MONTRÉAL, May 7, 2020 /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,
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
|
385,737,203
|
97.98%
|
7,950,945
|
2.02%
|
Mirko
Bibic
|
392,345,982
|
99.66%
|
1,342,166
|
0.34%
|
Robert E.
Brown
|
384,873,863
|
97.76%
|
8,814,285
|
2.24%
|
David F.
Denison
|
391,881,370
|
99.54%
|
1,806,778
|
0.46%
|
Robert P.
Dexter
|
380,128,923
|
96.56%
|
13,559,225
|
3.44%
|
Ian
Greenberg
|
390,212,177
|
99.12%
|
3,475,971
|
0.88%
|
Katherine
Lee
|
392,435,545
|
99.68%
|
1,252,603
|
0.32%
|
Monique F.
Leroux
|
388,694,648
|
98.73%
|
4,993,396
|
1.27%
|
Gordon M.
Nixon
(Chair of the
Board)
|
391,962,419
|
99.56%
|
1,725,625
|
0.44%
|
Thomas E.
Richards
|
392,257,040
|
99.64%
|
1,431,004
|
0.36%
|
Calin
Rovinescu
|
391,000,812
|
99.32%
|
2,687,232
|
0.68%
|
Karen
Sheriff
|
392,246,207
|
99.63%
|
1,441,837
|
0.37%
|
Robert C.
Simmonds
|
388,427,189
|
98.66%
|
5,260,855
|
1.34%
|
Paul R.
Weiss
|
375,452,418
|
95.37%
|
18,235,626
|
4.63%
|
BCE is pleased to welcome seasoned telecommunications and
technology executive Thomas Richards
to the Board. Mr. Richards most recently served as Executive
Chairman of CDW until his retirement in December 2019, and was previously the technology
company's Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Following the Annual General Meeting, BCE was also pleased to
announce the appointment of Sheila
Murray as Director. Ms. Murray succeeds Sophie Brochu, who announced on April 2, 2020 that she would not seek re-election
to the Board following her appointment as CEO of Hydro-Québec. Ms.
Murray is the former President of CI Financial Corp. and currently
Chair of Teck Resources Limited.
Please visit BCE.ca for complete Director
biographies. Information regarding all matters subject to a
vote during BCE's Annual General Shareholder Meeting is available
on SEDAR.com.
About BCE
BCE is Canada's largest communications company,
providing advanced Bell broadband wireless, TV, Internet and
business communications services alongside Canada's premier content creation and media
assets from Bell Media. To learn more, please visit
Bell.ca or BCE.ca.
The Bell Let's Talk initiative promotes Canadian mental health
with national awareness and anti-stigma campaigns like Bell Let's
Talk Day and significant Bell funding of community care and access,
research and workplace leadership initiatives. To learn more,
please visit Bell.ca/LetsTalk.
Media inquiries:
Marie-Eve Francoeur
514-391-5263
marie-eve.francoeur@bell.ca
Investor inquiries:
Thane Fotopoulos
514-870-4619
thane.fotopoulos@bell.ca
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