May 8, 2025
Great-West Lifeco announces election of Directors
Toronto, Ontario, 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.com.Opens a new website in a new window
About Great-West Lifeco Inc.
Great-West Lifeco is a financial services holding company focused on building stronger, more inclusive and financially secure futures. We operate in Canada, the United States and Europe under the brands Canada Life, Empower and Irish Life. Together we provide wealth, retirement, workplace benefits and insurance and risk solutions to our over 40 million customer relationships. As of March 31, 2025, Great-West Lifeco’s total client assets exceeded $3 trillion. Great-West Lifeco trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker symbol GWO and is a member of the Power Corporation group of companies.
For more information:
Media Relations
Tim Oracheski
204-946-8961
media.relations@canadalife.com
Investor Relations
Shubha Khan
416-552-5951
shubha.khan@canadalife.com
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