GMP Capital Announces Election of Directors

TORONTO, May 4, 2015 /CNW/ - GMP Capital Inc. (GMP) (TSX:GMP) today announced that the nominees listed in the management information circular dated March 23, 2015, were elected as directors of GMP.  The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at GMP's Annual and Special Meeting of Common Shareholders on April 30, 2015, in Toronto, Ontario, are set out below.

Election of Directors

By a vote conducted by ballot, each of the 10 nominees listed in the management information circular was elected to serve as a director of GMP until the next annual meeting or until his or her successor is elected or appointed, with the outcome of the vote being as follows:

Nominee	Votes For	% of Votes For	Votes Withheld	% of Votes Withheld
David G. Brown	53,662,596	98.3%	932,933	1.7%
David C. Ferguson	54,557,901	99.9%	37,628	0.1%
Harris A. Fricker	53,782,083	98.5%	813,446	1.5%
Fiona L. Macdonald	49,095,761	89.9%	5,499,768	10.1%
Eugene C. McBurney	53,843,202	98.6%	752,327	1.4%
James D. Meekison	53,717,913	98.4%	877,616	1.6%
Robert G. Peters	49,102,061	89.9%	5,493,468	10.1%
H. Sanford Riley	47,963,761	87.9%	6,631,768	12.1%
Kevin M. Sullivan	53,660,207	98.3%	935,322	1.7%
Donald A. Wright	52,579,562	96.3%	2,015,967	3.7%

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual and Special Meeting of Common Shareholders held on Thursday, April 30, 2015, can be accessed at www.gmpcapital.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

ABOUT GMP CAPITAL INC.
GMP is a leading independent diversified financial services firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada, providing a wide range of financial products and services to a global client base that includes corporate clients, institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals in two integrated reporting segments. The Capital Markets segment provides investment banking, including advisory and underwriting services, institutional sales and trading and research through offices located in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, New York, Houston, Stamford, Miami, Dallas, London, Perth, Sydney, Hong Kong and Beijing. Wealth Management consists of GMP's non-controlling ownership interest in Richardson GMP Limited and CQI Capital Management L.P., an asset management firm. Richardson GMP Limited, Canada's largest independent wealth management firm, is focused on providing exclusive and comprehensive wealth management and investment services delivered by an experienced team of investment professionals. GMP is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "GMP". For further information, please visit our corporate website at gmpcapital.com.

SOURCE GMP Capital Inc.

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