VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – May 5, 2016) – TELUS Corporation (TELUS) (TSX:T)(NYSE:TU) announced today that the nominees listed in the information circular dated March 9, 2016 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 5, 2016 (the Meeting) are set out below.
Each of the following 12 nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of TELUS:
| Nominee | Votes For | % Votes For | Votes Withheld |
% Votes Withheld |
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| R.H. (Dick) Auchinleck | 321,013,734 | 98.43 | % | 5,117,294 | 1.57 | % |
| Micheline Bouchard | 323,885,853 | 99.31 | % | 2,234,416 | 0.69 | % |
| Raymond T. Chan | 323,697,585 | 99.26 | % | 2,418,037 | 0.74 | % |
| Stockwell Day | 323,007,520 | 99.04 | % | 3,114,988 | 0.96 | % |
| Lisa De Wilde | 325,585,877 | 99.84 | % | 533,541 | 0.16 | % |
| Darren Entwistle | 324,526,915 | 99.51 | % | 1,610,612 | 0.49 | % |
| Mary Jo Haddad | 325,532,331 | 99.82 | % | 590,189 | 0.18 | % |
| John S. Lacey | 306,148,889 | 93.87 | % | 19,978,492 | 6.13 | % |
| William A. MacKinnon | 325,683,887 | 99.86 | % | 444,503 | 0.14 | % |
| John Manley | 324,529,750 | 99.51 | % | 1,601,191 | 0.49 | % |
| Sarabjit (Sabi) Marwah | 325,494,189 | 99.81 | % | 611,232 | 0.19 | % |
| David L. Mowat | 325,534,384 | 99.82 | % | 591,217 | 0.18 | % |
All matters voted on at the Meeting were approved as follows:
| Matter | Votes For | % Votes For | Votes Withheld / Against |
% Votes Withheld / Against |
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| Appointment of auditors | 328,482,066 | 99.43 | % | 1,892,374 | 0.57 | % |
| Reconfirmation of Shareholder Rights Plan | 311,992,483 | 95.66 | % | 14,138,507 | 4.34 | % |
| Accept Company’s approach to executive compensation | 293,180,274 | 89.90 | % | 32,948,567 | 10.10 | % |
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 $12.6 billion of annual revenue and 12.4 million subscriber connections, including 8.4 million wireless subscribers, 1.4 million residential network access lines, 1.6 million high-speed Internet subscribers and 1.0 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.
For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com.
