TORONTO, May 8, 2017 /CNW/ - First National Financial
Corporation (TSX: FN, TSX: FN.PR.A, TSX:FN.PR.B) ("First National") is pleased to announce that each of the seven
director nominees listed in the Management Information Circular, dated March 24, 2017, were elected
as directors of First National at the Annual Meeting of shareholders of First National (the "Meeting") held in Toronto on May 3, 2017. The detailed results of the vote for the election of
directors held at the Meeting are set out below.
|
Name
|
Votes "For" (%)
|
Votes "Withheld" (%)
|
|
Stephen Smith
|
50,249,161 (99.06%)
|
477,740 (0.94%)
|
|
Moray Tawse
|
50,670,542 (99.89%)
|
56,359 (0.11%)
|
|
John Brough
|
50,386,602 (99.33%)
|
340,299 (0.67%)
|
|
Duncan Jackman
|
49,457,304 (97.50%)
|
1,269,597 (2.50%)
|
|
Robert Mitchell
|
50,720,654 (99.99%)
|
6,247 (0.01%)
|
|
Peter Copestake
|
50,720,839 (99.99%)
|
6,062 (0.01%)
|
|
Barbara Palk
|
50,706,439 (99.96%)
|
20,462 (0.04%)
|
Each of the seven nominees elected will serve on the board of directors of First National until the next annual election of
directors or until their successors are elected or appointed.
In addition, the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP, as the auditor of First National, to hold office until the next annual
meeting of shareholders of First National, or until their successors are appointed, and the authorization of the directors of
First National to fix the auditor's remuneration, was approved by a resolution passed by a vote by ballot, with 50,754,871
(99.98%) total votes cast "FOR" and 10,352 (0.02%) total votes "WITHHELD".
About First National Financial Corporation
First National Financial Corporation (TSX: FN, TSX: FN.PR.A, TSX:FN.PR.B) is the parent company of First National Financial
LP, a Canadian‐based originator, underwriter and servicer of predominantly prime residential (single‐family and multi‐unit) and
commercial mortgages. With almost $100 billion in mortgages under administration, First National is
Canada's largest non‐bank originator and underwriter of mortgages and is among the top three in
market share in the mortgage broker distribution channel. For more information, please visit www.firstnational.ca.
SOURCE First National Financial Corporation
View original content: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2017/08/c4358.html