Torstar Corporation: Result of Voting for Directors at Annual Meeting of Class A Shareholders

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TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - May 04, 2016) - Torstar Corporation (TSX: TS.B) announces the results of the vote on the election of directors at its annual meeting of the holders of Class A shares held on May 4, 2016.

Each of the nominees proposed for election as listed in the Corporation's information circular dated March 1, 2016 was elected as a director by a majority of votes cast by a show of hands, without a ballot being conducted. The Corporation received proxies regarding the election of directors as follows:

    Vote For   Withhold
    #   %   #   %
John A. Honderich   9,722,667   98.84   2,070   0.02
Daryl Aitken   9,722,667   98.84   2,070   0.02
Elaine Berger   9,722,667   98.84   2,070   0.02
Campbell R. Harvey   9,722,667   98.84   2,070   0.02
David Holland   9,722,667   98.84   2,070   0.02
Linda Hughes   9,722,667   98.84   2,070   0.02
Daniel A. Jauernig   9,722,667   98.84   2,070   0.02
Alnasir Samji   9,722,667   98.84   2,070   0.02
Dorothy Strachan   9,722,667   98.84   2,070   0.02
Martin E. Thall   9,722,667   98.84   2,070   0.02
Paul R. Weiss   9,722,667   98.84   2,070   0.02
Phyllis Yaffe   9,722,667   98.84   2,070   0.02
                 

ABOUT TORSTAR CORPORATION
 Torstar Corporation is a broadly based media company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TS.B). Its businesses include the Star Media Group led by the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper and Free Daily News Group Inc., which publishes the English-language Metro newspapers in several Canadian cities; Metroland Media Group, publisher of community and daily newspapers in Ontario; and also include digital properties including thestar.com, Toronto Star Touch, Workopolis, wagjag.com, toronto.com, save.ca and eyeReturn Marketing Inc. It also holds a majority interest in VerticalScope, a North American vertically-focused digital media company.

Torstar's news releases are available on the Internet at www.torstar.com

Contact Information:

For more information please call
Lorenzo DeMarchi
(416) 869-4776