TORONTO, May 2, 2014 /CNW/ - Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) (TSX: L)
today announced that all of the nominee directors listed in the
management proxy circular dated March 28, 2014, were elected as
directors of Loblaw. The vote was conducted at the Company's Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, which took place on May 1, 2014 in Toronto.
The results of the vote are set out below:
|
Name of Nominee
|
Votes For
|
Votes Withheld
|
|
Stephen E. Bachand
|
242,708,067
|
99.79%
|
513,233
|
0.21%
|
|
Paul M. Beeston
|
242,665,238
|
99.77%
|
556,062
|
0.23%
|
|
Warren Bryant
|
242,800,977
|
99.83%
|
420,323
|
0.17%
|
|
Christie J.B. Clark
|
242,805,218
|
99.83%
|
416,082
|
0.17%
|
|
Anthony R. Graham
|
227,532,962
|
93.55%
|
15,688,338
|
6.45%
|
|
Holger Kluge
|
242,840,602
|
99.84%
|
380,698
|
0.16%
|
|
John S. Lacey
|
242,669,855
|
99.77%
|
551,445
|
0.23%
|
|
Nancy H.O. Lockhart
|
242,501,446
|
99.70%
|
719,854
|
0.30%
|
|
Thomas C. O'Neill
|
242,023,273
|
99.51%
|
1,198,027
|
0.49%
|
|
Domenic Pilla
|
241,835,751
|
99.43%
|
1,385,549
|
0.57%
|
|
Beth Pritchard
|
242,641,818
|
99.76%
|
579,482
|
0.24%
|
|
Sarah Raiss
|
242,567,010
|
99.73%
|
654,290
|
0.27%
|
|
Vicente Trius
|
242,535,789
|
99.72%
|
685,511
|
0.28%
|
|
Galen G. Weston
|
228,602,594
|
93.99%
|
14,618,706
|
6.01%
|
Final results on all matters voted at the Annual Meeting held on May 1,
2014 will be filed shortly with the Canadian securities regulators.
About Loblaw Companies Limited
Loblaw Companies Limited is Canada's food and pharmacy leader, the
nation's largest retailer, and the majority unitholder of Choice
Properties Real Estate Investment Trust. Loblaw provides Canadians with
grocery, pharmacy, health and beauty, apparel, general merchandise,
banking, and wireless mobile products and services. With more than
2,300 corporate, franchised and Associate-owned locations, Loblaw, its
franchisees, and Associate-owners employ approximately 192,000 full-
and part-time employees, making it one of Canada's largest private
sector employers.
Loblaw's purpose - Live Life Well - puts first the needs and well-being of Canadians who make one billion
transactions annually in the companies' stores. Loblaw is positioned to
meet and exceed those needs in many ways: convenient locations; more
than 1,050 grocery stores that span the value spectrum from discount to
specialty; full-service pharmacies at more than 1,250 Shoppers Drug
Mart and Pharmaprix locations and more than 500 Loblaw locations;
no-fee banking with PC Financial; affordable Joe Fresh fashion and
family apparel; and three of Canada's top consumer brands in Life
Brand®, noname® and President's Choice®. Through the PC Plus™ and
Shoppers Optimum® loyalty programs, more than one in every three
Canadians are rewarded for shopping with the companies.
SOURCE Loblaw Companies Limited
Dennis Fong
Investor Relations
905-861-2489
investor@loblaw.ca
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