Information for Shareholders

The Board has established ten as the number of Directors to be elected at the Meeting. The term of office of each Director will expire at the end of the next annual meeting of the Corporation or upon the election of a successor. All nominees are currently Directors of the Corporation, except Mary-Ann Bell and Normand Legault.

The Board of Directors and Management recommend to FOR the election of each of the nominees of Management.

At the Meeting, the shareholders will be called upon, as recommended by the Audit Committee, to appoint the External Auditors to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and to authorize the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration.

At the Meeting, the shareholders will be called upon to vote FOR or AGAINST the advisory resolution to accept the Board’s approach to executive compensation disclosed in the Information Circular.