Exhibit 99.2
You are receiving this notice
as a BCE Inc. shareholder
This year again, as permitted by Canadian securities regulators, we are using “notice-and-access” to deliver our management proxy circular for our annual general shareholder meeting to both registered and non-registered shareholders. This means that our circular is being posted online for you to access, rather than being mailed out. This notice includes information on how to access our circular online and how to request a paper copy. Notice-and-access gives shareholders more choice, substantially reduces our printing and mailing costs, and is environmentally friendly as it reduces paper and energy consumption.
You will find enclosed with this notice a form of proxy or a voting instruction form that you can use to vote your shares (see “Voting” below).
It is very important that you read the circular carefully before voting your shares.
| NOTICE OF MEETING WHEN
Thursday, May 3, 2018, 9:30 a.m. (Eastern time)
WHERE
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
255 Front Street West
Toronto, Ontario
WEBCAST
A live webcast of the meeting will be available on our website at BCE.ca |
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| Where you can access the circular | | | | |
| | On the AST Trust Company (Canada) (AST) website:
www.meetingdocuments.com/astca/bce | On our website:
BCE.ca | On SEDAR:
sedar.com | On EDGAR:
sec.gov | |
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What the meeting is about |
| | | For more details, please see: |
| 1 | Receiving our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017, including the auditors’ reports | Section 3.1 of the circular and our 2017 annual report |
| 2 | Electing 14 directors who will serve until the end of our next annual shareholder meeting | Sections 3.2 and 4 of the circular |
| 3 | Appointing the auditors who will serve until the end of our next annual shareholder meeting | Section 3.3 of the circular |
| 4 | Considering an advisory resolution on executive compensation | Section 3.4 and the Executive compensation section of the circular |
| 5 | Considering one shareholder proposal | Section 3.5 and schedule A of the circular |
The meeting may also consider other business that properly comes before it.
Please note that you cannot vote by returning this notice.
You may vote your shares on the Internet, by phone, fax or mail.
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| ON THE INTERNET | BY PHONE | BY FAX | BY MAIL |
Please refer to the instructions on your separate proxy or voting instruction form on how to vote using these methods.
You may also vote in person by following the instructions in the section of the circular entitled “How to vote”.
AST must receive your proxy form or you must have voted by Internet or telephone before 4:45 p.m. (Eastern time) on Wednesday, May 2, 2018.
NON-REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS |
Your intermediary must receive your voting instructions with sufficient time for your vote to be processed before 4:45 p.m. (Eastern time) on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. If you vote by Internet or telephone, you must do so prior to 4:45 p.m. (Eastern time) on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Alternatively, you may be a non-registered shareholder who will receive from your intermediary a proxy form that has been pre-authorized by your intermediary indicating the number of shares to be voted, which is to be completed, dated, signed and returned to AST by mail or fax before 4:45 p.m. (Eastern time) on Wednesday, May 2, 2018.
How to request a paper copy of the circular |
Upon request, we will provide a paper copy of the circular to any shareholder, free of charge, for a period of one year from the date the circular is filed on SEDAR. Here is how you can request a paper copy:
At www.meetingdocuments.com/astca/bce, or call 1-888-433-6443 (toll free in Canada and the United States) or 416-682-3801 (other countries).
Please note that you will not receive another form of proxy or voting instruction form; please retain your current one to vote your shares.
Call 1-800-339-6353.
If your request is made before May 3, 2018 (the date of the meeting), the circular will be sent to you within three business days of receipt of your request. If the request is made on or after May 3, 2018, the circular will be sent to you within ten calendar days of receiving your request.
To ensure receipt of the paper copy in advance of the voting deadline and meeting date, we estimate that your request must be received no later than 4:45 p.m. (Eastern time) on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 (this factors the three business day period for processing requests as well as typical mailing times).
If you have any questions regarding this notice, notice-andaccess or the meeting, please call 1-888-433-6443 (toll free in Canada and the United States) or 416-682-3801 (other countries).
