Royal Bank of Canada announces election of directors

Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance.
Our success comes from the 86,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper.
As Canada's biggest bank, and one of the largest in the world based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 34 other countries.
We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities.

TORONTO, April 8, 2021 /CNW/ - Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) announced today that the nominees listed in the Management Proxy Circular dated February 9, 2021, were elected as directors of RBC. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at its Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders earlier today are set out below.

Each of the following 12 nominees was elected as a Director.

Nominee	Votes For	% For	Votes Withheld	% Withheld
Andrew A. Chisholm	736,236,057	99.79%	1,553,069	0.21%
Jacynthe Côté	735,397,379	99.68%	2,391,747	0.32%
Toos N. Daruvala	735,958,018	99.75%	1,831,108	0.25%
David F. Denison	733,825,763	99.46%	3,963,363	0.54%
Cynthia Devine	736,030,416	99.76%	1,758,710	0.24%
David McKay	736,119,050	99.77%	1,670,076	0.23%
Kathleen Taylor	716,810,192	97.16%	20,978,934	2.84%
Maryann Turcke	735,958,013	99.75%	1,831,113	0.25%
Thierry Vandal	735,612,583	99.70%	2,176,543	0.30%
Bridget A. van Kralingen	733,881,838	99.47%	3,907,288	0.53%
Frank Vettese	736,130,776	99.78%	1,658,350	0.22%
Jeffery Yabuki	736,039,957	99.76%	1,749,169	0.24%

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual Meeting will be available shortly at http://www.rbc.com/investorrelations/annual-meeting-reports.html and will be filed with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.

About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 86,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank, and one of the largest in the world based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 34 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com.‎

We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at rbc.com/community-social-impact.

SOURCE Royal Bank of Canada