OTTAWA, May 6, 2014 /CNW/ - 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 and
General Shareholder Meeting today in Ottawa, including the re-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
|
301,430,677
|
98.93
|
3,269,852
|
1.07
|
|
André
Bérard
|
300,690,890
|
98.68
|
4,009,751
|
1.32
|
|
Ronald A.
Brenneman
|
301,320,420
|
98.99
|
3,380,221
|
1.11
|
|
Sophie
Brochu
|
301,030,934
|
98.80
|
3,669,595
|
1.20
|
|
Robert E.
Brown
|
300,804,088
|
98.72
|
3,896,553
|
1.28
|
|
George A.
Cope
|
295,093,512
|
96.85
|
9,607,129
|
3.15
|
|
David F.
Denison
|
301,947,377
|
99.10
|
2,753,211
|
0.90
|
|
Ian
Greenberg
|
254,569,825
|
83.55
|
50,130,586
|
16.45
|
|
Thomas C.
O'Neill
(Chair of the
Board)
|
299,492,601
|
98.29
|
5,208,040
|
1.71
|
|
James
Prentice
|
301,358,758
|
98.90
|
3,341,334
|
1.10
|
|
Robert C.
Simmonds
|
302,588,204
|
99.31
|
2,112,384
|
0.69
|
|
Carole
Taylor
|
302,776,576
|
99.37
|
1,923,820
|
0.63
|
|
Paul R.
Weiss
|
301,063,046
|
98.81
|
3,637,297
|
1.19
|
For Director biographies, please visit BCE Board Members.
Information regarding all matters subject to a vote during BCE's
Annual and General Shareholder meeting is available on Sedar.
About BCE
BCE is Canada's largest communications
company, providing a comprehensive and innovative suite of
broadband communication services to residential and business
customers under the Bell and Bell Aliant brands. Bell Media is
Canada's premier multimedia company with leading assets in
television, radio and digital media, including CTV, Canada's #1
television network, and the country's most-watched specialty
channels. To learn more, please visit BCE.ca.
Bell Let's Talk
Bell Let's Talk promotes Canadian
mental health with national awareness and anti-stigma campaigns,
like Clara's Big Ride for Bell Let's Talk and Bell Let's Talk Day,
and significant Bell funding of community care and access,
research, and workplace initiatives. To learn more, please visit
Bell.ca/LetsTalk.
For BCE corporate information, please visit BCE.ca. For Bell
product and service information, please visit Bell.ca. For Bell
Media, please visit BellMedia.ca.
SOURCE Bell Canada