Lassonde Industries announces election of Directors

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May 14, 2013, 18:32 ET

ROUGEMONT, QC, May 14, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Lassonde Industries Inc. (TSX: LAS.A) ("Lassonde") announces that all the nominees listed in the Management Proxy Circular dated March 28, 2013 were elected as Directors of Lassonde. The detailed results of the vote for the election of Directors held today at its Annual General Meeting in Montreal are set out below.

Election of Directors

On a vote by ballot, each of the following nine nominees proposed by management was elected as a Director of Lassonde:

Nominees	VOTES FOR		VOTES WITHELD
Chantal Bélanger	39,581,557	99.45%	217,098	0.55%
Denis Boudreault	39,123,776	98.30%	674,879	1.70%
Paul Bouthillier	39,581,267	99.45%	217,388	0.55%
Yves Dumont	39,151,036	98.37%	647,619	1.63%
Jacques Landreville	39,490,737	99.23%	307,918	0.77%
Nathalie Lassonde	38,884,840	97.70%	913,815	2.30%
Pierre-Paul Lassonde	38,885,340	97.71%	913,315	2.29%
Luc Provencher	38,886,540	97.71%	912,115	2.29%
Jocelyn Tremblay	39,321,292	98.80%	477,363	1.20%

About Lassonde Industries Inc.

Lassonde Industries Inc. is a North American leader in the development, manufacture and sale of a wide range of fruit and vegetable juices and drinks marketed under brands such as Everfresh, Fairlee, Flavür, Fruité, Graves, Oasis and Rougemont.

Lassonde is also the second largest producer of store brand ready-to-drink fruit juices and drinks in the United States and a major producer of cranberry juices, drinks and sauces.

Lassonde also develops, manufactures and markets specialty food products under brands such as Antico and Canton. The Company imports and markets selected wines from various countries and manufactures apple ciders and wine-based beverages.

The Company produces superior quality products through the efforts of some 2,000 people working in 14 plants across Canada and the United States. To learn more, visit www.lassonde.com.

SEDAR registration number: 00002099

SOURCE: Lassonde Industries Inc.