Indigo announces voting results from 2013 annual shareholders' meeting

TORONTO, June 26, 2013 /CNW/ - Indigo Books & Music Inc. (TSX: IDG), Canada's largest book, gift and specialty toy retailer today announced the voting results from its Annual Meeting held on June 25, 2013 in Toronto.  The total number of shares represented in person or by proxy at the meeting was 21,315,169 representing 84.26% of Indigo's issued and outstanding Common Shares. Shareholders voted in favour of all items of business including the election of each of the nine nominee directors as shown below:

Nominee				Votes For				% Votes for				Votes Withheld				% Votes withheld
Heather Reisman				21,089,033				99.05%				201,849				0.95%
Frank Clegg				21,082,030				99.02%				208,852				0.98%
Jonathan Deitcher				21,283,182				99.96%				7,700				0.04%
Mitchell Goldhar				21,081,828				99.02%				209,054				0.98%
James Hall				21,082,172				99.02%				208,710				0.98%
Michael Kirby				21,037,558				98.81%				253,324				1.19%
Anne Marie O'Donovan				21,082,333				99.02%				208,549				0.98%
Gerald Schwartz				21,089,383				99.05%				201,499				0.95%
Joel Silver				21,089,233				99.05%				201,649				0.95%

Final results on all matters voted at the Annual Meeting held on June 25, 2013 will be available under Indigo's profile on SEDAR at sedar.com.

About Indigo Books & Music Inc.

Indigo is a publicly traded Canadian company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (IDG). As the largest book, gift and specialty toy retailer in Canada, Indigo operates in all provinces under different banners including Indigo Books & Music; Indigo Books, Gifts, Kids; IndigoSpirit; Chapters; The World's Biggest Bookstore; and Coles. The online channel, indigo.ca, offers a one-stop online shop with a robust selection of books, toys, home décor, stationery and gifts.

In 2004, Indigo founded the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation, a registered charity that provides new books and education materials to high-needs Canadian elementary schools, to address the literacy crisis in Canada. To date the Foundation, as well as the Indigo "Adopt A School" program, have contributed $13.5 million—equating to close to two million books— to high-needs elementary schools across Canada.  Visit loveofreading.org for more information.

To learn more about Indigo, please visit the Our Company section at indigo.ca. 

SOURCE: Indigo Books & Music Inc.

Janet Eger
Vice President, Public Relations
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