Indigo announces voting results from 2014 annual shareholders' meeting

TORONTO, June 27, 2014 /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 26, 2014 in Toronto.  The total number of shares represented in person or by proxy at the meeting was 21,417,016 representing 84.66% 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	21,410,688	99.99%	635	0.003%
Frank Clegg	21,410,553	99.99%	770	0.004%
Jonathan Deitcher	21,410,442	99.99%	881	0.004%
Mitchell Goldhar	20,979,143	97.98%	432,180	2.018%
James Hall	21,410,537	99.99%	786	0.004%
Michael Kirby	21,410,442	99.99%	881	0.004%
Anne Marie O'Donovan	21,410,592	99.99%	731	0.003%
Gerald Schwartz	21,410,587	99.99%	736	0.003%
Joel Silver	21,410,592	99.99%	731	0.003%

Final results on all matters voted at the Annual Meeting held on June 26, 2014 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; 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.

Indigo founded the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation in 2004 to address the underfunding of public elementary school libraries. Every year the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation grants $1.5 million to 20 high-needs elementary schools so they can transform their libraries with the purchase of new books and education resources. To date, the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation's Literacy Fund has committed $15.5 million to more than 170 schools nationally. The Foundation's annual grassroots Adopt a School program unites employees, customer, schools and their communities to raise funds to put even more books into the hands of children. Over the past five years we have raised over $2.0 million so 400,000 children have a book to call their own.

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

SOURCE: Indigo Books & Music Inc.

Janet Eger
Vice President, Public Affairs
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