MEMPHIS, TN, April 21, 2015 /CNW/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced
today that the nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated
March 10, 2015, were elected as directors of CN. The detailed results
of the vote for the election of directors held at CN's Annual Meeting
of Shareholders on April 21 in Memphis are set out below.
Election of Directors
On a vote by ballot, each of the following 11 nominees proposed by
management was elected as a director of CN:
|
Nominee
|
Votes For
|
% For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
% Withheld
|
|
Donald J. Carty
|
554,786,729
|
99.19
|
4,541,624
|
0.81
|
|
Amb. Gordon D. Giffin
|
534,897,952
|
95.63
|
24,431,446
|
4.37
|
|
Edith E. Holiday
|
551,439,538
|
98.59
|
7,889,860
|
1.41
|
|
V. Maureen Kempston Darkes
|
539,801,514
|
96.51
|
19,527,884
|
3.49
|
|
The Hon. Denis Losier
|
538,973,989
|
96.36
|
20,355,409
|
3.64
|
|
The Hon. Kevin G. Lynch
|
557,612,176
|
99.69
|
1,717,222
|
0.31
|
|
Claude Mongeau
|
550,489,951
|
98.42
|
8,839,447
|
1.58
|
|
James E. O'Connor
|
557,937,505
|
99.75
|
1,391,892
|
0.25
|
|
Robert Pace
|
540,916,623
|
96.71
|
18,412,775
|
3.29
|
|
Robert L. Phillips
|
553,031,135
|
98.87
|
6,298,262
|
1.13
|
|
Laura Stein
|
557,871,934
|
99.74
|
1,457,463
|
0.26
|
Robert Pace was also re-elected as chairman of the company's board of
directors. Mr. Pace, who joined CN's board in 1994, is president and
chief executive officer of The Pace Group Ltd., based in Halifax, N.S.,
which is engaged in radio broadcasting, real estate and environmental
services.
Biographical information on all directors is available at https://www.cn.ca/-/media/Files/Investors/Investor-Shareholder/information-circular-2015-en.pdf
Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual Meeting held
earlier today will be filed with the Canadian and U.S. securities
regulators.
CN is a true backbone of the economy, transporting more than C$250
billion worth of goods annually for a wide range of business sectors,
ranging from resource products to manufactured products to consumer
goods, across a rail network spanning Canada and mid-America. CN -
Canadian National Railway Company, along with its operating railway
subsidiaries -- serves the cities and ports of Vancouver, Prince
Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the
metropolitan areas of Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Chicago,
Memphis, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., and Jackson, Miss.,
with connections to all points in North America. For more information
on CN, visit the company's website at www.cn.ca.
SOURCE CN
