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

KINGSEY FALLS, QC, May 11, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - Cascades Inc. (TSX: CAS), held its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders yesterday. The twelve (12) 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	%
Alain Lemaire	62,086,022	95.69	2,797,778	4.31
Louis Garneau	62,203,382	95.89	2,668,009	4.11
Sylvie Lemaire	56,750,461	87.46	8,133,340	12.54
David McAusland	61,020,016	94.05	3,863,785	5.95
Georges Kobrynsky	62,941,973	97.01	1,941,828	2.99
Élise Pelletier	64,384,223	99.23	499,578	0.77
Sylvie Vachon	63,941,821	98.55	941,980	1.45
Laurence G. Sellyn	62,859,919	96.88	2,023,882	3.12
Mario Plourde	62,849,751	96.87	2,034,050	3.13
Michelle Cormier	63,899,841	98.48	983,960	1.52
Martin Couture	64,463,969	99.35	419,832	0.65
Patrick Lemaire	62,843,719	96.86	2,040,082	3.14

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on May 10 will be filed with the Canadian Securities Regulators.

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.

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SOURCE Cascades Inc.

Media: Hugo D'Amours, Vice-President, Communications and Public Affairs, [phone]; Investors: Jennifer Aitken, MBA, Director, Investor Relations, [phone]; Source: Robert F. Hall, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

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