Exhibit 99.1
CGI INC.
REPORT ON VOTING RESULTS
ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
JANUARY 30, 2019
The Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders of CGI Inc. (“CGI”) was held in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in the Oval Room of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. 4,304 shareholders holding 189,969,896 Class A subordinate voting shares and 28,945,706 Class B shares (multiple voting) were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy, representing approximately 89.18% of the total votes attached to all issued and outstanding shares as of the record date on December 10, 2018.
Election of directors
All 14 directors proposed for election at the Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders were elected on a vote by show of hands. All of the candidates were elected by a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders present or represented by proxy at the meeting. The proxies received by CGI for the election of directors were as follows:
Votes for | Votes withheld | |||||||||
# | % | # | % | |||||||
Alain Bouchard | 474,764,722 | 99.61% | 1,859,768 | 0.39% | ||||||
Paule Doré | 466,474,882 | 97.87% | 10,149,608 | 2.13% | ||||||
Richard B. Evans | 475,210,067 | 99.70% | 1,414,423 | 0.30% | ||||||
Julie Godin | 462,497,190 | 97.04% | 14,127,300 | 2.96% | ||||||
Serge Godin | 459,542,691 | 96.42% | 17,081,799 | 3.58% | ||||||
Timothy J. Hearn | 473,859,968 | 99.42% | 2,764,622 | 0.58% | ||||||
André Imbeau | 463,448,870 | 97.24% | 13,175,720 | 2.76% | ||||||
Gilles Labbé | 475,068,845 | 99.67% | 1,555,745 | 0.33% | ||||||
Michael B. Pedersen | 475,382,254 | 99.74% | 1,242,336 | 0.26% | ||||||
Alison Reed | 475,790,571 | 99.83% | 834,019 | 0.17% | ||||||
Michael E. Roach | 462,904,719 | 97.12% | 13,719,871 | 2.88% | ||||||
George D. Schindler | 473,147,710 | 99.27% | 3,476,880 | 0.73% | ||||||
Kathy N. Waller | 473,630,578 | 99.37% | 2,994,012 | 0.63% | ||||||
Joakim Westh | 474,711,138 | 99.60% | 1,913,452 | 0.40% |
Appointment of the auditor
The resolution to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as CGI’s auditor to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until its successor is appointed, and to authorize the Audit and Risk Management Committee to fix its remuneration, was adopted on a vote by show of hands by a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders present or represented by proxy. The proxies received by CGI for the appointment of the auditor were as follows:
Votes for | Votes withheld | |||||||
# | % | # | % | |||||
Auditor | 478,982,167 | 99.92% | 376,348 | 0.08% |
Name change
The special resolution to amend the articles of the company to change its name from “CGI GROUP INC. – GROUPE CGI INC.” to “CGI INC.” was adopted on a vote by show of hands by more than two thirds of the votes cast by the shareholders present or represented by proxy. The proxies received by CGI for the name change were as follows:
Votes for | Votes against | |||||||||
# | % | # | % | |||||||
Name change | 479,210,836 | 99.97% | 147,678 | 0.03% |
Shareholder proposals
Proposal Number Two – Advisory Vote on the Compensation of Senior Executives – Following a vote by way of show of hands, a shareholder proposal calling on CGI to hold an advisory vote on the compensation of senior executives did not receive a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders present or represented by proxy, and was therefore not adopted. The proxies received by CGI in relation to the proposal were as follows:
Votes for | Votes against | |||||||
# | % | # | % | |||||
Proposal Number Two | 109,356,540 | 22.94% | 367,267,617 | 77.06% |
Proposal Number Three – Disclosure of Voting Results by Class of Shares – Following a vote by way of show of hands, a shareholder proposal calling on CGI to disclose voting results by class of shares did not receive a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders present or represented by proxy, and was therefore not adopted. The proxies received by CGI in relation to the proposal were as follows:
Votes for | Votes against | |||||||||
# | % | # | % | |||||||
Proposal Number Three | 104,442,229 | 21.91% | 372,182,067 | 78.09% |