QUEBEC
CITY, March 28, 2024 /CNW/ - iA Financial
Group today announces that the Annual Shareholder Meeting of
iA Financial Corporation Inc. ("iA Financial
Corporation") and the Annual Meeting of the Sole Common
Shareholder and of the Participating Policyholders of Industrial
Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.
("iA Insurance") will be held together on Thursday,
May 9, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) and will
be held virtually.
The meeting will be broadcast online via live webcast at:
https://www.icastpro.ca/eia240509 (password: iA2024). For
detailed instructions on how to join the webcast and vote at the
virtual meeting, shareholders should refer to the Proxy
Circular (the "Circular") relating to the annual
meeting of iA Financial Corporation and participating
policyholders should consult the information document for
participating policyholders (the "Information
Document") relating to the annual meeting of iA Insurance
as well as their proxy form or voting instruction form.
Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders will be
able to participate in the meeting, ask questions and exercise
their voting rights, all in real time, provided they are connected
to the Internet and comply with all the provisions set out in the
Circular and in the rules of conduct applicable to the
virtual meeting. Beneficial owners not duly appointed as
proxyholders will be entitled to attend the meeting as guests but
will not be entitled to vote at the meeting.
Participating policyholders who wish to exercise their right to
vote by proxy before the meeting must obtain a proxy form by
communicating by email with the corporate secretariat of iA
Financial Group at secretariat_corporatif@ia.ca. Participating
policyholders who wish to participate in the meeting and vote at
the meeting must also contact the corporate secretariat of iA
Financial Group at secretariat_corporatif@ia.ca to obtain a
control number allowing them to log on to the meeting via the link
mentioned above and vote at the meeting.
We strongly encourage shareholders and participating
policyholders to vote before the meeting using any of the methods
listed on their proxy form or voting instruction form. In
order for a proxy to be voted at the Annual Meetings, the completed
proxy form must be received by Computershare Investor Services Inc.
no later than 5:00 p.m. (local time)
on May 7, 2024.
If you are a shareholder and require assistance with voting your
common shares, please contact our proxy solicitation agent, Laurel
Hill Advisory Group, by telephone at 1-877-452-7184 (toll-free from
North
America), 1–416-304-0211 (from outside North America), or by email at
assistance@laurelhill.com.
Annual Report and
documents relating to the Annual Meetings are available
online
The 2023 Annual Report, Circular, rules of conduct
applicable to the virtual meeting and Information
Document are now available online at ia.ca
(https://ia.ca/investorrelations). The Annual
Report and the Circular are also available at
sedarplus.ca. The shareholders of iA Financial Corporation will
receive the documents relating to the Annual Meeting in the coming
days.
The Annual Report includes the Annual
Management's Discussion and Analysis, the 2023 and 2022
consolidated financial statements and various other information
about iA Financial Group.
The Circular presents, among other things,
information relating to the exercise of voting rights at the Annual
Meeting of iA Financial Corporation and information on the Board of
Directors, governance practices and executive compensation.
The rules of conduct are intended to ensure the proper conduct
of the annual meeting and describe, among other things, how a
shareholder may intervene and ask questions during the meeting.
The Information Document presents, among other
things, information relating to the exercise of voting rights at
the Annual Meeting of iA Insurance and information on the Board of
Directors, governance practices and Board compensation.
It is to be noted that fifteen candidates are nominated
this year for election to the Board of Directors of iA Financial
Corporation Inc. and thirteen candidates are nominated for election
to the Board of Directors of iA Insurance. All nominees are
presented in the Circular or in the Information
Document.
If you have any questions or would like additional information
regarding the Annual Meetings, please contact Computershare at
1-800-564-6253 (toll-free from Canada and USA) or 1-514-982-7555 (from other
countries).
About iA Financial Group
iA Financial Group is one of the largest insurance and wealth
management groups in Canada, with
operations in the United States.
Founded in 1892, it is an important Canadian public company and is
listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker
symbols IAG (common shares) and IAF (preferred shares).
iA Financial Group
is a business name and trademark of iA Financial
Corporation Inc. and Industrial Alliance Insurance
and Financial Services Inc.
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SOURCE iA Financial Group