Two new directors join CN's board

REGINA, April 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today that the director nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated March 7, 2017, 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 25 in Regina are set out below.

Election of Directors

On a vote by ballot, each of the following 13 nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of CN: 



                Nominee Votes For           % For         Votes             % Withheld
                                                        Withheld
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    Shauneen
     Bruder                     529,111,130       99.87             704,964            0.13
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    Donald
     J.
     Carty                      524,329,111       98.96           5,486,983            1.04
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     Ambassador
     Gordon
     D.
     Giffin                     517,940,878       97.76          11,875,216            2.24
     ----------                 -----------       -----          ----------            ----

    Julie
     Godin                      529,024,233       99.85             791,861            0.15
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    Edith E.
     Holiday                    516,126,753       97.42          13,689,341            2.58
    --------                    -----------       -----          ----------            ----

    Luc
     Jobin                      527,698,116       99.60           2,117,978            0.40
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    V.
     Maureen
     Kempston
     Darkes                     514,678,191       97.14          15,137,903            2.86
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    The Hon.
     Denis
     Losier                     521,382,053       98.41           8,434,041            1.59
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    The Hon.
     Kevin
     G.
     Lynch                      528,829,987       99.81             986,107            0.19
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    James E.
     O'Connor                   526,447,258       99.36           3,368,836            0.64
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    Robert
     Pace                       522,594,343       98.64           7,218,957            1.36
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    Robert
     L.
     Phillips                   520,111,109       98.17           9,704,985            1.83
    ---------                   -----------       -----           ---------            ----

    Laura
     Stein                      526,397,093       99.35           3,419,001            0.65
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Shauneen Bruder, of Ontario, and Julie Godin, of Quebec, join the board as independent directors. Ms. Bruder is the executive vice-president, operations at Royal Bank of Canada, and Ms. Godin is vice-chair, chief planning and administration officer of CGI Group Inc.

Robert Pace was unanimously re-elected by the board of directors as board chair. Mr. Pace, who joined CN's board in 1994, is president and chief executive officer of The Pace Group Ltd., based in Halifax, N.S., which is engaged in radio broadcasting, real estate and environmental services.

Biographical information on all directors is available at http://www.cn.ca/en/investors/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 of approximately 20,000 route-miles 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