MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwired - Jan. 13, 2017) - Cogeco Inc. ("Cogeco") (TSX:CGO) is pleased to announce that each of the nominees as directors for Cogeco listed in the Corporation's information circular dated November 18, 2016 was elected as director of Cogeco during its annual shareholders' meeting held on January 12, 2017 in Montréal, Québec (the "Meeting").
Detailed voting results on the election of directors are as follows:
| Nominee | Results | For | % For | Withhold | % Withhold |
| Louis Audet | Elected | 42,412,751 | 99.89 | 48,142 | 0.11 |
| Mary-Ann Bell | Elected | 42,452,095 | 99.98 | 8,778 | 0.02 |
| James C. Cherry | Elected | 42,450,695 | 99.98 | 10,198 | 0.02 |
| Pierre L. Comtois | Elected | 42,407,536 | 99.87 | 53,357 | 0.13 |
| Claude A. Garcia | Elected | 42,408,723 | 99.88 | 52,170 | 0.12 |
| Normand Legault | Elected | 42,430,617 | 99.93 | 30,276 | 0.07 |
| David McAusland | Elected | 42,402,000 | 99.86 | 58,893 | 0.14 |
| Jan Peeters | Elected | 42,297,498 | 99.62 | 163,395 | 0.38 |
Results on all matters voted at the Meeting are available on SEDAR's website (www.sedar.com.) including, for information purposes, the voting results for the subordinate voting shares only.
ABOUT COGECO INC.
Cogeco Inc. is a diversified holding corporation which operates in the communications and media sectors. Through its Cogeco Communications Inc. subsidiary, Cogeco provides its residential and business customers with video, Internet and telephony services through its two-way broadband fibre networks. Cogeco Communications Inc. operates in Canada under the Cogeco Connexion name in Québec and Ontario, and in the United States under the Atlantic Broadband name in western Pennsylvania, south Florida, Maryland/Delaware, South Carolina and eastern Connecticut. Through Cogeco Peer 1, Cogeco Communications Inc. provides its business customers with a suite of information technology services (colocation, network connectivity, hosting, cloud and managed services), through its 16 data centres, extensive FastFiber Network® and more than 50 points of presence in North America and Europe. Through its subsidiary Cogeco Media, Cogeco owns and operates 13 radio stations across most of Québec with complementary radio formats serving a wide range of audiences as well as Cogeco News, its news agency. Cogeco's subordinate voting shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:CGO). The subordinate voting shares of Cogeco Communications Inc. are also listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:CCA).
Contact Information:
Christian Jolivet
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs,
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Cogeco Inc.
514-764-4700
INFORMATION:
Rene Guimond
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications
Cogeco Inc.
514-764-4700