TORONTO, May 5, 2016/CNW/ - Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) (TSX: L) today announced that all of the nominee directors listed in the management proxy circular dated March 18, 2016, were elected as directors of Loblaw. The vote was conducted at the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which took place on May 5, 2016in Toronto. The results of the vote are set out below:
Name of Nominee
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Stephen E. Bachand
350,915,572
99.58%
1,481,508
0.42%
Paul M. Beeston
351,855,840
99.85%
541,240
0.15%
Paviter S. Binning
349,619,868
99.21%
2,777,212
0.79%
Warren Bryant
352,341,909
99.98%
55,171
0.02%
Christie J.B. Clark
352,159,848
99.93%
237,232
0.07%
M. Marianne Harris
352,348,341
99.99%
48,739
0.01%
Claudia Kotchka
352,341,005
99.98%
56,075
0.02%
John S. Lacey
351,931,727
99.87%
465,353
0.13%
Nancy H.O. Lockhart
350,736,000
99.53%
1,661,080
0.47%
Thomas C. O'Neill
348,074,262
98.77%
4,322,818
1.23%
Beth Pritchard
352,329,737
99.98%
67,343
0.02%
Sarah Raiss
350,976,867
99.60%
1,420,213
0.40%
Galen G. Weston
344,777,185
97.84%
7,619,895
2.16%
About Loblaw Companies Limited
Loblaw Companies Limited is Canada's food and pharmacy leader, the nation's largest retailer, and the majority unitholder of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust. Loblaw provides Canadians with grocery, pharmacy, health and beauty, apparel, general merchandise, banking, and wireless mobile products and services. With more than 2,300 corporate, franchised and Associate-owned locations, Loblaw, its franchisees, and Associate-owners employ approximately 192,000 full- and part-time employees, making it one of Canada's largest private sector employers.
Loblaw'spurpose - Live Life Well - puts first the needs and well-being of Canadians who make one billion transactions annually in the companies' stores. Loblaw is positioned to meet and exceed those needs in many ways: convenient locations; more than 1,050 grocery stores that span the value spectrum from discount to specialty; full-service pharmacies at more than 1,250 Shoppers Drug Mart and Pharmaprix locations and more than 500 Loblaw locations; no-fee banking with PC Financial; affordable Joe Fresh fashion and family apparel; and three of Canada's top consumer brands in Life Brand®, noname® and President's Choice®. Through the PC Plus™ and Shoppers Optimum® loyalty programs, more than one in every three Canadians are rewarded for shopping with the companies.
For more information, visit Loblaw'swebsite at www.loblaw.ca and Loblaw'sissuer profile at www.sedar.com.
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Loblaw Companies Limited is a Canada-based food and pharmacy retailer. The Company provides grocery, pharmacy, health and beauty, apparel, general merchandise, financial services and wireless mobile products and services. The Companyâs segments include Retail and Financial Services. The Retail segment consists primarily of corporates and franchise-owned retail food and Associate-owned drug stores, which includes in-store pharmacies, health care services and other health and beauty products, apparel and other general merchandise. The Financial Services segment provides credit card and everyday banking services, the PC Optimum Program, insurance brokerage services, and telecommunication services. It has more than 2,400 corporate, franchised and Associate-owned and rewarding. It provides the PC Money, which is an everyday banking product that allows account holders to earn PC Optimum points by making payments. Its brands include Joe Fresh, no name, President's Choice and others.