EX-99.1 2 a19-6703_4ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Media Release

 

May 9, 2019

 

TELUS announces election of directors

All resolutions at annual meeting approved by large majority

 

Vancouver, B.C. — TELUS Corporation (TELUS) (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) announced today that the nominees listed in the Company’s 2019 information circular 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 9, 2019 (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

 

320,380,106

 

98.66%

 

4,358,256

 

1.34%

Raymond T. Chan

 

323,882,251

 

99.74%

 

828,170

 

0.26%

Stockwell Day

 

323,323,854

 

99.56%

 

1,414,200

 

0.44%

Lisa De Wilde

 

323,460,686

 

99.61%

 

1,277,676

 

0.39%

Darren Entwistle

 

324,209,730

 

99.84%

 

528,895

 

0.16%

Mary Jo Haddad

 

320,791,889

 

98.79%

 

3,939,388

 

1.21%

Kathy Kinloch

 

266,603,788

 

82.11%

 

58,099,161

 

17.89%

Christine Magee

 

323,278,530

 

99.57%

 

1,408,591

 

0.43%

John Manley

 

321,436,656

 

99.00%

 

3,250,465

 

1.00%

Claude Mongeau

 

323,332,783

 

99.58%

 

1,354,338

 

0.42%

David Mowat

 

324,227,043

 

99.86%

 

460,078

 

0.14%

Marc Parent

 

321,675,079

 

99.07%

 

3,012,042

 

0.93%

Denise Pickett

 

323,354,840

 

99.59%

 

1,332,544

 

0.41%

 

 

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

 

329,155,443

 

99.63%

 

1,221,180

 

0.37%

 

Advisory vote to accept TELUS’ approach to executive compensation

 

295,129,008

 

91.05%

 

29,022,771

 

8.95%

 

Ratification and confirmation of the new shareholder rights plan

 

295,354,089

 

91.70%

 

26,725,410

 

8.30%

 

Approval of the restricted share unit plan

 

289,734,112

 

89.38%

 

34,411,361

 

10.62%

 

Approval of the performance share unit plan

 

290,130,691

 

89.51%

 

34,014,875

 

10.49%

 

 

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 one of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies, with $14.5 billion of annual revenue and 14.0 million subscriber connections, including 9.7 million wireless subscribers, 1.9 million Internet subscribers, 1.2 million residential voice 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, video and home and business security. TELUS is also Canada’s largest healthcare IT provider, and TELUS International delivers business process solutions around the globe.

 

In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed over $690 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered more than 1.3 million days of service to local communities since 2000. Created in 2005 by President and CEO Darren Entwistle, TELUS’ 13 Canadian community boards and five International boards have led the Company’s support of grassroots charities and have contributed $72 million in support of 7,000 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.

 

For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com

 

Media relations

Francois Gaboury

(438) 862-5136

Francois.Gaboury@telus.com