MONTRÉAL, May 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) today announced that shareholders voted in favour of all items of business put forth by BCE at the company's Annual General Shareholder Meeting today in Toronto, including the election of the Directors by a majority of the votes cast by shareholders present or represented by proxy:
Nominee | Votes For | % For | Votes Withheld | % Withheld |
Barry K. Allen | 380,071,870 | 98.20% | 6,965,381 | 1.80% |
Sophie Brochu | 382,647,974 | 98.87% | 4,386,782 | 1.13% |
Robert E. Brown | 382,323,782 | 98.78% | 4,710,923 | 1.22% |
George A. Cope | 385,292,423 | 99.55% | 1,742,282 | 0.45% |
David F. Denison | 384,451,265 | 99.33% | 2,583,440 | 0.67% |
Robert P. Dexter | 367,157,600 | 94.86% | 19,877,105 | 5.14% |
Ian Greenberg | 368,416,910 | 95.19% | 18,617,795 | 4.81% |
Katherine Lee | 384,756,806 | 99.41% | 2,278,051 | 0.59% |
Monique F. Leroux | 383,171,403 | 99.00% | 3,863,302 | 1.00% |
Gordon M. Nixon (Chair of the Board) | 379,291,408 | 98.00% | 7,743,297 | 2.00% |
Calin Rovinescu | 383,183,052 | 99.00% | 3,851,653 | 1.00% |
Karen Sheriff | 385,035,062 | 99.48% | 1,999,643 | 0.52% |
Robert C. Simmonds | 382,861,987 | 98.92% | 4,172,718 | 1.08% |
Paul R. Weiss | 378,610,346 | 97.82% | 8,424,059 | 2.18% |
For Director biographies, please visit the Board members & committees section under Governance on BCE.ca. Information regarding all matters subject to a vote during BCE's Annual General Shareholder Meeting is available on SEDAR.com.
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