Canadian Tire Announces Election of Directors

TORONTO, May 9, 2013 /CNW/ - Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (the "Company") (TSX:CTC) (TSX:CTC.a) announced today that each of the sixteen director nominees listed in the Management Information Circular dated March 14, 2013 were elected as directors of the Company at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company (the "Meeting") held earlier today in Toronto. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at the Meeting are set out below.

On a vote by a show of hands, the following thirteen nominees proposed by management were elected as directors of the Company by the holders of Common Shares. The Company received the following proxy votes from the holders of Common Shares with respect to the election of the thirteen nominees:


Nominee	Proxy Votes For	% of Proxy Votes For	Proxy Votes Withheld	% of Proxy Votes Withheld
Iain C. Aitchison	2,553,494	99.97	768	0.03
Martha G. Billes	2,553,684	99.98	578	0.02
Owen G. Billes	2,553,674	99.98	588	0.02
H. Garfield Emerson	2,553,629	99.98	633	0.02
John A.F. Furlong	2,553,098	99.95	1,164	0.05
James L. Goodfellow	2,553,675	99.98	587	0.02
Jonathan Lampe	2,553,548	99.97	714	0.03
Claude L'Heureux	2,553,345	99.96	917	0.04
Maureen J. Sabia	2,553,139	99.96	1,123	0.04
Peter B. Saunders	2,553,324	99.96	938	0.04
Graham W. Savage	2,553,629	99.98	633	0.02
George Vallance	2,553,547	99.97	715	0.03
Stephen G. Wetmore	2,553,544	99.97	718	0.03

On a vote by a show of hands, the following three nominees proposed by management were elected as directors of the Company by the holders of Class A Non-Voting Shares. The Company received the following proxy votes from the holders of Class A Non-Voting Shares with respect to the election of the three nominees:


Nominee	Proxy Votes For	% of Proxy Votes For	Proxy Votes Withheld	% of Proxy Votes Withheld
Pierre Boivin	52,319,102	98.44	829,786	1.56
Frank Potter	48,354,774	90.99	4,789,714	9.01
Timothy R. Price	51,930,886	97.72	1,213,242	2.28

Each of the sixteen nominees elected will serve on the board of directors of the Company until the next annual election of directors.

About Canadian Tire Corporation
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (TSX:CTC.a) (TSX:CTC) is a Family of Companies that includes Canadian Tire Retail, Partsource, Gas+, FGL Sports (Sport Chek, Hockey Experts, Sports Experts, National Sports, Intersport and Atmosphere), Mark's and Canadian Tire Financial Services. With more than 1,700 retail and gasoline outlets from coast-to-coast, our primary retail business categories - Automotive, Living, Fixing, Playing and Apparel - are supported and strengthened by our Financial Services division. Over 85,000 people are employed across the Canadian Tire enterprise, which was founded in 1922 and remains one of Canada's most recognized and trusted brands. For more information, visit Corp.CanadianTire.ca.

SOURCE: CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION, LIMITED

For further information:

Media: Amy Cole, 416-544-7655, amy.cole@cantire.com

Investors: Lisa Greatrix, 416-480-8725, lisa.greatrix@cantire.com