BCE announces election of Directors

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May 02, 2019, 12:53 ET

MONTRÉAL, May 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) today announced that shareholders voted in favour of all items of business put forth by BCE at the company's Annual General Shareholder Meeting today in Toronto, including the election of the Directors by a majority of the votes cast by shareholders present or represented by proxy:

Nominee	Votes For	% For	Votes Withheld	% Withheld
Barry K. Allen	381,536,188	98.38%	6,297,545	1.62%
Sophie Brochu	384,033,692	99.02%	3,800,041	0.98%
Robert E. Brown	367,404,956	94.73%	20,428,777	5.27%
George A. Cope	386,080,746	99.55%	1,752,987	0.45%
David F. Denison	385,780,987	99.47%	2,052,746	0.53%
Robert P. Dexter	374,716,435	96.62%	13,117,298	3.38%
Ian Greenberg	383,566,840	98.90%	4,266,893	1.10%
Katherine Lee	386,072,522	99.55%	1,761,211	0.45%
Monique F. Leroux	384,151,893	99.05%	3,681,840	0.95%
Gordon M. Nixon (Chair of the Board)	385,851,165	99.49%	1,982,568	0.51%
Calin Rovinescu	384,636,320	99.18%	3,197,413	0.82%
Karen Sheriff	385,752,161	99.46%	2,081,572	0.54%
Robert C. Simmonds	382,483,972	98.62%	5,349,761	1.38%
Paul R. Weiss	374,438,571	96.55%	13,395,162	3.45%

For Director biographies, please visit the Board members & committees section under Governance on BCE.ca. Information regarding all matters subject to a vote during BCE's Annual General Shareholder Meeting is available on SEDAR.com.

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SOURCE Bell Canada