TORONTO, April 23, 2015 /CNW/ - CIBC (TSX: CM) (NYSE: CM) announced today that the nominees listed in its Management Proxy Circular dated February 26, 2015 were elected as Directors of CIBC. Detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held earlier today in Calgary at CIBC's Annual Meeting of Shareholders are as follows.
Election of directors
On a vote by ballot, each of the following 15 nominees proposed by management was elected as a Director of CIBC:
| Nominees | Votes FOR | Votes AGAINST | ||
| B. S. Belzberg | 190,355,626 | 97.40% | 5,091,095 | 2.60% |
| G. F. Colter | 190,756,694 | 97.60% | 4,690,027 | 2.40% |
| P. D. Daniel | 190,640,921 | 97.54% | 4,805,800 | 2.46% |
| L. Desjardins | 168,757,765 | 86.34% | 26,688,956 | 13.66% |
| V. G. Dodig | 194,813,820 | 99.68% | 632,701 | 0.32% |
| G. D. Giffin | 180,539,840 | 92.37% | 14,906,881 | 7.63% |
| L. S. Hasenfratz | 166,173,869 | 85.02% | 29,272,852 | 14.98% |
| K. J. Kelly | 195,045,010 | 99.79% | 401,711 | 0.21% |
| N. D. Le Pan | 194,278,789 | 99.40% | 1,167,932 | 0.60% |
| J. P. Manley | 192,718,620 | 98.60% | 2,728,101 | 1.40% |
| J. L. Peverett | 193,332,658 | 98.92% | 2,114,063 | 1.08% |
| K. B. Stevenson | 194,022,127 | 99.27% | 1,424,594 | 0.73% |
| M. Turcotte | 194,067,396 | 99.29% | 1,379,325 | 0.71% |
| R. W. Tysoe | 191,637,988 | 98.05% | 3,808,733 | 1.95% |
| B. L. Zubrow | 194,881,297 | 99.71% | 565,424 | 0.29% |
About CIBC
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