Canadian National Railway : APR 26, 2016 CN announces election of directors
April 26, 2016 at 07:51 pm EDT
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MONTREAL, April 26, 2016/CNW/ - 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 26in Montrealare 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 billionworth 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 Canadaand 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
Contacts: Media: Mark Hallman, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, (905) 669-3384; Investment Community, Sam Forgione, Vice-President, Investor Relations, (514) 399-0052
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Canadian National Railway Company is a transportation and logistics company. The Company's services include rail, intermodal, trucking, and supply chain services. The Companyâs rail services offer equipment, customs brokerage services, transloading and distribution, private car storage and others. Its intermodal container services help shippers expand their door-to-door market reach with about 23 strategically placed intermodal terminals. Its intermodal services include temperature-controlled cargo, port partnerships, logistics park, moving grain in containers, custom brokerage, transloading and distribution, and others. Its trucking services include door-to-door service, import and export dray, interline services, and specialized services. Its supply chain services offer comprehensive services across a range of industries and product types. It transports more than 300 million tons of natural resources, manufactured products, and finished goods throughout North America every year.