National Bank of Canada Announces Election of Directors

MONTREAL, April 24, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - National Bank of Canada (the "Bank") (TSX: NA) announced today that each director nominee listed in the Management Proxy Circular dated March 8, 2013 was elected as Director of the Bank during the Annual Meeting of the Holders of Common Shares held earlier today in Moncton, New Brunswick.

The details of the election are as follows:

DIRECTOR NOMINEE	OUTCOME	FOR	% FOR	WITHHELD	% WITHHELD
Maryse Bertrand	Elected	82,555,295	99.66	280,511	0.34
Lawrence S. Bloomberg	Elected	72,082,224	87.02	10,753,582	12.98
Pierre Boivin	Elected	82,315,767	99.37	520,019	0.63
André Caillé	Elected	82,259,398	99.30	576,408	0.70
Gérard Coulombe	Elected	72,823,531	87.91	10,012,275	12.09
Bernard Cyr	Elected	82,389,238	99.46	446,568	0.54
Gillian H. Denham	Elected	82,328,330	99.39	507,476	0.61
Jean Douville	Elected	82,352,448	99.42	483,358	0.58
Paul Gobeil	Elected	82,063,174	99.07	772,632	0.93
Jean Houde	Elected	82,261,226	99.31	574,580	0.69
Louise Laflamme	Elected	82,533,351	99.63	302,455	0.37
Roseann Runte	Elected	82,425,321	99.50	410,485	0.50
Lino A. Saputo, Jr.	Elected	80,432,887	97.10	2,402,919	2.90
Pierre Thabet	Elected	82,570,627	99.68	264,928	0.32
Louis Vachon	Elected	82,224,031	99.26	611,775	0.74

The results of the final votes regarding all matters subject to a vote during the annual meeting that took place earlier today are available on the Bank's website (www.nbc.ca/investorrelations) as well as on SEDAR's site.

About National Bank of Canada
With $184 billion in assets as at January 31, 2013, National Bank of Canada (www.nbc.ca), together with its subsidiaries, forms one of Canada's leading integrated financial groups, and was named among the five strongest banks in the world by Bloomberg Markets. The Bank has close to 20,000 employees and is widely recognized as a top employer. Its securities are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: NA). Follow the Bank's activities via social media and learn more about its extensive community involvement at clearfacts.ca and commitment.nationalbank.ca.

SOURCE: National Bank of Canada

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