Royal Bank of Canada announces election of directors

TORONTO, Feb. 28, 2013 /CNW/ - Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) announced that the nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated

January 7, 2013 were elected as directors of Royal Bank of Canada. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at its Annual and Special Meeting earlier today in Calgary are set out below.

Election of Directors

On a vote by ballot, each of the following 17 nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of RBC:

Nominee	Votes For	% For	Votes Withheld	% Withheld
W. Geoffrey Beattie	718,889,161	99.30%	5,050,726	0.70%
David F. Denison	721,562,346	99.67%	2,377,512	0.33%
Paule Gauthier	703,130,490	97.13%	20,805,497	2.87%
Richard L. George	721,699,876	99.69%	2,240,011	0.31%
Timothy J. Hearn	721,169,381	99.62%	2,770,506	0.38%
Alice D. Laberge	704,929,752	97.37%	19,007,835	2.63%
Jacques Lamarre	717,077,326	99.05%	6,858,661	0.95%
Brandt C. Louie	719,776,073	99.42%	4,163,814	0.58%
Michael H. McCain	697,754,204	96.38%	26,185,683	3.62%
Heather Munroe-Blum	719,267,014	99.36%	4,597,977	0.64%
Gordon M. Nixon	721,188,185	99.63%	2,676,806	0.37%
David P. O'Brien	702,725,792	97.08%	21,139,199	2.92%
J. Pedro Reinhard	701,737,806	96.94%	22,127,185	3.06%
Edward Sonshine	704,258,735	97.28%	19,681,152	2.72%
Kathleen P. Taylor	702,123,599	96.99%	21,816,288	3.01%
Bridget A. van Kralingen	703,578,777	97.19%	20,361,010	2.81%
Victor L. Young	717,608,490	99.13%	6,325,101	0.87%

ABOUT RBC
Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) and its subsidiaries operate under the master brand name RBC. We are Canada's largest bank as measured by assets and market capitalization, and are among the largest banks in the world, based on market capitalization. We are one of North America's leading diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management services, insurance, and investor services and wholesale banking on a global basis. We employ approximately 80,000 full- and part-time employees who serve more than 15 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 49 other countries. For more information, please visit rbc.com.

SOURCE RBC