EX-99.1 2 agm_voting.htm BCE ANNUAL GENERAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING REPORT OF VOTING RESULTS BCE Annual General Shareholder Meeting Report of Voting Results

Exhibit 99.1

Bell Canada  
1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell  
Building A7  
Verdun (Québec)  
H3E 3B3  

Michel Lalande  
Senior Vice-President, General Counsel &  
Corporate Secretary - BCE & Bell  
Telephone: 514 391-8386  
Facsimile:  514 766-8161  
michel.lalande@bell.ca  

 

April 26, 2017

Re : BCE Inc.
Report of Voting Results pursuant to section 11.3 of National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations (« NI 51-102 »)

At the 2017 annual general meeting of shareholders of BCE Inc. (the “Corporation”) held on April 26, 2017 (the “Meeting”), and in accordance with section 11.3 of NI 51-102, the following matters were voted on.

1. Election of Directors

A ballot was conducted with respect to the election of directors. According to proxies received and ballots cast, the following individuals were elected as directors of the Corporation until the next annual shareholder meeting, with the following results:

NAME OF NOMINEE  VOTES
FOR		 %  VOTES
WITHHELD		 %
 
Barry K. Allen 328,613,103 99.05% 3,166,229 0.95%
Sophie Brochu 327,887,874 98.83% 3,891,458 1.17%
Robert E. Brown 327,685,824 98.77% 4,093,508 1.23%
George A. Cope 328,824,300 99.11% 2,955,032 0.89%
David F. Denison 327,830,562 98.81% 3,948,770 1.19%
Robert P. Dexter 313,796,503 94.58% 17,982,829 5.42%
Ian Greenberg 293,909,073 88.59% 37,870,259 11.41%
Katherine Lee 328,422,104 98.99% 3,357,228 1.01%
Monique F. Leroux 326,228,175 98.33% 5,551,157 1.67%
Gordon M. Nixon 328,644,988 99.06% 3,134,344 0.94%
Calin Rovinescu 326,663,053 98.46% 5,116,279 1.54%
Karen Sheriff 328,869,933 99.12% 2,909,399 0.88%
Robert C. Simmonds 329,302,575 99.25% 2,476,757 0.75%
Paul R. Weiss 326,579,799 98.43% 5,199,533 1.57%

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Appointment of Auditors

A ballot was conducted with respect to the appointment of Deloitte LLP as the Corporation’s Auditors. According to proxies received and ballots cast, Deloitte LLP was appointed the Corporation’s Auditors with the following results:

Votes For : 344,409,246 (94.53%)
Votes Withheld: 19,930,705 (5.47%)

3. Executive Compensation

A ballot was conducted with respect to the advisory resolution on executive compensation. According to proxies received and ballots casts, the proposal was approved with the following results:

Votes For: 313,892,911 (94.62%)
Votes Against: 17,844,564 (5.38%)

(signed) Michel Lalande
Senior Vice-President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary