Transat A.T. Inc. - Election of Board members

MONTREAL, March 16, 2017 /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. Jean Pierre Delisle, Mr. W. Brian Edwards, Ms. Susan Kudzman, Mr. Jacques Simoneau, 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

24,366,560

94.50%


1,417,267

5.50%

Louis-Marie Beaulieu

24,448,262

94.82%


1,335,565

5.18%

Lucie Chabot

24,509,692

95.06%


1,274,135

4.94%

Lina De Cesare

24,436,023

94.77%


1,347,804

5.23%

Jean Pierre Delisle

24,141,983

93,63%


1,641,844

6.37%

W. Brian Edwards

25,023,762

97.05%


760,065

2.95%

Jean-Marc Eustache

24,332,757

94.37%


1,451,070

5.63%

Susan Kudzman

24,899,273

96.57%


884,554

3.43%

Jean-Yves Leblanc

24,896,428

96,56%


887,399

3,44%

Jacques Simoneau

24,019,034

93,16%


1,764,793

6,84%

Philippe Sureau

24,413,645

94,69%


1,370,182

5,31%

 

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.

For further information: Media: Odette Trottier, Director, Communications and Corporate Affairs ,Transat A.T. Inc., 514 908-8891, odette.trottier@transat.com