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

MONTREAL, April 4, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - Richelieu (TSX: RCH) held its Annual and Special 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	%
Denyse Chicoyne	42,774,066	98.35	716,272	1.65
Robert Courteau	39,882,600	91.70	3,607,738	8.30
Mathieu Gauvin	39,935,274	91.83	3,555,064	8.17
Richard Lord	43,174,266	99.27	316,072	0.73
Pierre Pomerleau	43,204,061	99.34	286,277	0.66
Marc Poulin	43,212,816	99.36	277,522	0.64
Jocelyn Proteau	42,777,518	98.36	712,820	1.66
Sylvie Vachon	43,134,812	99.18	355,526	0.82

About Richelieu Hardware Ltd.

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, storage and closet, home furnishing and office furniture manufacturers, residential and commercial woodworkers, and hardware retailers including renovation superstores. Richelieu offers customers a broad mix of high-end products sourced from manufacturers worldwide. Its product selection consists of over 110,000 different items targeted to a base of more than 80,000 customers who are served by 75 centres in North America – 37 distribution centres in Canada, 36 in the United States and 2 manufacturing plants in Canada, specifically Cedan Industries Inc. which specializes in the manufacturing 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.

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SOURCE Richelieu Hardware Ltd.

Antoine Auclair, Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Tel: [phone]