IGM Financial Inc. Announces Election of Directors


WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwired - May 6, 2016) - In accordance with the Toronto Stock Exchange Company Manual, IGM Financial Inc. (TSX:IGM) is issuing this news release to disclose that the nominees listed in its management proxy circular dated February 29, 2016, with the exception of two who did not stand for election at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, were elected as its directors. The detailed results of the vote at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held earlier today in Winnipeg, Manitoba are set out below.

On a show of hands, the Chairman declared that each of the following nominees was elected as a director (figures noted have been calculated based on the number of shares represented by proxies received):

For Withheld
Percentage Number Percentage Number
Marc A. Bibeau 99.74% 200,018,477 0.26% 516,773
Jeffrey R. Carney 90.57% 181,620,382 9.43% 18,914,868
Marcel R. Coutu 99.49% 199,520,920 0.51% 1,014,330
André Desmarais 83.48% 167,405,674 16.52% 33,129,576
Paul Desmarais, Jr. 82.51% 165,457,177 17.49% 35,078,073
Gary Doer 99.96% 200,451,731 0.04% 83,519
Claude Généreux 90.50% 181,488,539 9.50% 19,046,711
Sharon Hodgson 99.90% 200,332,642 0.10% 202,608
Daniel Johnson 99.40% 199,325,468 0.60% 1,209,782
Susan J. McArthur 99.41% 199,342,707 0.59% 1,192,543
John McCallum 99.39% 199,309,134 0.61% 1,226,116
R. Jeffrey Orr 86.68% 173,832,098 13.32% 26,703,152
Jacques Parisien 84.36% 169,174,301 15.64% 31,360,949
Henri-Paul Rousseau 88.04% 176,549,304 11.96% 23,985,946
Susan Sherk 99.38% 199,294,482 0.62% 1,240,768
Gregory D. Tretiak 90.18% 180,844,609 9.82% 19,690,641

Total votes cast by Proxy

82.68%

IGM Financial Inc. is one of Canada's premier personal financial services companies, and one of the country's largest managers and distributors of mutual funds and other managed asset products, with approximately $132 billion in total assets under management. Its activities are carried out principally through Investors Group through a network of approximately 5,300 Consultants, Mackenzie Financial Corporation through a diversified network of third-party financial advisors and Investment Planning Counsel through a network of financial planners who are dedicated to serving the needs of their clients.

A MEMBER OF THE POWER FINANCIAL CORPORATION GROUP OF COMPANIES.

Contact Information:

Media Relations:
Ron Arnst
204-956-3364
ron.arnst@igmfinancial.com

Investor Relations:
Paul Hancock
204-956-8103
investor.relations@igmfinancial.com