MEMPHIS, TN,
April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - 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