Royal Bank of Canada announces election of directors

Canada NewsWire

TORONTO, April 8, 2021 /CNW/ – Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) announced today that the nominees listed in the Management Proxy Circular dated February 9, 2021, were elected as directors of RBC. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at its Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders earlier today are set out below.

Each of the following 12 nominees was elected as a Director.


Nominee


Votes For


% For


Votes Withheld


% Withheld

Andrew A. Chisholm

736,236,057

99.79%

1,553,069

0.21%

Jacynthe Côté

735,397,379

99.68%

2,391,747

0.32%

Toos N. Daruvala

735,958,018

99.75%

1,831,108

0.25%

David F. Denison

733,825,763

99.46%

3,963,363

0.54%

Cynthia Devine

736,030,416

99.76%

1,758,710

0.24%

David McKay

736,119,050

99.77%

1,670,076

0.23%

Kathleen Taylor

716,810,192

97.16%

20,978,934

2.84%

Maryann Turcke

735,958,013

99.75%

1,831,113

0.25%

Thierry Vandal

735,612,583

99.70%

2,176,543

0.30%

Bridget A. van Kralingen

733,881,838

99.47%

3,907,288

0.53%

Frank Vettese

736,130,776

99.78%

1,658,350

0.22%

Jeffery Yabuki

736,039,957

99.76%

1,749,169

0.24%

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual Meeting will be available shortly at http://www.rbc.com/investorrelations/annual-meeting-reports.html and will be filed with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.

About RBC
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SOURCE Royal Bank of Canada