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Exhibit 99.2
Notice of 2024 annual general shareholder meeting
and notice of availability of meeting materials
You are receiving this notice as a BCE Inc. shareholder
To align with our ESG standards and enable more people to attend and participate in shareholder meetings, we will hold a virtual 2024 Annual General Shareholder meeting via live video webcast at https://bce.lumiconnect.com/404404049 at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern time) on Thursday, May 2, 2024.
| Notice-and-access | Notice of meeting | |
| As permitted by Canadian securities regulators, we are using “notice-and-access” to deliver our management proxy circular and annual financial report (meeting materials) for our annual general shareholder meeting to both registered and non-registered shareholders. This means that the meeting materials are being posted online for you to access, rather than being mailed out. This notice includes information on how to access the meeting materials 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.
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When
Thursday, May 2, 2024, 9:30 a.m. (Eastern time)
Virtual meeting
This year’s meeting is a virtual-only shareholder meeting at https://bce.lumiconnect.com/404404049 | |
| What the meeting is about
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Where you can access the meeting materials
On the TSX Trust Company (TSXT) website: www.meetingdocuments.com/TSXT/bce
On our website: BCE.ca
On SEDAR+: sedarplus.ca
On EDGAR: sec.gov | |||||||
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Receiving our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, including the auditors’ reports
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Section 3.1 of the circular and our 2023 annual financial report |
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Electing 13 directors who will serve until the end of our next annual shareholder meeting
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Sections 3.2 and 4 of the circular |
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Appointing the auditors who will serve until the end of our next annual shareholder meeting
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Section 3.3 of the circular |
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Considering an advisory (non-binding) resolution on executive compensation
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Section 3.4 and the Executive compensation section of the circular |
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The meeting may also consider other business that properly comes before it. |
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Voting
Please note that you cannot vote by returning this notice.
You may and we suggest that you vote your shares on the Internet, by telephone, fax (or email, if you are a registered holder or as described under “Non-registered shareholders” below) or mail.
Please refer to the instructions on your separate proxy or voting instruction form on how to vote using these methods.
You may also participate and vote by attending the virtual meeting online at https://bce.lumiconnect.com/404404049. Refer to the instructions in section 2.1 of the circular entitled How to participate and vote.
Registered shareholders
TSXT must receive your proxy form or you must have voted by Internet or telephone before noon (Eastern time) on April 30, 2024.
Non-registered shareholders
Your intermediary must receive your voting instructions with sufficient time for your vote to be processed before noon (Eastern time) on April 30, 2024. If you vote by Internet or telephone, you must do so prior to noon (Eastern time) on April 29, 2024. 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 TSXT by mail, fax or email before noon (Eastern time) on April 30, 2024.
If you are a non-registered shareholder and wish to attend, participate or vote at the meeting, there are additional steps you MUST take. Please refer to section 2.1 of the circular entitled How to participate and vote for more information.
How to request a paper copy of the meeting materials
Upon request, we will provide a paper copy of the circular or the annual financial report to any shareholder, free of charge, for a period of one year from the date the meeting materials were filed on SEDAR+.
Here is how you can request a paper copy:
Before the meeting
At www.meetingdocuments.com/TSXT/bce, or call 1-800-561-0934 (toll free in Canada and the United States) or 416-682-3861 (other countries).
If your request is made before May 2, 2024 (the date of the meeting), the meeting materials will be sent to you within three business days of receipt of 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 April 13, 2024 (this factors the three business day period for processing requests as well as typical mailing times).
Please note that you will not receive another form of proxy or voting instruction form; please retain your current one to vote your shares.
After the meeting
Call our Investor Relations Group at 1-800-339-6353.
If the request is made on or after May 2, 2024, the meeting materials will be sent to you within ten calendar days of receiving your request.
If you have any questions regarding this notice, notice-and-access or the meeting, please call 1-800-561-0934 (toll free in Canada and the United States) or 416-682-3861 (other countries).
