Canadian Tire Corporation Announces Election of Directors

TORONTO, May 10, 2018 /CNW/ - Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (the "Company") (TSX:CTC) (TSX:CTC.a) announced today that each of the sixteen director nominees listed in the Company's Management Information Circular dated March 8, 2018 were elected as directors of the Company at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (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 13 nominees proposed by management were elected as directors of the Company by the holders of Common Shares.  The Company received the following proxy votes in advance of the Meeting from the holders of Common Shares with respect to the election of the 13 nominees:






Nominee

Proxy Votes
For

% of Proxy
Votes For

Proxy Votes
Withheld

% of Proxy
Votes Withheld

Eric T. Anderson

2,538,039

99.96

1,049

0.04

Martha G. Billes

2,536,229

99.89

2,859

0.11

Owen G. Billes

2,537,689

99.94

1,399

0.06

Diana L. Chant

2,538,399

99.97

689

0.03

Patrick J. Connolly

2,537,939

99.95

1,149

0.05

David C. Court

2,537,789

99.95

1,299

0.05

Mark E. Derbyshire

2,537,689

99.94

1,399

0.06

John A.F. Furlong

2,537,739

99.95

1,349

0.05

Claude L'Heureux

2,537,939

99.95

1,149

0.05

Donald A. Murray

2,537,689

99.94

1,399

0.06

Maureen J. Sabia

2,538,399

99.97

689

0.03

Anatol von Hahn

2,538,039

99.96

1,049

0.04

Stephen G. Wetmore

2,537,743

99.95

1,345

0.05

 

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 in advance of the Meeting 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

40,138,374

98.85

466,634

1.15

James L. Goodfellow

39,608,718

97.55

996,290

2.45

Timothy R. Price

39,829,104

98.09

775,904

1.91

 

About Canadian Tire Corporation
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited, (TSX:CTC.A) (TSX:CTC) or "CTC," is a family of businesses that includes a Retail segment, a Financial Services division and CT REIT. Our retail business is led by Canadian Tire, which was founded in 1922 and provides Canadians with products for life in Canada across its Living, Playing, Fixing, Automotive and Seasonal & Gardening divisions. PartSource and Gas+ are key parts of the Canadian Tire network. The Retail segment also includes Mark's, a leading source for casual and industrial wear; Pro Hockey Life, the world's largest hockey centric retailer; and FGL (Sport Chek, Hockey Experts, Sports Experts, National Sports, Intersport and Atmosphere), which offers the best active wear brands. The approximately 1,700 retail and gasoline outlets are supported and strengthened by our Financial Services division and the tens of thousands of people employed across the country by the Company and its local dealers, franchisees and petroleum retailers. For more information, visit Corp.CanadianTire.ca.

SOURCE CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION, LIMITED

For further information: Media: Andrea van Vugt, 416-480-8514, andrea.vanvugt@cantire.com; Investors: Lisa Greatrix, 416-480-8725, lisa.greatrix@cantire.com