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Result of Voting For Directors at Annual Shareholders’ Meeting
TORONTO, April 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (“Fairfax”) (TSX: FFH and FFH.U) is pleased to announce the results of the vote on Directors at its April 11, 2019 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.Each of the nominee directors listed in Fairfax’s management proxy circular dated March 8, 2019 was elected as a director, without a vote by ballot being conducted. Fairfax received proxies with regard to voting on the twelve directors nominated for election, directing as set forth in the table below:
| Name of Nominee | Vote For (Aggregate) |
% | Withhold Vote (Aggregate) |
% | Vote For (Subordinate Voting Shares) |
% | Withhold Vote (Subordinate Voting Shares) |
% |
| Anthony F. Griffiths | 37,551,881 | 96.14 | 1,508,324 | 3.86 | 17,824,031 | 92.20 | 1,508,324 | 7.80 |
| Robert J. Gunn | 38,531,016 | 98.65 | 529,189 | 1.35 | 18,803,166 | 97.26 | 529,189 | 2.74 |
| Alan D. Horn | 38,979,105 | 99.79 | 81,100 | 0.21 | 19,251,255 | 99.58 | 81,100 | 0.42 |
| Karen L. Jurjevich | 38,545,221 | 98.68 | 514,984 | 1.32 | 18,817,371 | 97.34 | 514,984 | 2.66 |
| R. William McFarland* | 38,975,493 | 99.78 | 84,712 | 0.22 | 19,247,643 | 99.56 | 84,712 | 0.44 |
| Christine N. McLean | 37,577,600 | 96.20 | 1,482,605 | 3.80 | 17,849,750 | 92.33 | 1,482,605 | 7.67 |
| John R.V. Palmer | 39,043,172 | 99.96 | 17,033 | 0.04 | 19,315,322 | 99.91 | 17,033 | 0.09 |
| Timothy R. Price | 39,041,245 | 99.95 | 18,960 | 0.05 | 19,313,395 | 99.90 | 18,960 | 0.10 |
| Brandon W. Sweitzer | 38,180,890 | 97.75 | 879,315 | 2.25 | 18,453,040 | 95.45 | 879,315 | 4.55 |
| Lauren C. Templeton | 38,771,935 | 99.26 | 288,270 | 0.74 | 19,044,085 | 98.51 | 288,270 | 1.49 |
| Benjamin P. Watsa | 37,386,453 | 95.71 | 1,673,752 | 4.29 | 17,658,603 | 91.34 | 1,673,752 | 8.66 |
| V. Prem Watsa | 37,761,615 | 96.68 | 1,298,590 | 3.32 | 18,033,765 | 93.28 | 1,298,590 | 6.72 |
*Appointment to be effective as of July 1, 2019.
Fairfax is a holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and investment management.
For further information contact:
John Varnell, Vice President, Corporate Development, at (416) 367-4941