{"id":400203,"date":"2020-12-15T11:24:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=400203"},"modified":"2020-12-15T11:24:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:24:40","slug":"joint-statement-by-canadian-banks-and-life-insurance-companies-regarding-annual-meetings-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/joint-statement-by-canadian-banks-and-life-insurance-companies-regarding-annual-meetings-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Statement By Canadian Banks And Life Insurance Companies Regarding Annual Meetings In 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">Canada NewsWire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">TORONTO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 15, 2020<\/span> \/CNW\/ &#8211; This is a joint statement issued by BMO, CIBC, Canadian Western Bank, Laurentian Bank, National Bank, RBC, Scotiabank, TD Bank Group, Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life, Manulife and Sun Life. Each of us continues to actively monitor COVID-19 developments and the directives from public health and government authorities for group gatherings and social distancing. We have been taking a series of proactive precautionary measures to help protect the health and well-being of our employees, clients and communities. This degree of care and concern extends to all of our shareholders and policyholders, and we have been carefully considering alternatives for our respective annual meetings in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The health and well-being of our employees, clients, investors and communities is our collective priority. As a result of the anticipated ongoing impact of COVID-19, and in consideration of the evolving protocols from public health and government authorities, we have jointly obtained a court order that allows us to hold our annual meetings in 2021, in whole or in part, using electronic means. The order permits our meetings to be conducted over one or more of webcasting, teleconference or other electronic means, in each case in addition to, or instead of, an in-person meeting, and permits alternative means for distributing meeting materials. In <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 2020<\/span>, we jointly obtained a similar court order. We are considering ways to enhance the participant experience in 2021, leveraging the learnings from our respective 2020 annual meetings. The order was obtained because Canadian banks and insurance companies are not permitted to conduct an electronic annual meeting in lieu of an in-person meeting without relief from the court. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We believe these precautions are prudent measures to protect the health and well-being of our stakeholders, while supporting shareholder and policyholder engagement and their ability to attend and exercise their rights. <\/p>\n<p>The specific arrangements for each annual meeting will be announced separately prior to the scheduled date. We encourage our shareholders and policyholders to visit our websites in advance of our annual meetings for the most current information. <\/p>\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prntblns\">\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>Bank of Montreal<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>BMO Life Assurance Company<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Media Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Paul Gammal<br \/>(416) 867-3996 <br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:paul.gammal@bmo.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">paul.gammal@bmo.com<\/a><\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Investor Relations<br \/>Bill Anderson<br \/>(416) 867-7834<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:bill2.anderson@bmo.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">bill2.anderson@bmo.com<\/a><\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>The Bank of Nova Scotia<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Media Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Laura Mergelas<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(437) 244-7863 (m) | (416) 285-2639 (o) <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:laura.mergelas@scotiabank.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">laura.mergelas@scotiabank.com<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n              \n            <\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n              \n            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Media Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Trish Tervit<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(416) 813-9119<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:trish.tervit@cibc.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">trish.tervit@cibc.com<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>Canadian Western Bank<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Investor Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Chris Williams<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(780) 508-8229<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:chris.williams@cwbank.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">chris.williams@cwbank.com<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n              \n            <\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n              \n            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>Laurentian Bank of Canada<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Media Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Fabrice Tremblay<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(438) 989-6070 (m)<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(514) 284-4500 x 40020 (o)<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:fabrice.tremblay@blcgf.ca\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">fabrice.tremblay@blcgf.ca<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>National Bank of Canada<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Media Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Marie-Pierre Jodoin<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(514) 394-4209<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:%20mariepierre.jodoin@nbc.ca\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">mariepierre.jodoin@nbc.ca<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Investor Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Marianne Ratt\u00e9<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">1-866-517-5455<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:investorrelations@nbc.ca\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">investorrelations@nbc.ca<\/a>\u00a0\/ <br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:relationsinvestisseurs@bnc.ca\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">relationsinvestisseurs@bnc.ca<\/a><\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n              \n            <\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n              \n            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>Royal Bank of Canada<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>RBC Life Insurance Company<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Media Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Gillian McArdle<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(416) 842-4231<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:gillian.mcardle@rbc.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">gillian.mcardle@rbc.com<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Investor Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Asim Imran<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(416) 955-7804<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:asim.imran@rbc.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">asim.imran@rbc.com<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>The Toronto-Dominion Bank<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Media Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Natasha Ferrari<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(416) 400-9098<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:natasha.ferrari@td.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">natasha.ferrari@td.com<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Investor Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Gillian Manning<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(416) 308-6014<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:gillian.manning@td.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">gillian.manning@td.com<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n              \n            <\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n              \n            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>Great-West Lifeco Inc.<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>The Canada Life Assurance Company<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Media Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Liz Kulyk<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(204) 391-8515<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:media.relations@canadalife.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">media.relations@canadalife.com<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Investor Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Deirdre Neary<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(647) 328-2134 <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:deirdre.neary@canadalife.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">deirdre.neary@canadalife.com<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>Manulife Financial Corporation<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Media Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Gillian Earle<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(289) 834-0862<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:gillian_earle@manulife.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">gillian_earle@manulife.com<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Investor Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Adrienne O&#8217;Neill<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(416) 926-6997<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:adrienne_oneill@manulife.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">adrienne_oneill@manulife.com<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n              \n            <\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n              \n            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>Sun Life Financial Inc.<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <b>Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada <\/b><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Media Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Rajani Kamath<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(416) 979-6070<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:rajani.kamath@sunlife.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">rajani.kamath@sunlife.com<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Investor Relations<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">Leigh Chalmers<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\">(647) 256-8201<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n                <span class=\"prnews_span\"><br \/>\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:investor.relations@sunlife.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">investor.relations@sunlife.com<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen2\">\n              \n            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Canadian Banks and Life Insurance Companies<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=C4296&amp;Transmission_Id=202012151121CANADANWWEB______C4296&amp;DateId=20201215\" style=\"border:0px;width:1px;height:1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada NewsWire TORONTO, Dec. 15, 2020 \/CNW\/ &#8211; This is a joint statement issued by BMO, CIBC, Canadian Western Bank, Laurentian Bank, National Bank, RBC, Scotiabank, TD Bank Group, Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life, Manulife and Sun Life. Each of us continues to actively monitor COVID-19 developments and the directives from public health and government authorities for group gatherings and social distancing. We have been taking a series of proactive precautionary measures to help protect the health and well-being of our employees, clients and communities. This degree of care and concern extends to all of our shareholders and policyholders, and we have been carefully considering alternatives for our respective annual meetings in 2021. 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