MAY 10, 2019

TELUS announces election of directors

All resolutions at annual meeting approved by large majority

Vancouver, B.C. – TELUS Corporation (TELUS) (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) announced today that the nominees listed in the Company’s 2019 information circular were elected as directors of TELUS. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at TELUS’ Annual General Meeting on May 9, 2019 (the Meeting) are set out below.

Each of the following 13 nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of TELUS:


Nominee
Votes For
% Votes For
Votes Withheld
% Votes Withheld
R.H. (Dick) Auchinleck
320,380,106
98.66%
4,358,256
1.34%
Raymond T. Chan
323,882,251
99.74%
828,170
0.26%
Stockwell Day
323,323,854
99.56%
1,414,200
0.44%
Lisa De Wilde
323,460,686
99.61%
1,277,676
0.39%
Darren Entwistle
324,209,730
99.84%
528,895
0.16%
Mary Jo Haddad
320,791,889
98.79%
3,939,388
1.21%
Kathy Kinloch
266,603,788
82.11%
58,099,161
17.89%
Christine Magee
323,278,530
99.57%
1,408,591
0.43%
John Manley
321,436,656
99.00%
3,250,465
1.00%
Claude Mongeau
323,332,783
99.58%
1,354,338
0.42%
David Mowat
324,227,043
99.86%
460,078
0.14%
Marc Parent
321,675,079
99.07%
3,012,042
0.93%
Denise Pickett
323,354,840
99.59%
1,332,544
0.41%

All matters voted on at the Meeting were approved as follows:


Matter
Votes For
% Votes For
Votes Withheld / Against
% Votes Withheld / Against
Appointment of auditors
329,155,443
99.63%
1,221,180
0.37%
Advisory vote to accept TELUS’ approach to executive compensation
295,129,008
91.05%
29,022,771
8.95%
Ratification and confirmation of the new shareholder rights plan
295,354,089
91.70%
26,725,410
10.62%
Approval of the restricted share unit plan
289,734,112
89.38%
34,411,361
10.62%
Approval of the performance share unit plan
290,130,691
89.51%
34,014,875
10.49%

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Meeting will be published shortly on www.telus.com/agm, and filed with the Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.

About TELUS

TELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is one of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies, with $14.5 billion of annual revenue and 14.0 million subscriber connections, including 9.7 million wireless subscribers, 1.9 million Internet subscribers, 1.2 million residential voice and 1.1 million TELUS TV customers. TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services, including wireless, data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, television, entertainment, video and home and business security. TELUS is also Canada's largest healthcare IT provider, and TELUS International delivers business process solutions around the globe.

In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed over $690 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered more than 1.3 million days of service to local communities since 2000. Created in 2005 by President and CEO Darren Entwistle, TELUS’ 13 Canadian community boards and five International boards have led the Company’s support of grassroots charities and have contributed $72 million in support of 7,000 local charitable projects, enriching the lives of more than 2 million children and youth, annually. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition.

For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com

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