National Bank of Canada Announces Election of Directors: Jean Houde Named New Chairman of the Board
Montreal, 10 April 2014 –
National Bank of Canada (the “Bank”) (TSX: NA) announced today that each director nominee listed in the Management Proxy Circular dated February 21, 2014 was elected as Director of the Bank during the Annual Meeting of the Holders of Common Shares held today in Calgary, Alberta. In addition, Jean Houde becomes the new Chairman of the Board, replacing the outgoing Jean Douville who is retiring after serving as Chairman for some 10 years.
The details of the election are as follows:
| DIRECTOR NOMINEE |
OUTCOME |
FOR |
% FOR |
WITHHELD |
% WITHHELD |
| Maryse Bertrand |
Elected |
158, 481, 341 |
99.16 |
1, 341, 100 |
0.84 |
| Lawrence S. Bloomberg |
Elected |
158, 772, 401 |
99.34 |
1, 053, 027 |
0.66 |
| Pierre Boivin |
Elected |
158, 814, 476 |
99.37 |
1, 010, 912 |
0.63 |
| André Caillé |
Elected |
158, 320, 638 |
99.06 |
1, 504, 790 |
0.94 |
| Gérard Coulombe |
Elected |
158, 112, 618 |
98.93 |
1, 712, 810 |
1.07 |
| Bernard Cyr |
Elected |
158, 848, 844 |
99.39 |
976, 584 |
0.61 |
| Gillian H. Denham |
Elected |
158, 289, 061 |
99.04 |
1, 536, 327 |
0.96 |
| Richard Fortin |
Elected |
158, 885, 064 |
99.41 |
940, 364 |
0.59 |
| Jean Houde |
Elected |
158, 046, 275 |
98.89 |
1, 779,153 |
1.11 |
| Louise Laflamme |
Elected |
159, 483, 743 |
99.79 |
341, 685 |
0.21 |
| Julie Payette |
Elected |
159, 291, 154 |
99.67 |
534, 274 |
0.33 |
| Roseann Runte |
Elected |
158, 748, 381 |
99.33 |
1, 077, 047 |
0.67 |
| Lino A. Saputo, Jr. |
Elected |
153, 946, 215 |
96.32 |
5, 879, 028 |
3.68 |
| Pierre Thabet |
Elected |
159, 478, 887 |
99.78 |
346, 541 |
0.22 |
| Louis Vachon |
Elected |
158, 664, 470 |
99.27 |
1, 162, 024 |
0.73 |
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Marie-Pierre Jodoin
Senior Advisor – Public Affairs
National Bank