CN Announces Election of Directors

MONTREAL, April 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced that the director nominees listed in the management information circular dated March 4, 2024 (the “Information Circular”), were elected as directors of CN. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at CN’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“Meeting”) on April 26, 2024 via online webcast are set out below.*Election of Directors
*On a vote by ballot, each of the following 11 nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of CN:

*Nominee* *Votes For* *% For* *Votes
Against* *% Against*
*S**hauneen Bruder* 491,056,956 99.14 % 4,246,242 0.86 %
*J**o-ann dePass Olsovsky* 490,656,048 99.06 % 4,647,283 0.94 %
*D**avid Freeman* 492,742,471 99.48 % 2,560,864 0.52 %
*D**enise Gray* 492,334,756 99.40 % 2,968,574 0.60 %
*J**ustin M. Howell* 491,141,171 99.16 % 4,162,163 0.84 %
*S**usan C. Jones* 492,826,766 99.50 % 2,476,567 0.50 %
*Robert Knight* 492,786,125 99.49 % 2,517,211 0.51 %
*Michel Letellier* 491,959,180 99.32 % 3,344,155 0.68 %
*Margaret A. McKenzie* 490,981,602 99.13 % 4,321,731 0.87 %
*Al Monaco* 490,856,506 99.10 % 4,446,827 0.90 %
*Tracy Robinson* 494,648,299 99.87 % 653,237 0.13 %Shauneen Bruder was unanimously re-elected by the board of directors as board chair. Ms. Bruder is a Corporate Director and retired Executive Vice-President, Operations at the Royal Bank of Canada.

Biographical information on all directors can be found in the Information Circular, available at https://www.cn.ca/en/investors/regulatory-filings/

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Meeting will be filed with the Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.

*About CN*
CN is a world-class transportation leader and trade enabler. Essential to the economy, to the customers, and to the communities it serves, CN safely transports more than 300 million tons of natural resources, manufactured products, and finished goods throughout North America every year. CN’s network connects Canada’s Eastern and Western coasts with the U.S. South through an 18,800-mile rail network, CN and its affiliates have been contributing to community prosperity and sustainable trade since 1919. CN is committed to programs supporting social responsibility and environmental stewardship.

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