TORONTO,
May 9, 2013 /CNW/ - Canadian Tire
Corporation, Limited (the "Company") (TSX:CTC) (TSX:CTC.a)
announced today that each of the sixteen director nominees listed
in the Management Information Circular dated March 14, 2013 were elected as directors of the
Company at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company (the
"Meeting") held earlier today in Toronto. The detailed results of the
vote for the election of directors held at the Meeting are set out
below.
On a vote by a show of hands, the following thirteen nominees
proposed by management were elected as directors of the Company by
the holders of Common Shares. The Company received the
following proxy votes from the holders of Common Shares with
respect to the election of the thirteen nominees:
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Nominee |
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Proxy Votes
For |
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% of Proxy
Votes
For |
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Proxy Votes
Withheld |
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% of Proxy Votes
Withheld |
Iain C. Aitchison |
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2,553,494 |
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99.97 |
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768 |
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0.03 |
Martha G. Billes |
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2,553,684 |
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99.98 |
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578 |
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0.02 |
Owen G. Billes |
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2,553,674 |
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99.98 |
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588 |
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0.02 |
H. Garfield Emerson |
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2,553,629 |
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99.98 |
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633 |
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0.02 |
John A.F. Furlong |
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2,553,098 |
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99.95 |
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1,164 |
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0.05 |
James L. Goodfellow |
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2,553,675 |
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99.98 |
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587 |
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0.02 |
Jonathan Lampe |
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2,553,548 |
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99.97 |
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714 |
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0.03 |
Claude L'Heureux |
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2,553,345 |
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99.96 |
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917 |
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0.04 |
Maureen J. Sabia |
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2,553,139 |
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99.96 |
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1,123 |
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0.04 |
Peter B. Saunders |
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2,553,324 |
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99.96 |
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938 |
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0.04 |
Graham W. Savage |
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2,553,629 |
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99.98 |
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633 |
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0.02 |
George Vallance |
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2,553,547 |
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99.97 |
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715 |
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0.03 |
Stephen G. Wetmore |
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2,553,544 |
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99.97 |
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718 |
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0.03 |
On a vote by a show of hands, the following three nominees
proposed by management were elected as directors of the Company by
the holders of Class A Non-Voting Shares. The Company
received the following proxy votes from the holders of Class A
Non-Voting Shares with respect to the election of the three
nominees:
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Nominee
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Proxy Votes
For |
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% of Proxy
Votes For |
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Proxy Votes
Withheld |
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% of Proxy
Votes Withheld |
Pierre Boivin |
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52,319,102 |
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98.44 |
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829,786 |
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1.56 |
Frank Potter |
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48,354,774 |
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90.99 |
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4,789,714 |
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9.01 |
Timothy R. Price |
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51,930,886 |
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97.72 |
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1,213,242 |
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2.28 |
Each of the sixteen nominees elected will serve on the board of
directors of the Company until the next annual election of
directors.
About Canadian Tire Corporation
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (TSX:CTC.a) (TSX:CTC) is a
Family of Companies that includes Canadian Tire Retail, Partsource,
Gas+, FGL Sports (Sport Chek, Hockey Experts, Sports Experts,
National Sports, Intersport and Atmosphere), Mark's and Canadian
Tire Financial Services. With more than 1,700 retail and
gasoline outlets from coast-to-coast, our primary retail business
categories - Automotive, Living, Fixing, Playing and Apparel - are
supported and strengthened by our Financial Services division. Over
85,000 people are employed across the Canadian Tire enterprise,
which was founded in 1922 and remains one of Canada's most recognized and trusted brands.
For more information, visit Corp.CanadianTire.ca.
SOURCE CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION, LIMITED