TORONTO, Dec. 15, 2020 /CNW/ - This is a joint statement
issued by BMO, CIBC, Canadian Western Bank, Laurentian Bank,
National Bank, RBC, Scotiabank, TD Bank Group, Great-West Lifeco,
Canada Life, Manulife and Sun Life. Each of us continues to
actively monitor COVID-19 developments and the directives from
public health and government authorities for group gatherings and
social distancing. We have been taking a series of proactive
precautionary measures to help protect the health and well-being of
our employees, clients and communities. This degree of care and
concern extends to all of our shareholders and policyholders, and
we have been carefully considering alternatives for our respective
annual meetings in 2021.
The health and well-being of our employees, clients, investors
and communities is our collective priority. As a result of the
anticipated ongoing impact of COVID-19, and in consideration of the
evolving protocols from public health and government authorities,
we have jointly obtained a court order that allows us to hold our
annual meetings in 2021, in whole or in part, using electronic
means. The order permits our meetings to be conducted over one or
more of webcasting, teleconference or other electronic means, in
each case in addition to, or instead of, an in-person meeting, and
permits alternative means for distributing meeting materials. In
March 2020, we jointly obtained a
similar court order. We are considering ways to enhance the
participant experience in 2021, leveraging the learnings from our
respective 2020 annual meetings. The order was obtained because
Canadian banks and insurance companies are not permitted to conduct
an electronic annual meeting in lieu of an in-person meeting
without relief from the court.
We believe these precautions are prudent measures to protect the
health and well-being of our stakeholders, while supporting
shareholder and policyholder engagement and their ability to attend
and exercise their rights.
The specific arrangements for each annual meeting will be
announced separately prior to the scheduled date. We encourage our
shareholders and policyholders to visit our websites in advance of
our annual meetings for the most current information.
Bank of
Montreal
BMO Life Assurance
Company
Media
Relations
Paul Gammal
(416) 867-3996
paul.gammal@bmo.com
Investor
Relations
Bill Anderson
(416) 867-7834
bill2.anderson@bmo.com
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The Bank of Nova
Scotia
Media
Relations
Laura
Mergelas
(437) 244-7863 (m) |
(416) 285-2639 (o)
laura.mergelas@scotiabank.com
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Canadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce
Media
Relations
Trish
Tervit
(416)
813-9119
trish.tervit@cibc.com
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Canadian Western
Bank
Investor
Relations
Chris
Williams
(780)
508-8229
chris.williams@cwbank.com
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Laurentian Bank of
Canada
Media
Relations
Fabrice
Tremblay
(438) 989-6070
(m)
(514) 284-4500 x
40020 (o)
fabrice.tremblay@blcgf.ca
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National Bank of
Canada
Media
Relations
Marie-Pierre
Jodoin
(514)
394-4209
mariepierre.jodoin@nbc.ca
Investor
Relations
Marianne
Ratté
1-866-517-5455
investorrelations@nbc.ca /
relationsinvestisseurs@bnc.ca
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Royal Bank of
Canada
RBC Life Insurance
Company
Media
Relations
Gillian
McArdle
(416)
842-4231
gillian.mcardle@rbc.com
Investor
Relations
Asim Imran
(416)
955-7804
asim.imran@rbc.com
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The
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Media
Relations
Natasha
Ferrari
(416)
400-9098
natasha.ferrari@td.com
Investor
Relations
Gillian
Manning
(416)
308-6014
gillian.manning@td.com
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Great-West Lifeco
Inc.
The Canada Life
Assurance Company
Media
Relations
Liz Kulyk
(204)
391-8515
media.relations@canadalife.com
Investor
Relations
Deirdre
Neary
(647)
328-2134
deirdre.neary@canadalife.com
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Manulife Financial
Corporation
The Manufacturers
Life Insurance Company
Media
Relations
Gillian
Earle
(289)
834-0862
gillian_earle@manulife.com
Investor
Relations
Adrienne
O'Neill
(416)
926-6997
adrienne_oneill@manulife.com
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Sun Life Financial
Inc.
Sun Life Assurance
Company of Canada
Media
Relations
Rajani
Kamath
(416)
979-6070
rajani.kamath@sunlife.com
Investor
Relations
Leigh
Chalmers
(647)
256-8201
investor.relations@sunlife.com
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SOURCE Canadian Banks and Life Insurance Companies