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Exhibit 99.1
 
 
ANNUAL MEETING OF COMMON SHAREHOLDERS
OF THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2010 - 9:30 A.M. EDT
QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC
 
VOTING RESULTS:
          
           
This report on the voting results of the 154th annual meeting of common shareholders of The Toronto-Dominion Bank is made in accordance with section 11.3 of National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations. Full details of the matters for shareholder action can be viewed by accessing the Management Proxy Circular for the meeting at http://www.td.com/investor/2010/proxy.pdf.
             
The Directors of the Bank recommended that Shareholders vote FOR matters 1, 2 and 3 below:
    
             
1 .
Election of Directors
          
             
 
Each of the fifteen (15) nominees listed in the Management Proxy Circular were elected as directors of The Toronto-Dominion Bank.
             
 
Nominee
Votes For
% Votes
Votes Witheld
% Votes
   
For
  
Withheld
William E. Bennett
458,418,247
99.7
1,452,158
0.3
Hugh J. Bolton
454,870,216
98.9
5,000,189
1.1
John L. Bragg
457,969,216
99.6
1,901,189
0.4
W. Edmund Clark
456,941,821
99.4
2,928,584
0.6
Wendy K. Dobson
457,780,650
99.5
2,089,755
0.5
Henry H. Ketcham
457,782,395
99.5
2,088,010
0.5
Pierre H. Lessard
456,347,115
99.2
3,523,290
0.8
Brian M. Levitt
458,029,072
99.6
1,841,333
0.4
Harold H. MacKay
458,903,432
99.8
966,973
0.2
Irene R. Miller
457,712,287
99.5
2,158,118
0.5
Nadir H. Mohamed
458,027,459
99.6
1,842,946
0.4
Wilbur J. Prezzano
456,416,895
99.2
3,453,510
0.8
Helen K. Sinclair
456,276,921
99.2
3,593,484
0.8
Carole S. Taylor
458,893,528
99.8
976,877
0.2
John M. Thompson
456,509,978
99.3
3,360,427
0.7
 
             
2 .
Appointment of Auditor
          
             
 
The auditor listed in the Management Proxy Circular was appointed as auditor of The Toronto-Dominion Bank.
 
Votes For
% Votes For
Votes Withheld
% Votes
     
Withheld
469,791,270
99.7
1,482,309
0.3
 
 
 
 
 
3 .
Advisory vote on the approach to executive compensation.
      
 
Votes For
% Votes For
Votes Against
% Votes
     
Against
458,969,840
97.4
12,304,931
2.6
 
The Directors of the Bank recommended that Shareholders vote AGAINST matters 4 and 5 below:
    
             
4 .
Shareholder Proposal A - More candidates than positions to be filled. It is proposed that the board of directors submit a higher number of candidates than the number of positions to be filled within the board of directors to the shareholders' vote.
 
Votes For
% Votes For
Votes Against
% Votes
     
Against
10,547,274
2.3
449,202,309
97.7
 
5 .
Shareholder Proposal B - Equity Ratio. It is proposed that the annual report and the management proxy circular disclose the equity ratio between the total compensation of the chief executive officer on the one hand, the total compensation of the five named executive officers on the other hand, and the total average compensation of the employees.
 
Votes For
% Votes For
Votes Against
% Votes
     
Against
35,010,729
7.6
424,854,654
92.4
 
 
 
Anyone wishing additional information on the vote results may contact TD Shareholder Relations at (416) 944-6367 or toll-free at 1-866-756-8936 or by Email at tdshinfo@td.com.