Mr. Vern Christensen reports

GUARDIAN CAPITAL GROUP LIMITED ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Guardian Capital Group Ltd. has released the results of the director elections held at its annual meeting of shareholders earlier today. Each of the director nominees listed in Guardian Capital's management information circular dated March 31, 2023, was elected as a director of Guardian, to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until a successor is duly elected.

The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors are set out in the attached table.

Name of nominee            Votes for (%)   Votes withheld (%)
     
James S. Anas                     99.54                 0.46       
A. Michael Christodoulou          99.39                 0.61       
Petros Christodoulou              99.95                 0.05       
Marilyn De Mara                   99.95                 0.05       
Harold W. Hillier                 99.95                 0.05       
George Mavroudis                  99.55                 0.45       
Edward T. McDermott               99.88                 0.12       
Barry J. Myers                    99.95                 0.05       
Hans-Georg Rudloff                99.55                 0.45     

In addition to the election of directors, shareholders appointed KPMG LLP, chartered professional accountants, Toronto, Ont., as auditor of Guardian Capital for the ensuing year, and authorized the directors of Guardian Capital to fix its remuneration.

About Guardian Capital Group Ltd.

Guardian Capital is a global financial service company, which provides extensive investment management services to institutional, retail and private high- and ultrahigh-net-worth clients through its subsidiaries. As at March 31, 2023, Guardian Capital had $56.3-billion of total client assets, while managing a proprietary investment portfolio with a fair market value of $1.3-billion. Founded in 1962, Guardian Capital has a reputation for steady growth, long-term relationships, and core values of trustworthiness, integrity and stability that have been key to its success over six decades. Its common and Class A shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange as GCG and GCG.A, respectively.