George Weston Limited Announces Election of Directors

TORONTO, May 11, 2021 /CNW/ - George Weston Limited (Weston) (TSX: WN) today announced that all of the nominee directors listed in the management proxy circular dated March 26, 2021, were elected as directors of Weston. The vote was conducted at the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders, held in a virtual meeting format, on May 11, 2021 in Toronto. The results of the vote are set out below:

Name of Nominee	Votes For		Votes Withheld
Paviter S. Binning	134,771,994	99.53%	633,221	0.47%
Andrew A. Ferrier	135,039,464	99.73%	365,751	0.27%
Nancy H.O. Lockhart	135,170,076	99.83%	235,139	0.17%
Sarabjit S. Marwah	135,154,543	99.81%	250,672	0.19%
Gordon M. Nixon	134,999,005	99.70%	406,210	0.30%
J. Robert S. Prichard	132,208,132	97.64%	3,197,083	2.36%
Christi Strauss	135,353,583	99.96%	51,632	0.04%
Barbara Stymiest	134,012,012	98.97%	1,393,203	1.03%
Galen G. Weston	131,930,674	97.43%	3,474,541	2.57%

 About George Weston Limited

George Weston Limited is a Canadian public company founded in 1882. The Company operates through its three reportable operating segments, Loblaw Companies Limited, Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust and Weston Foods. Loblaw provides Canadians with grocery, pharmacy, health and beauty, apparel, general merchandise, financial services and wireless mobile products and services. Choice Properties owns, manages and develops a high-quality portfolio of commercial retail, industrial, office and residential properties across Canada. The Weston Foods operating segment includes a leading North American bakery that offers packaged bread and rolls in Canada as well as frozen and artisan bread and rolls, cakes, donuts, pies, biscuits and alternatives throughout Canada and the U.S.

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