MONTREAL, April 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today that the director nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated March 8, 2016, were elected as directors of CN. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at CN's Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 26 in Montreal are set out below.

Election of Directors

On a vote by ballot, each of the following 11 nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of CN: 



                Nominee Votes For             % For       Votes Withheld            % Withheld
                ------- ---------             -----       --------------            ----------

     Donald
     J.
     Carty                        559,678,494       98.40                 9,080,513            1.60
     ------                       -----------       -----                 ---------            ----

     Ambassador
     Gordon
     D.
     Giffin                       551,104,145       96.90                17,654,862            3.10
     ----------                   -----------       -----                ----------            ----

     Edith
     E.
     Holiday                      555,452,082       97.66                13,306,925            2.34
     -------                      -----------       -----                ----------            ----

    V.
     Maureen
     Kempston
     Darkes                       552,871,773       97.21                15,887,234            2.79
    ---------                     -----------       -----                ----------            ----

     The
     Hon.
     Denis
     Losier                       555,092,820       97.60                13,666,187            2.40
     ------                       -----------       -----                ----------            ----

     The
     Hon.
     Kevin
     G.
     Lynch                        566,687,098       99.64                 2,071,909            0.36
     -----                        -----------       -----                 ---------            ----

     Claude
     Mongeau                      547,364,422       96.24                21,394,585            3.76
     -------                      -----------       -----                ----------            ----

     James
     E.
     O'Connor                     567,384,099       99.76                 1,374,908            0.24
     --------                     -----------       -----                 ---------            ----

     Robert
     Pace                         548,527,307       96.44                20,231,700            3.56
     ------                       -----------       -----                ----------            ----

     Robert
     L.
     Phillips                     560,886,614       98.62                 7,872,393            1.38
     --------                     -----------       -----                 ---------            ----

     Laura
     Stein                        566,174,685       99.55                 2,584,322            0.45
     -----                        -----------       -----                 ---------            ----

Biographical information on all directors is available at http://www.cn.ca/en/investors/financial-information/regulatory-filings

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held earlier today will be filed with the Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.

CN is a true backbone of the economy, transporting more than C$250 billion worth of goods annually for a wide range of business sectors, ranging from resource products to manufactured products to consumer goods, across a rail network spanning Canada and mid-America. CN - Canadian National Railway Company, along with its operating railway subsidiaries -- serves the cities and ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America. For more information about CN, visit the company's website at www.cn.ca.

SOURCE CN