TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 9, 2013) - Torstar Corporation (TSX:TS.B) announces the results of the vote on the election of directors at its annual meeting of the holders of Class A shares held on May 8, 2013.
Each of the nominees proposed for election as listed in the Corporation's information circular dated March 5, 2013 was elected as a director by a majority of votes cast by a show of hands, without a ballot being conducted. The Corporation received proxies regarding the election of directors as follows:
| Vote For | Withhold | |||||||
| # | % | # | % | |||||
| John A. Honderich | 9,740,556 | 98.77 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Donald Babick | 9,740,556 | 98.77 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Elaine Berger | 9,740,556 | 98.77 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joan T. Dea | 9,740,556 | 98.77 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Campbell R. Harvey | 9,740,556 | 98.77 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| David Holland | 9,740,556 | 98.77 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Linda Hughes | 9,740,556 | 98.77 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Daniel A. Jauernig | 9,740,556 | 98.77 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alnasir Samji | 9,740,556 | 98.77 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dorothy Strachan | 9,740,556 | 98.77 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Martin E. Thall | 9,740,556 | 98.77 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paul R. Weiss | 9,740,556 | 98.77 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Phyllis Yaffe | 9,740,556 | 98.77 | 0 | 0 | ||||
ABOUT TORSTAR CORPORATION
Torstar Corporation is a broadly based media and book publishing company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TS.B). Its businesses include the Star Media Group led by the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper, and digital properties including thestar.com, toronto.com, Workopolis, Olive Media, and eyeReturn Marketing; Metroland Media Group, publisher of community and daily newspapers in Ontario; and Harlequin, a leading global publisher of books for women.
Torstar's news releases are available on the Internet at www.torstar.com.
Contact Information:
Lorenzo DeMarchi
(416) 869-4776
www.torstar.com