MONTREAL, March 15, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - At the company's Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders today, the eleven candidates for the Transat director positions were elected by a majority of votes cast by shareholders or their proxies attending the Meeting. The Transat Board of Directors consists of Mr. Jean-Yves Leblanc (Lead Director since 2012), Mr. Raymond Bachand, Mr. Louis-Marie Beaulieu, Ms. Lucie Chabot, Ms. Lina De Cesare, Mr. W. Brian Edwards, Ms. Susan Kudzman, Mr. Jacques Simoneau, Ms. Louise St-Pierre, Mr. Philippe Sureau, and Mr. Jean-Marc Eustache, Co-Founder of Transat, and its Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Following are the results of the vote:
|
For
|
|
Withhold
|
|
Number
|
%
|
|
Number
|
%
|
|
Raymond Bachand
|
24,796,709
|
98.04%
|
|
496,678
|
1.96%
|
|
Louis-Marie Beaulieu
|
24,747,134
|
97.84%
|
|
546,253
|
2.16%
|
|
Lucie Chabot
|
24,798,885
|
98.04%
|
|
494,502
|
1.96%
|
|
Lina De Cesare
|
24,318,956
|
96.15%
|
|
974,431
|
3.85%
|
|
W. Brian Edwards
|
25,131,794
|
99.36%
|
|
161,593
|
0.64%
|
|
Jean-Marc Eustache
|
24,661,829
|
97.50%
|
|
631,558
|
2.50%
|
|
Susan Kudzman
|
25,043,968
|
99.01%
|
|
249,419
|
0.99%
|
|
Jean-Yves Leblanc
|
24,749,781
|
97.85%
|
|
543,606
|
2.15%
|
|
Jacques Simoneau
|
24,374,216
|
96.37%
|
|
919,171
|
3.63%
|
|
Louise St-Pierre
|
25,127,988
|
99.35%
|
|
165,399
|
0.65%
|
|
Philippe Sureau
|
24,484,345
|
96.80%
|
|
809,042
|
3.20%
|
About Transat
Transat A.T. Inc. is a leading integrated international tourism company specializing in holiday travel and active in air transportation, accommodation, travel packaging and distribution. It operates mainly in Canada, Europe, Mexico and the Caribbean, with some 25 destination countries, and distributes products in over 50 countries. Based in Montreal, the company has 5,000 employees. Transat is firmly committed to sustainable tourism development, as reflected in its multiple corporate responsibility initiatives over the past 10 years, and was awarded Travelife Partner status in 2016. The vacation travel companion par excellence, Transat celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2017 (TSX: TRZ).
SOURCE Transat A.T. Inc.
Media: Odette Trottier, Director, Communications and Corporate Affairs, Transat A.T. Inc., 514 908-8891, odette.trottier@transat.com