow to v ote your securities in thise l ection . I f your secur t iies are held by a broker who is a member o f the New Yori< Stock Exchange (NYSE), the rules of the NYSE will guide the v oting procedures . These rules prov i de t hat if i nstruct io ns ar e not received from you p r iorto the issuance of the first vote, the proxy may begiven at thediscre t ionof yo ur broker (on the tenth day, if th m e ater ia l was ma i led at lea st 15 days prior to t he meeting da t eor on the fifteenth day, i f the pro x y material wams a i l ed 25 days or more prior to the meeting da t e) . In order for you r broker to exerc i s e this d i scretionary authority, proxy materia l would need to have been mailed at least 15 days pr i o r to the meeting date, and one or more o f the matters before the meeting mus t be deemed ' r ou t ine " in na t ure acco r ding to NYSE guidelines . If these two requi m re ents are met and you have not communcia t ed to us prio r to the first vote being issued, we may vote your se<Urities a t ou r discretion on any matters deemed to be routine . We will nevertheless follo w your instruct i ons, even i f ou r discretionary vote hasa l readybeen given, provided yo u r instructions are rec eived prior to the mee t ing date . The following inst ru ctions provide specifics regard i ng t he meet i ng for which th is voting form applies . In st r uction 1 All p r oposals for this meeting a r econs i dered ' routine.' We ma y vote in our d cretion on all proposals, if your in s t ructionsare not received. I f you r secur i t ies a r e held by a bank, your securi t ies cannot be voted without you r specific instruction . s I n st ruct i on 2 In order for your securities to be represen t ed a t th e m eeting on one o r more ma tt ers before the mee t i ng , i t will be ne cess ary fo r us t ohave your specifi c vo t ing i nstructions. I f your securit i es are held by a bank, you r securi t ies cannot be voted without your specific instructions. I nstr u c t ion 3 In order for your secu riti esto be represented a t the meeting , it w i ll be necessary for us to have your specific voting i nstructions. i n s t r u c t i o n 4 We have p r ev i ouslysentyou proxy soliciting material pertaining tothe meeting of sha r eholders of the company indica ted . According to our l a t es t reco rds, we have not as of yet received your vot i ng ins truct i on on the matter(s) to be considered a t this meeting and the company has requested us tocommunicate with you in an endeavo r to have your securities voted . .. If you ho l d your securities t hrougha Canadian broker or bank, please be advised that you are receiv ing the v oting ins truction form and m eet i ng materials,at thedi r ectiono f the issuer . Even i f you ha v e declined t o rece i vesecur i tyholder ma t erials,a reporting issuer is required to de l iver these materials to you . I f you have advised your intermediary that you object to the disclosure of your beneficial ownership information to the report i ng iss ue r, it is our respons i bility to deliver thesem ate r ials t o you on behalf of the reporting i ssuer . Thes e material s are being sen t a t n o cos t t o you . T o a ttendthe meet i ng and vote your s h ares in pers o n or virt u a ll y {as app li ca b le ) If you wish to attend the meeting, marl<the app r op r iateboxon theother sideof th form,and a l egal proxy will be i ssued an d mai l ed toyou . The lega l proxy will g r antyou oryour designate the right to attend the meeting and vote in person or virtually (as app li cable)s,ubject to any r ulesdescribed in the Proxy Statement a pp i lcableto the delivery of a p r oxy . Thelega l proxy will be mailed to the name and address of the beneficial holder noted a bove . You n eed to sub mi t and d e li ve r the l ega l proxy in acco r dance with t he p roxy deposit da t e and any instructions or disclosu e r s noted in the Proxy St a tement . You ayr» designate must attend the meeting for your vote to be courted . Allow suff i cien t timefo r th m e a i lingand returno f the legal proxy by the proxy deposit date to the issuer or its agent Pl e as e be advoed that if you, the b enefKialholder, ask fo r a l egal proxy to beissued, you may have to take additional steps in order for the prnxy to be fully effective under app l icabel law . For examp l e,it may be necessa ry tha t y o u deposit the legal proxy with the issuer or itsagent in advance of th m e eeting . F urt he r, i f a legal proxy is i ssued,al l other voting instructions given on tho voting i nstruction f orm w i ll not be effective . This Voting Instruct i on Fo rm confers discretionary authority to v oteon such o ther b usiness as may properly come befo<e the meeting or any adjournment thereof . P i sdos ur eo f Informati on - E l ect ing to Receive Fin ancial Sta t e m e nt s or Requesting Meeting Materials By electing to receive thefinancia l s ta t ementsor r eques ti ng mee t ing material your nameand add r ess may be provided to the issuer (or its agen t ) fo r mailing purposes . oson o 2 , PLEAS E SE E OVER 8 5 4 7ZN109 P s z o z3

 

 

VOTIN G INSTRUCTION FORM STANTEC INC. MEETING TYPE : M EET I N G D A TE : RECOR D D A T E : A/C ANNU A L M E E T I NG T H U R SDAY , M A Y 00 , 202 1 A T 10:3 0 A.M . MDT FO R H OLDER S A S O F MARCH 17 , 2 0 2 1 P R O X Y D E P O S I T DA T : E MAY04, 2021 Ŷ 7 85472N109 LI _ * _ * I _S S _ _U _ E _ R _ C _ O _ P _ Y_ *_* ....J ' . l i iii l Ź REVIE W YOU R VOTIN G OPTIONS O N LIN E : VOT E A T PROXYVOTE.COM USIN G YOU R COMPUTE R O R MOBILE DAT A DEVICE. SCA N T O VIEW MATERIAL AND VOT E NOW B Y TELEPHONE : YO U MAY ENTE R YOU R V O T I N G INSTRUCTIONS B Y T E L E PHO N E AT: 1·800 - 454 - 8683 B Y MAIL : THI S VOTIN G I NST R UC T I O N FOR M MAY B E RETURNED B Y MAIL I N THE ENVE LOPE PROVIDED. REMINDER: PLEASE REVIEW THE INFORMATION / PROXY CIRCULAR BEFOR E VOTING . SE E VOTIN G INSTRUCTIO N NO . 2 O N REVERSE ··•w e N EEDTO RECEIVE YOUR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS AT LEAST ONE BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE PROXY DEPOSIT DATE.*** l i h i Ƈ 1 ELECTION OF DIRE CTORS: VOTING RECOMMENDATION: FOR ALL THE NOMINEES PROPOSED ASOIRECTORS(FILL IN ONLY ONE BOX • Ii) • PER N OM INEE I NBLACK OR B L UE INK) COMPLET E YOU R VOTIN G DIRECTIONS IIIINMOL D , .. , .. NH MHOlD 0 1 - Mart l n A . Por t a D D 07 - GordonA. John s ton D D 02 - Dougla s K . Ammerman D D 08 - Donal d J . Lowry D D 03 - R lch a rd C . Bradeen D D 0 9 - Marl e - Lu d e Mor i n D D 04 - Shelley A . M . B r own D D OS - Patrici a D . Galloway D D 06 - Rob e rt J . Gomes D D I TEM (S) : VOTING RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN D ICATED BY BOLD TEXT OVER THE BOXES (FILL INONLY ON E BOX " Ii) • PER I TE M IN BLACK OR B L U E I NK) 2 T h e reappo i ntmen t of Ernst 6 Young UP, Chartered Pro fessio n al Accou nt ants, as S ta nt tc's auditor and authorli ln g the d ir ecton t o fix t h e a u d it o r's r e m u n e ra t ion. 3 · R tso l rtd . o n • n •c M1ory b u is a n d not to dimin is h t h e rol e and respo nsJ biH tiu of the board of dir ectors, th t th e sha r eho l ders a ccept t h e approac h to ex e cutive compensatio n dlsdostd in Stl n te c ' s Management lnformatlo11 C l r c ul a r deliverd In a d - fa n c e oft ht Mett i n g . 4 Resolnd , u fu rt h e r discl o e s d i n S t 1ntec ' s Manageoent l nfonnatlo n Clrru1,r d e llve red in 1 d - f1 nce of the Meeti ng. that th e s h u ehol d m a pp ro¥t a nd c onfi rm t h e G t nu a l Sy - law Amen dm e nts. R E CO,,.,.., E NO A TION : FOR D D RECOMMENOATia - .i: FOR D D , R . E . COMME N D A TION: FOR D D T O IIICEIVI fllTUU PI OX'f IU.Ttltlill lY MAil (NEU T HI I OX TO T HI l tG KT. T O ltl UEST WATUI A U IOI TMIS MUTING 11: H U iO T N E NOTI CE I NCllttHOIN iM E PAC[AG E WITMTMI S fOl W . D F I L L 1 NTH E BOX • ( i ) " TOTH [ RIGK T I f 'JO U Pt.A N T O A TTEN O TH E M E ET I N G AN O D VOTETHES E SHARE S I N P E RSO N , l Ź i iii • I S S U ER CON F I RMA T I O N COPY - 1 L f F . _ o , o , N L . L - · ....1. _ .J.. . .....J . -- J M M D D Y Y THI S DOCUMEN T MUS T B E SIGNE D AN D DATED Ŷ

 

 

29:>1J41HA M ARKHA M , O N L3 R r,B I I 111 Bro a d r i d g - e w VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM ANNUAL MEETING STANTE C INC. WHEN: TH U RSDAY , MAY 06, 2021 AT 10 :30 A.M.MDT WHERE: to b e he1 d vi a l ive audi o webcast online a l https ://, , ,eb.lumiagm .co m/204079726 STANTEC INC. 400 - 10220 103 AVENUE NW EDMONTON, AB T5J OK4 CANADA REVIE W YOU R VOTING OPTIONS ONLINE : VOTE AT PROXYVOTE . COM U S ING YOUR COMPUTER OR M OBILE DATA DEVICE. YOUR CO NTROL NUM B ER I S LOCATED BELO W . SCA N TO VIEW MATERIAL AND VOT E NOW BY TELEPHON : E YOU MAY ENTER YOUR VOTING INSTRU CTIONS BY T ELEPHONE A T : ENGLISH : 1 - 800 - 4 74 - 749 3 O R FRENC H : 1 - 8 00 - 474 - 7501 BY MAIL: THIS V OTI NG INSTRUCTION FORM MAY BE RETURNED BY MAI L IN T H E ENVELOP E PROVIDED. REMINDER: PLEASE REVIEW THE INFORMATION / PROXY CIRCULAR BEFOR E VOTI N G . 11062020 WE NEED TO RECEIVE YOUR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS AT LEAST ONE BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE PROXY DEPOSIT DATE. CONTRO L NO.: The control number has been assigned to you to identify your shares for voting. You must keep your control number confide ntia l and not d isclose i t to others othe<than when you vote using one of the voting op set out on this f orm . Should you send this form Of provide your control runtier to othe, \ you are responsible !Of arr, subsequent voting ol Of subsequent inability to vote, yourshares . Dea r Client A m eet ing is being held fOf securityholders of theabove noted Issuer . 1. You are receiving this Voting Instruction FOfm and the enclosed meeting materia at the direction of the Issuer as a beneficial owner of secuities . You are a beoeficial owner because we , a s you r i n t emie<iary . hol d th e seru - ities In an acroun t fOf you an d the securitie s ar e not registered in your name . 2. Votesare being solicited by or on behalf of the management of the issuer . 3. Even W you have declined to receive materials. a repOfting issuer is entitled to del er these materials to you and a requested to do so, it is OLr responsilility to forwa,d them . These materials are being sent at nocost to you . in the language you request!!<l a available . 4. Unless you attend the meeting and vote in person or virtually (as applciable) , your securities can on l y be voted through us as registered holder or proxyholder of the registered h older in accordance with your instructions . We cannot vote foryou if we do not receive your voting instructions . Please provide your voting i nstructions to us prOfnptly using one of the available voting methods or COfnplete and return this loom . We will submit a proxy voteonyour behalf according to thevo t ing instructions you provid e, unless you elect to attend the meeting a nd vote i n person or virtually (as applicable) . 5. l'< 1 len you grie us your voting you ad<nowledge that • Yoo are the beneficial owner Of areauthorized to provide these voting instruc 1 ions ; and • You have read the materia l and the voting instructions on this form . 6. You may not present thisVoting Instruction Form at the meeting i n order to vo t e . 7. T o atten d an d v o t e your share s a t th e meeting : • Write your name ƒ ' the name of your desig',ate toact on your behiif on the "Appointee" line on the otherside of this form . sign and date the fmn, and rell . m t by mail Of • Go toProxyVote . cOfn frt available) and insert the name 11 the "Change Appoint!e(s)" section on the voting sit • fOf virtual meetings . you may need to COfnple te additiona l inlOfmation ƒ ' take additional action fO< you Of your Appointee to attend the meeting . Reier to the meeting material accompanying this voting instruction form fO< details . PROX Y DEPOSI T DATE : MAY 04 , 2021 You, Of your designa t e. as the named "Appointee", must attend the meeting fOf your vote to be c o u n t ed. 8. Unless prohibited by law Of you instruct otherwise. the Appointee(s) Of the person whose name is written in thespace provided wiH have ful authority toattend ard otherwise act a and present matters tothe meeting and 1fff 4unn',ent ƒ ' postponement thereo( and vote on all matters that are brought belO<e the meeting ƒ ' 1fff acf)OlmTlent Of postponement thereo( even these matters are not set out i n this loon Of in the management proxy drcula, Consult a legal acMsor tt you wish to modify the authority of that person in 1fff way . tt you r equre assistance. please contact the person v.tio sefV'<es yoor account 9. If thesevoting instructionsaregivenon behattof a body cOfPOfale . set out the ful legal name of the body c : o<porate . the name and position of the person giving voting instructions on behalf of the body corporate and theaddress for service of the body oo,porate . 10. 11 the items listed in the management proxy circular are different from the items listed on the ot h er side of this fonm, the management proxy circular will be considered conect . t 1. The Appointee named in this loom will exercise the voting rights attached to the securities in accordance with the instructions given. In the absence of any specific i nstructions as to voti n g being provided by you on this form, the ltem(s) will be voted -- as recommended on thereverse of this fonm or as stated in the management proxy circula1except in the case of your appointment of an Appoinet e . 12. This Voting Instruction form should be read i n conjunction with the accOfnpanying management prox y circu l r a . 13. To ensure that you r instructio n s a re recei ved in sufficient time to be processe , d p l ease ensure that the Voting Instruction Form is receiv ed by us or voted onli ne _ a t least one b usi ness daybefore th e proxy deposit dat e noted a bove o r the p ro xy dea dlin e specified in the management pr oxy cirwla r . Voting instructions received on the proxy deposit date Of later may no t be able to be indudecl In the final tabulation . T h i s Voting Instruction For m confer s discretionary authorit y t o v o t e on s u c h other business as _ ma y properly cOfn e be f o r e the meeting or an y adjournmen t t he r e o f . If you haveany questions Of require help. please contact the person v.t1o se<vices your account -- Pisdosure of Information - El ect ing to Receive financia l Statements or Requ est ing Meetin g Materials By electing t o receive the financial statements or requesting meeting material your name and address may be provided tothe reporting issuer (or Its agent) for mailing purposes. PLEAS E SE E OVER

 

 

Ŷ VOTIN G INSTRUCTIO N FORM STANTEC INC . M E E TI N G TYP E : M EET I NG D A T E : RECOR D D A TE: PROX Y DEPOSI T DATE: A C COU N T NO: ANNUAL MEETING THURSDAY, MAY 06, 2021 AT10:30 A . M. MDT FO R HOLDER S A S O F MARCH 17, 2021 MAY 0 4 , 2021 CUID : C U S I P : 85472N 1 09 l l P S Z D Z 4 - E l OF l CONTRO L N O . : liUD APPOIN TEE (S) : D ouglas K Ammerma n , Go rd on A. Johnston IF YOU W 1 SH 10 ATTEND THE MEETING OR DES I GNATEANOTHER PERSON TO ATTEND, IIJTE ANO ACT ON YOUR BEHAtf AT THE MEETING, OR ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENTTHEREOF, OTHER THAN THE PERION(SJ SPECWIEO ABOVE . PRINT YOUR NAM E O R THE NAME OFTHE OTHER PERSON ATTENDING T HEMEETING IN THE SPACE PROV I DED HEREIN . U NLESS YOU IN STRUCT OTHERW 1 SE , THE PERSON WHOSE NAME WRITTEN IN TH SPACE W 1 LL HAVE FUL L AUTHORITY TO ATTEND, VOTE ANO OTHERWISE ACT IN RESPECT OF All MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT O R POSTPONEMENT THEREOF, EVEN IF THESE M ATTERSARf NOTSET OUT INTH E FORM ORTH£ CI R CULAR. FORVIRTUA L MEET I NGS, YOU MAY NEED TO COMPlETE AOOITIONAL INFORMATION ORTAKE ADDITIONAL ACTION FOR mu OR YOUR APPOINTEE TOATTEND THE MEETING APPOINT A PROX Y ( OPTIONAL ) Ŷ P L EA S E P R I N T APPOINTE E NAM E ABOVE I i Ź i ! # , E L E C T I O N O F DIRECTORS : VOTIN G RE C OM M E NDATI O : N FO R AL L TH E NOMINEE S PROPOSED A S DIRECTOR S ( FIL L I N ONL Y ON E BO X - • PE R NOMINE E I N B LA C K O R BLUE INK ) COMPLET E YOU R VOTIN G DIRECTIONS , .. ll lt lll D , .. IIITHHOlO Ƒ Ƒ D Ƒ D D 01 - M a r t i n A . i Por t a Ƒ D 07 - Gordon A . John s t on 02 - Dougla s K . Ammerman D D 0 8 - Do nald J . Lowry O J - Ric h ar d C . B rade e n D D 09 - Ma r ie - Lucit Morin 04 - Shtllty A. . M . Brown D D O S - Pa t rici a D . Galloway D D 06 - Robut J . Gomts Ƒ D ITE M( S): VOTING RECOMMENDATIONS AREINDCI A TED BY BOLD TEXT OVER THE BOXES (F ill IN ONLY ONE B OX• • PE R ITE M I N BLACK O R B L U E INK ) 2 The reappoh1bn t nt of Ernst & Young UP,Ch a rt ere d Profm io nal Accountants, as St•nttc's a uditor • nd 1uthorilin9 tht dirt cton 10 fi x tht aud i tor' s 1ur11.1nu1tlon. J Resol,td, on a n a d, lsory b .n ls and not lo dim inishtht role •nd m pon s ! b ll i t le s of th e bo•rd of dirtcton, t h a t the shareholders acce pt the approuh t o necutht compensation d i S< los ed In St.antte's Management 1nfomu 1 tio n CirC11 l ar delln r e d in adv.ne e of t he M eet l ng. 4 Resot , e • d .n f urther disclosed In SUnttc's Management I nform atio n Circular Hl i n redIn ad v - ..nce of t h t Mf: ttl ng , that th t sh•rtholde n a ppr o ve utd confir m t h, G e n e r a l By - Law Amendments . • Ho T E • I f c ompletin g th e appo i n tmen t b o x ab<J, t a n d your • ppo l n te e I n tend s o n att e ndin g onllnt YO U MUS T go to https :/ Jwww.computenh1 1e.com/StJ ntec and pro,ldt COl'llputtnhare w it h the n.1rne and em.ail a ddress of the p tno n yOII a re appoint i ng . Comp ut e n har e will us e t h is l nlo nn,tlo n O tUY to pro , ldt the a ppolnttt with a user name to ga i n en tryto the o nll n e m e et i n g. RECOJJMENOATION; FOR Ƒ RECOt,,9.4ENO,..TION: FOR D D RECOMMENDATION: FOR Ƒ D D TO ltfCUV ( F UT UU non MAiUIAU n MAilCNlO : nu IOI TO T tll IUCiM T . TO H QUU T lilATIIII AU FOIi THI S MU T I NG Uft ll T O TN( NO TI CE INCLUDEO IN TM f PACU,Ci f WIT N T NI S J O I M . Ƒ l iii l Ź THI S DOCUMEN T MUS T B E SIGNED AN D DATED Ŷ