TORONTO, April 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (“Fairfax”) (TSX:FFH) (TSX:FFH.U) is pleased to announce the results of the vote on Directors at its April 26, 2018 Annual and Special Shareholders’ Meeting.
Each of the nominee directors listed in Fairfax’s management proxy circular dated March 9, 2018 was elected as a director, without a vote by ballot being conducted. Fairfax received proxies with regard to voting on the eleven directors nominated for election, directing as set forth in the table below:
| Name of Nominee | Vote For (Aggregate) | % | Withhold Vote (Aggregate) | % | Vote For (Subordinate Voting Shares) | % | Withhold Vote (Subordinate Voting Shares) | % |
| Anthony F. Griffiths | 39,101,141 | 98.59 | 557,226 | 1.41 | 19,013,135 | 97.15 | 557,226 | 2.85 |
| Robert J. Gunn | 39,593,842 | 99.84 | 64,525 | 0.16 | 19,505,836 | 99.67 | 64,525 | 0.33 |
| Alan D. Horn | 39,593,507 | 99.84 | 64,860 | 0.16 | 19,505,501 | 99.67 | 64,860 | 0.33 |
| Karen L. Jurjevich | 39,575,193 | 99.79 | 83,174 | 0.21 | 19,487,187 | 99.58 | 83,174 | 0.42 |
| Christine N. McLean | 38,937,636 | 98.18 | 720,731 | 1.82 | 18,849,630 | 96.32 | 720,731 | 3.68 |
| John R.V. Palmer | 39,539,415 | 99.70 | 118,952 | 0.30 | 19,451,409 | 99.39 | 118,952 | 0.61 |
| Timothy R. Price | 39,537,607 | 99.70 | 120,760 | 0.30 | 19,449,601 | 99.38 | 120,760 | 0.62 |
| Brandon W. Sweitzer | 39,279,774 | 99.05 | 378,593 | 0.95 | 19,191,768 | 98.07 | 378,593 | 1.93 |
| Lauren C. Templeton | 39,646,656 | 99.97 | 11,711 | 0.03 | 19,558,650 | 99.94 | 11,711 | 0.06 |
| Benjamin P. Watsa | 38,882,893 | 98.04 | 775,474 | 1.96 | 18,794,887 | 96.04 | 775,474 | 3.96 |
| V. Prem Watsa | 39,035,609 | 98.43 | 622,758 | 1.57 | 18,947,603 | 96.82 | 622,758 | 3.18 |
Fairfax is a holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and investment management.
For further information contact: John Varnell, Vice President, Corporate Development, at (416) 367-4941