BCE announces election of Directors

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Apr 26, 2017, 12:57 ET

OTTAWA, April 26, 2017 /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 Ottawa, 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	328,613,103	99.05%	3,166,229	0.95%
Sophie Brochu	327,887,874	98.83%	3,891,458	1.17%
Robert E., Brown	327,685,824	98.77%	4,093,508	1.23%
George A., Cope	328,824,300	99.11%	2,955,032	0.89%
David F., Denison	327,830,562	98.81%	3,948,770	1.19%
Robert P., Dexter	313,796,503	94.58%	17,982,829	5.42%
Ian Greenberg	293,909,073	88.59%	37,870,259	11.41%
Katherine Lee	328,422,104	98.99%	3,357,228	1.01%
Monique F., Leroux	326,228,175	98.33%	5,551,157	1.67%
Gordon M., Nixon (Chair of the Board)	328,644,988	99.06%	3,134,344	0.94%
Calin Rovinescu	326,663,053	98.46%	5,116,279	1.54%
Karen Sheriff	328,869,933	99.12%	2,909,399	0.88%
Robert C., Simmonds	329,302,575	99.25%	2,476,757	0.75%
Paul R. Weiss	326,579,799	98.43%	5,199,533	1.57%

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