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

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TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - May 06, 2015) - 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 6, 2015.

Each of the nominees proposed for election as listed in the Corporation's information circular dated March 3, 2015 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 9,739,767 98.86 0 0
Elaine Berger 9,739,767 98.86 0 0
Campbell R. Harvey 9,739,767 98.86 0 0
David Holland 9,739,767 98.86 0 0
Linda Hughes 9,739,767 98.86 0 0
Daniel A. Jauernig 9,739,767 98.86 0 0
Alnasir Samji 9,739,767 98.86 0 0
Dorothy Strachan 9,739,767 98.86 0 0
Martin E. Thall 9,739,767 98.86 0 0
Paul R. Weiss 9,739,767 98.86 0 0
Phyllis Yaffe 9,739,767 98.86 0 0
     

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, Workopolis, wagjag.com, toronto.com, save.ca, Olive Media, and eyeReturn Marketing. 

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

Contact Information:

For more information:

Lorenzo DeMarchi
(416) 869-4776