TELUS announces election of directors

All resolutions approved by large majority

VANCOUVER, May 14, 2013 /CNW/ - TELUS Corporation (TELUS) (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) announced today that the nominees listed in the information circular dated March 13, 2013 were elected as directors of TELUS. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at TELUS' Annual and Special Meeting on May 9, 2013 (the Meeting) are set out below:

Each of the following 12 nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of TELUS:

Nominee	Votes For	% Votes For	Votes Withheld	% Votes Withheld
R.H. (Dick) Auchinleck	195,954,083	98.33	3,327,739	1.67
A. Charles Baillie	194,508,072	97.60	4,773,596	2.40
Micheline Bouchard	196,036,423	98.37	3,243,356	1.63
R. John Butler	195,861,549	98.29	3,416,421	1.71
Brian A. Canfield	187,209,712	93.94	12,072,642	6.06
Stockwell Day	198,366,934	99.54	914,229	0.46
Darren Entwistle	197,553,183	99.13	1,727,588	0.87
Ruston E.T. Goepel	196,485,047	98.60	2,788,615	1.40
John S. Lacey	196,686,122	98.70	2,595,788	1.30
William A. MacKinnon	197,810,525	99.26	1,472,171	0.74
John Manley	181,280,918	90.97	18,000,623	9.03
Donald Woodley	198,199,378	99.46	1,084,657	0.54

All matters voted on at the Meeting were approved as follows:

Matter	Votes For	% Votes For	Votes Withheld	% Votes Withheld
Appointment of auditors	200,036,385	98.98	2,056,906	1.02
Accept Company's approach to executive compensation	188,706,618	94.69	10,576,372	5.31
Motion to approve alteration of authorized share structure	191,481,918	96.09	7,801,418	3.91
Motion to approve, by special resolution, the amendment and restatement of the Articles	198,163,850	99.44	1,120,029	0.56
Motion to approve amendment to and reconfirmation of, the Shareholder Rights Plan	191,906,338	96.30	7,376,312	3.70

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Meeting will be published shortly on www.telus.com/agm, and filed with the Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.

About TELUS

TELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $11 billion of annual revenue and 13.2 million customer connections, including 7.7 million wireless subscribers, 3.4 million wireline network access lines, 1.4 million Internet subscribers and 712,000 TELUS TV customers. Led since 2000 by President and CEO, Darren Entwistle, TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services, including wireless, data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, television, entertainment and video.

For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com

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