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

MONTREAL, April 3, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - Richelieu (TSX: RCH) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders today. All the candidates proposed as directors were duly elected as directors of the Corporation by a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders present or represented by proxy at the Meeting, as follows:

	For		Withheld
	Number	%	Number	%
Pierre Bourgie	14,124,182	89.19	1,711,283	10.81
Denyse Chicoyne	15,769,813	99.59	65,652	0.41
Robert Courteau	15,768,313	99.58	67,152	0.42
Jean Douville	15,768,313	99.58	67,152	0.42
Mathieu Gauvin	15,832,396	99.98	3,069	0.02
Richard Lord	15,084,467	95.26	750,998	4.74
Marc Poulin	15,832,396	99.98	3,069	0.02
Jocelyn Proteau	15,384,002	97.15	451,463	2.85

Profile as at April 3, 2014

Richelieu is a leading North American distributor, importer and manufacturer of specialty hardware and complementary products. Its products are targeted to an extensive customer base of kitchen and bathroom cabinet, furniture, and window and door manufacturers plus the residential and commercial woodworking industry, as well as a large customer base of hardware retailers, including renovation superstores. Richelieu offers customers a broad mix of high-end products sourced from manufacturers around the world. Its product selection consists of more than 100,000 different items targeted to a base of some 70,000 customers who are served by 62 centres in North America - 35 distribution centres in Canada, 25 in the United States and two manufacturing plants in Canada, specifically Cedan Industries Inc. which specializes in the manufacture of a wide variety of veneer sheets and edgebanding products and Menuiserie des Pins Ltée which manufactures components for the window and door industry and a broad selection of decorative mouldings.

SOURCE: Richelieu Hardware Ltd.

Antoine Auclair
Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
Tel: [phone] www.richelieu.com