VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 11, 2017) - TELUS Corporation (TELUS) (TSX:T)(NYSE:TU) announced today that the nominees listed in the information circular dated March 15, 2017 were elected as directors of TELUS. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at TELUS' Annual General Meeting on May 11, 2017 (the Meeting) are set out below.
Each of the following 13 nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of TELUS:
Nominee
Votes
For
% Votes
For
Votes
Withheld
% Votes
Withheld
R.H. (Dick) Auchinleck
307,092,680
97.26
%
8,638,550
2.74
%
Raymond T. Chan
313,889,739
99.42
%
1,840,213
0.58
%
Stockwell Day
313,000,209
99.14
%
2,710,988
0.86
%
Lisa De Wilde
315,152,300
99.82
%
566,352
0.18
%
Darren Entwistle
315,230,154
99.84
%
507,618
0.16
%
Kathy Kinloch
314,875,725
99.73
%
848,172
0.27
%
Mary Jo Haddad
314,939,979
99.75
%
797,228
0.25
%
John S. Lacey
303,860,358
96.24
%
11,876,021
3.76
%
William A. MacKinnon
312,907,223
99.10
%
2,829,542
0.90
%
John Manley
313,008,545
99.14
%
2,722,104
0.86
%
Sarabjit (Sabi) Marwah
315,104,238
99.80
%
627,585
0.20
%
Claude Mongeau
315,178,244
99.83
%
551,300
0.17
%
David Mowat
315,197,678
99.83
%
523,666
0.17
%
All matters voted on at the Meeting were approved as follows:
Matter
Votes
For
% Votes
For
Votes Withheld /
Against
% Votes Withheld /
Against
Appointment of auditors
315,925,149
98.49
%
4,839,899
1.51
%
Advisory vote to accept Company's approach to executive compensation
293,998,700
93.12
%
21,713,978
6.88
%
Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Meeting will be published shortly on www.telus.com/agm, and filed with the Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.
About TELUS
TELUS (TSX:T)(NYSE:TU) is Canada's fastest-growing national telecommunications company, with $12.9 billion of annual revenue and 12.7 million subscriber connections, including 8.6 million wireless subscribers, 1.7 million high-speed Internet subscribers, 1.4 million residential network access lines and 1.1 million TELUS TV customers. TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services, including wireless, data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, television, entertainment and video, and is Canada's largest healthcare IT provider.
In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed over $482 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered more than 1 million days of service to local communities since 2000. TELUS' 12 Canadian community boards and 5 International boards have led the Company's support of grassroots charities and have contributed more than $60 million in support of 5,595 local charitable projects, enriching the lives of more than 2 million children and youth, annually. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition. TELUS has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the past 16 years, a feat unequalled by any other North American telecommunications company. As detailed in our TELUS Sustainability Report, our commitment to sustainability is inspired by nature to ensure a healthier future for us all.
For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com.
TELUS Corporation is a Canada-based telecommunications company. The Company provides a wide range of technology solutions, including mobile and fixed voice and data telecommunications services and products, healthcare software and technology solutions, and digitally led customer experiences. Data services include internet protocol, television, hosting, managed information technology and cloud-based services, software, data management and data analytics-driven smart-food chain technologies, and home and business security. It operates through two segments. The technology solutions segment includes network revenues and equipment sales arising from mobile technologies, data revenues, certain healthcare software and technology solutions, voice, and other telecommunications services revenues. The International segment is comprised of digital customer experience and digital-enablement transformation solutions, including artificial intelligence (AI) and content management solutions.