TELUS announces election of directors / All resolutions approved by large majority

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/11/17 -- TELUS Corporation (TELUS) (TSX: T)(NYSE: TU) announced today that the nominees listed in the information circular dated March 15, 2017 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 11, 2017 (the Meeting) are set out below.

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

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Nominee                         Votes     % Votes         Votes     % Votes
                                  For         For      Withheld    Withheld
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R.H. (Dick) Auchinleck    307,092,680       97.26%    8,638,550        2.74%
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Raymond T. Chan           313,889,739       99.42%    1,840,213        0.58%
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Stockwell Day             313,000,209       99.14%    2,710,988        0.86%
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Lisa De Wilde             315,152,300       99.82%      566,352        0.18%
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Darren Entwistle          315,230,154       99.84%      507,618        0.16%
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Kathy Kinloch             314,875,725       99.73%      848,172        0.27%
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Mary Jo Haddad            314,939,979       99.75%      797,228        0.25%
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John S. Lacey             303,860,358       96.24%   11,876,021        3.76%
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William A. MacKinnon      312,907,223       99.10%    2,829,542        0.90%
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John Manley               313,008,545       99.14%    2,722,104        0.86%
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Sarabjit (Sabi) Marwah    315,104,238       99.80%      627,585        0.20%
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Claude Mongeau            315,178,244       99.83%      551,300        0.17%
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David Mowat               315,197,678       99.83%      523,666        0.17%
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All matters voted on at the Meeting were approved as follows:

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Matter                                                  Votes       % Votes
                                Votes   % Votes    Withheld /    Withheld /
                                  For       For       Against       Against
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Appointment of auditors   315,925,149     98.49%    4,839,899          1.51%
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Advisory vote to accept
 Company's approach to
 executive compensation   293,998,700     93.12%   21,713,978          6.88%
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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 Canada's fastest-growing national telecommunications company, with $12.9 billion of annual revenue and 12.7 million subscriber connections, including 8.6 million wireless subscribers, 1.7 million high-speed Internet subscribers, 1.4 million residential network access lines 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 and video, and is Canada's largest healthcare IT provider.

In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed over $482 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered more than 1 million days of service to local communities since 2000. TELUS' 12 Canadian community boards and 5 International boards have led the Company's support of grassroots charities and have contributed more than $60 million in support of 5,595 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. TELUS has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the past 16 years, a feat unequalled by any other North American telecommunications company. As detailed in our TELUS Sustainability Report, our commitment to sustainability is inspired by nature to ensure a healthier future for us all.

For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com.

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