Element Financial Corporation Announces Voting Results for Election of Directors

TORONTO, May 28, 2013 /CNW/ - Element Financial Corporation (TSX: EFN) ("Element") confirmed today that the nine nominees listed in its management proxy circular dated May 1, 2013 were elected as its directors.  The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors at its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") held earlier today in Toronto, Ontario are set out below.

On a vote by ballot, each of the following nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of Element:

			For							Withheld
Steven K. Hudson			99.03%							0.97%
Harold D. Bridge			99.96%							0.04%
Fraser Clarke			99.62%							0.38%
Gordon D. Giffin			97.83%							2.17%
Michael D. Harris			98.66%							1.34%
Pierre Lortie			99.90%							0.10%
Stephens B. Lowden			90.21%							9.79%
Steven Small			97.76%							2.24%
Paul Stoyan			87.10%							12.90%

The results of other matters considered at the Meeting are reported in the Report of Voting Results as filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) on May 28, 2013.

About Element

With total assets of approximately $1.77 billion, Element Financial Corporation is one of North America's leading independent equipment finance companies. Element operates across North America in three verticals of the equipment finance market - Element Capital provides large ticket equipment leasing, Element Finance serves the mid-ticket equipment finance market and Element Fleet provides vehicle fleet leasing and management solutions through the Company's TLS Fleet Management division.

SOURCE: Element Financial Corporation

John Sadler
Senior Vice President 
Corporate Affairs & Investor Relations
[phone] ext. 313
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Michel Béland
Chief Financial Officer 
[phone] ext. 225
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