BCE announces election of directors

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Apr 30, 2015, 04:00 ET

MONTRÉAL, April 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada's largest communications company, today announced that shareholders voted in favour of all items of business put forth by BCE at the company's Annual and General Shareholder Meeting today in Toronto, including the re-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	303,092,965	99.01%	3,033,586	0.99%
Ronald A. Brenneman	302,458,485	98.80%	3,667,780	1.20%
Sophie Brochu	302,407,999	98.79%	3,718,485	1.21%
Robert E. Brown	300,308,231	98.10%	5,818,052	1.90%
George A. Cope	303,080,798	99.01%	3,045,485	0.99%
David F. Denison	303,156,472	99.03%	2,970,015	0.97%
Robert P. Dexter	300,337,986	98.11%	5,788,501	1.89%
Ian Greenberg	285,887,263	93.39%	20,238,868	6.61%
Gordon M. Nixon	303,680,632	99.20%	2,445,855	0.80%
Thomas C. O'Neill (Chair of the Board)	298,436,308	97.49%	7,690,179	2.51%
Robert C. Simmonds	304,361,686	99.42%	1,764,801	0.58%
Carole Taylor	304,257,331	99.39%	1,868,961	0.61%
Paul R. Weiss	303,272,971	99.07%	2,853,513	0.93%

For Director biographies, please visit BCE.ca. Information regarding all matters subject to a vote during BCE's Annual and General Shareholder meeting is available on Sedar.com.

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Canada's largest communications company, BCE provides a comprehensive and innovative suite of broadband communication services to residential and business customers from Bell Canada and Bell Aliant. Bell Media is Canada's premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, out of home and digital media, including CTV, Canada's #1 television network, and the country's most-watched specialty channels. To learn more, please visit BCE.ca.

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Media inquiries:

Jean Charles Robillard
Bell Communications
(514) 870-4739
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Investor inquiries:

Thane Fotopoulos
BCE Investor Relations
(514) 870-4619
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SOURCE Bell Canada