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Great-West Lifeco announces election of Directors

Toronto, ON,  May 8, 2025 – Great-West Lifeco today announced that at its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders all of the 19 director nominees listed in its Management Proxy Circular dated March 13, 2025 were elected. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors are set out below:

Nominee

Votes For

% For

Votes Against

% Against

Michael R. Amend

843,403,055
99.65%
2,973,402 0.35%
Deborah J. Barrett
844,801,320
99.81%
1,575,144 0.19%
Robin A. Bienfait
844,152,587
99.74%
2,223,463 0.26%
Heather E. Conway
842,291,662
99.52%
4,084,802 0.48%
Marcel R. Coutu 834,971,590 98.65% 11,404,858 1.35%
André Desmarais 813,758,509 96.15% 32,617,926 3.85%
Paul Desmarais, Jr. 808,133,429 95.48% 38,243,005 4.52%
Gary A. Doer 835,898,553 98.76% 10,477,905 1.24%
Claude Généreux 817,250,562 96.56% 29,125,877 3.44%
Jake P. Lawrence 829,951,914 98.06% 16,424,528 1.94%
Paula B. Madoff 843,641,542 99.68% 2,733,800 0.32%
Paul A. Mahon 841,421,943 99.41% 4,953,961 0.59%
Susan J. McArthur 840,215,585 99.27% 6,160,322 0.73%
R. Jeffrey Orr 816,611,284 96.48% 29,754,708 3.52%
James P. O’Sullivan 820,035,050 96.89% 26,330,949 3.11%
T. Timothy Ryan 836,283,472 98.81% 10,092,857 1.19%
Dhvani D. Shah 844,093,936 99.73% 2,282,529 0.27%
Siim A. Vanaselja 836,120,701 98.79% 10,255,747 1.21%
Brian E. Walsh 834,336,661 98.58% 12,039,786 1.42%

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual Meeting will be available at sedarplus.comOpens a new website in a new windowOpens a new website in a new window.

Great-West Lifeco Inc.

Great-West Lifeco is a Canadian headquartered, international financial services holding company with interests in life insurance, health insurance, retirement and investment services, asset management and reinsurance businesses. We operate in Canada, the United States and Europe under the brands Canada Life, Empower, and Irish Life. At the start of 2024, our companies had over 32,250 employees, 106,000 advisor relationships, and thousands of distribution partners – serving approximately 40 million customer relationships. Great-West Lifeco trades on the Toronto (TSX) Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GWO and is a member of the Power Corporation group of companies. 

For more information:

Media Relations
Tim Oracheski
media.relations@canadalife.com

Investor Relations
Shubha Khan
shubha.khan@canadalife.com

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