EX-99.1 2 vote.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 28, 2016  

 

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 2016 annual general meeting of shareholders of BCE Inc. (the “Corporation”) held on April 28, 2016 (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 343,814,124 99.18% 2,845,811 0.82%
Ronald A. Brenneman 342,133,645 98.69% 4,526,290 1.31%
Sophie Brochu 343,592,322 99.12% 3,067,613 0.88%
Robert E. Brown 341,986,293 98.65% 4,673,642 1.35%
George A. Cope 344,824,490 99.47% 1,835,445 0.53%
David F. Denison 343,858,348 99.19% 2,801,587 0.81%
Robert P. Dexter 334,054,800 96.36% 12,605,135 3.64%
Ian Greenberg 333,448,613 96.19% 13,211,322 3.81%
Katherine Lee 344,421,984 99.35% 2,237,951 0.65%
Monique F. Leroux 335,383,017 96.75% 11,276,918 3.25%
Gordon M. Nixon 343,747,120 99.16% 2,912,815 0.84%
Calin Rovinescu 325,548,049 93.91% 21,111,886 6.09%
Robert C. Simmonds 344,775,233 99.46% 1,884,702 0.54%
Paul R. Weiss 343,040,929 98.96% 3,619,006 1.04%

 

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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 : 364,908,515 (97.15%)
Votes Withheld: 10,699,173 (2.85%)

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: 329,951,691 (95.18%)
Votes Against: 16,705,622 (4.82%)

4. Shareholder Proposal No. 1

A ballot was conducted with respect to shareholder proposal No. 1 – Female Representation in Senior Management. The proposal was defeated with the following results:

Votes For: 43,094,233 (12.43%)
Votes Against: 299,796,467 (86.48%)
Votes Withheld: 3,767,090 (1.09%)

5. Shareholder Proposal No. 2

A ballot was conducted with respect to shareholder proposal No. 2 – Reconstitution of Compensation Committee. The proposal was defeated with the following results:

Votes For: 11,207,587 (3.23%)
Votes Against: 311,778,050 (95.71%)
Votes Withheld: 3,674,283 (1.06%)

 

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