Cascades reports on shareholders' voting results for the election of directors

KINGSEY FALLS, QC, May 8, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - Cascades Inc. (TSX: CAS), a leader in the recovery and manufacturing of green packaging and paper tissue products, held its Annual General Meeting yesterday. The ten (10) candidates proposed as directors were duly elected directors of the Corporation by a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders present or represented by proxy at the Meeting, as follows:

                                                                                                         

VOTES FOR			VOTES WITHHELD
Nominee	Number	%	Number	%
Laurent Lemaire	62,027,360	95.14	3,167,206	4.86
Alain Lemaire	61,523,175	94.37	3,671,391	5.63
Louis Garneau	62,309,202	95.57	2,885,364	4.43
Sylvie Lemaire	56,917,674	87.30	8,276,892	12.70
David McAusland	62,025,093	95.14	3,169,473	4.86
Georges Kobrynsky	63,855,983	97.95	1,338,583	2.05
Elise Pelletier	62,789,196	96.31	2,405,370	3.69
Sylvie Vachon	63,109,351	96.80	2,085,215	3.20
Laurence G Sellyn	64,361,860	98.72	832,706	1.28
Mario Plourde	62,264,744	95.51	2,929,822	4.49

Founded in 1964, Cascades produces, converts and markets packaging and tissue products that are composed mainly of recycled fibres. Cascades employs close to 11,000 men and women, who work in more than 90 production units in North America and Europe. With its management philosophy, half a century of experience in recycling and continuous efforts in research and development as driving forces, Cascades continues to deliver the innovative products that customers have come to rely on. Cascades' shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CAS.

SOURCE Cascades Inc.

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