EX-99.1 2 a13-12456_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

GRAPHIC

8 – 555 Robson Street

Vancouver, British Columbia

Canada V6B 3K9

 

 

Monique Mercier

604 697-8017

Telephone

Senior Vice- President, Chief Legal Officer
and Corporate Secretary

604 437-8560

Facsimile

 

May 14, 2013

 

Alberta Securities Commission

British Columbia Securities Commission

L’Autorité des marchés financiers

Manitoba Securities Commission

Nova Scotia Securities Commission

Office of the Administrator, New Brunswick

Ontario Securities Commission

Registrar of Securities, Prince Edward Island

Saskatchewan Securities Commission

Securities Commission of Newfoundland

 

Toronto Stock Exchange

 

TELUS CORPORATION

REPORT OF VOTING RESULTS

 

Pursuant to section 11.3 of National Instrument 51-102, the following matters were put to a vote at the annual and special meeting of TELUS Corporation (the “Company”) held on May 9, 2013.  The report on the voting results is as follows:

 

MOTIONS VOTED ON BY HOLDERS OF COMMON SHARES

 

1.                                      Election of Directors

 

A poll was conducted with respect to the election of directors.  According to proxies received and the poll conducted, the following individuals were elected as directors of the Company until the next annual general meeting with the following results:

 

R.H. (Dick) Auchinleck

A. Charles Baillie

 

Votes For:

195,954,083

Votes For:

194,508,072

Votes Withheld:

3,327,739

Votes Withheld:

4,773,596

 

 

 

 

Micheline Bouchard

R. John Butler

 

Votes For:

196,036,423

Votes For:

195,861,549

Votes Withheld:

3,243,356

Votes Withheld:

3,416,421

 


 

Brian A. Canfield

 

Stockwell Day

 

Votes For:

187,209,712

Votes For:

198,366,934

Votes Withheld:

12,072,642

Votes Withheld:

914,229

 

 

 

 

Darren Entwistle

 

Ruston E.T. Goepel

 

Votes For:

197,553,183

Votes For:

196,485,047

Votes Withheld:

1,727,588

Votes Withheld:

2,788,615

 

 

 

 

John Lacey

 

William A. MacKinnon

Votes For:

196,686,122

Votes For:

197,810,525

Votes Withheld:

2,595,788

Votes Withheld:

1,472,171

 

 

 

 

John Manley

 

Donald Woodley

 

Votes For:

181,280,918

Votes For:

198,199,378

Votes Withheld:

18,000,623

Votes Withheld:

1,084,657

 

2.              Appointment of Auditors

 

A poll was conducted with respect to the appointment of auditors.  According to proxies received and the poll conducted, Deloitte LLP was appointed auditors of the Company for the ensuing year with 200,036,385 votes cast in favour and 2,056,906 votes withheld.

 

3.                  Advisory vote to accept the Company’s approach to executive compensation

 

A poll was conducted with respect to the advisory vote to accept the approach to executive compensation as disclosed on the Company’s information circular.  According to proxies received and the poll conducted, the Company’s approach to executive compensation was accepted with 188,706,618 votes cast in favour and 10,576,372 votes cast against.

 

4.                 Motion to approve the alteration to authorized share structure

 

A poll was conducted with respect to the motion to approve the alteration of the authorized share structure to eliminate Non-Voting Shares and increase the maximum number of Common Shares from 1,000,000,000 to 2,000,000,000.  According to proxies received and the poll conducted, the alteration was approved with 191,481,918 votes cast in favour and 7,801,418 votes cast against.

 

5.                  Motion to approve, by special resolution, the alteration of Articles

 

A poll was conducted with respect to the motion to approve, by special resolution, the amendment and restatement of the Articles as described in the Company’s information circular.  According to proxies received and the poll conducted, the alteration of the Articles was approved with 198,163,850 votes cast in favour and 1,120,029 votes cast against.

 

6.                  Amendment to, and reconfirmation of, Shareholder Rights Plan

 

A poll was conducted with respect to the amendment of, and reconfirmation of, the Shareholder Rights Plan, as described in the Company’s information circular.  According to proxies received and the poll

 


 

conducted, the amendment to, and reconfirmation of, the Shareholder Rights Plan was approved with 191,906,338 votes cast in favour and 7,376,312 votes cast against.

 

TELUS CORPORATION

 

 

“Monique Mercier”

 

Monique Mercier

 

Senior Vice-President, Chief Legal Officer

 

and Corporate Secretary