Great-West Lifeco announces election of Directors

TSX:GWO

WINNIPEG, May 8, 2014 /CNW/ - Great-West Lifeco Inc. (TSX: GWO) announced today that its Directors for the ensuing year were elected at its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders held earlier today in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

On a vote by ballot, the following management nominees, each of whom was listed in Lifeco's management proxy circular dated February 24, 2014, were elected as directors:

	For	Withheld
Marcel R. Coutu	99.79%	0.21%
André Desmarais	91.23%	8.77%
Paul Desmarais, Jr.	91.75%	8.25%
Michael L. Hepher	99.88%	0.12%
Chaviva M. Hošek	99.71%	0.29%
J. David A. Jackson	99.82%	0.18%
Paul A. Mahon	98.85%	1.15%
R. Jeffrey Orr	91.80%	8.20%
Michel Plessis-Bélair	90.33%	9.67%
Henri-Paul Rousseau	98.73%	1.27%
Raymond Royer	99.89%	0.11%
T. Timothy Ryan, Jr.	91.86%	8.14%
Jerome J. Selitto	99.76%	0.24%
James M. Singh	99.86%	0.14%
Emőke J.E. Szathmáry	99.72%	0.28%
Gregory D. Tretiak	98.73%	1.27%
Siim A. Vanaselja	99.92%	0.08%
Brian E. Walsh	97.82%	2.18%

GREAT-WEST LIFECO
Great-West Lifeco Inc. (TSX:GWO) is an international financial services holding company with interests in life insurance, health insurance, retirement and investment services, asset management and reinsurance businesses. Great-West Lifeco has operations in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia through Great-West Life, London Life, Canada Life, Irish Life, Great-West Financial and Putnam Investments. Great-West Lifeco and its companies have $806 billion* in consolidated assets under administration and are members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies.

*assets as at March 31, 2014

SOURCE: Great-West Lifeco Inc.

Marlene Klassen, APR
Assistant Vice-President, Communication Services
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