OTTAWA, Aug. 04, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mitel® (Nasdaq: MITL ) (TSX: MNW ), a global leader in real-time business, cloud and mobile communications, announced at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on July 29, 2016 the election of 7 nominees proposed for its Board of Directors, as set out in the Management Information Circular dated June 24, 2016. As of the June 22, 2016 record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting, 139,291,685 common shares were outstanding and eligible to vote. A total of 88,163,186 shares were voted in person or by proxy at the meeting.
The requisite number of shareholders voted in favour of all items of business, including election of each of the eight director nominees as follows:
| Number of Shares | Percentage of Votes Cast | ||||||||
| Nominee | Voted | Withheld from Voting 1 | Broker Non- Votes | Voted For 1 | Withheld from Voting 1 | ||||
| For 1 | |||||||||
| Dr. Terence H. Matthews | 67,890,809 | 11,573,427 | 8,654,622 | 85.44 | % | 14.56 | % | ||
| Richard D. McBee | 78,417,402 | 1,046,834 | 8,654,622 | 98.68 | % | 1.32 | % | ||
| Benjamin H. Ball | 70,805,897 | 8,658,339 | 8,654,622 | 89.10 | % | 10.90 | % | ||
| Peter D. Charbonneau | 74,290,707 | 5,173,529 | 8,654,622 | 93.49 | % | 6.51 | % | ||
| John P. McHugh | 70,992,174 | 8,472,062 | 8,654,622 | 89.34 | % | 10.66 | % | ||
| Sudhakar Ramakrishna | 75,239,212 | 4,225,024 | 8,654,622 | 94.68 | % | 5.32 | % | ||
| David M. Williams | 70,994,477 | 8,469,759 | 8,654,622 | 89.34 | % | 10.66 | % | ||
1 As the vote for each motion was taken by a show of hands, the number of votes disclosed reflects only those proxies received by management in advance of the meeting.
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Contact Information Media and Industry Analysts – Americas Amy MacLeod 613-691-3317 amy.macleod@mitel.com Investors Michael McCarthy 469-574-8134 michael.mccarthy@mitel.com Media – EMEA/AP Duncan Miller +44 (0) 1291 612 646 duncan.miller@mitel.com
