VANCOUVER, May 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ - Canfor
Corporation (TSX:CFP) announces, in accordance with Toronto Stock
Exchange requirements, the voting results from its Annual General
Meeting held Wednesday, April 27,
2016 in Prince George, British
Columbia.
A total of 115,754,311 common shares were voted at the meeting
representing 87.16% of the votes attached to all outstanding
shares. Shareholders voted in favour of all items of business
before the meeting, including the election of all director nominees
as follows:
|
Director
|
Votes
For
|
Percentage of
Votes
For
|
|
Peter J.G.
Bentley
|
108,223,820
|
95.48%
|
|
Glen D.
Clark
|
111,872,834
|
98.70%
|
|
Michael J.
Korenberg
|
110,657,857
|
97.63%
|
|
James A.
Pattison
|
107,057,542
|
94.45%
|
|
Conrad A.
Pinette
|
113,230,181
|
99.90%
|
|
James McNeill (Mack)
Singleton
|
113,334,682
|
99.99%
|
|
Ross S.
Smith
|
113,130,618
|
99.81%
|
|
William W.
Stinson
|
111,230,467
|
98.14%
|
|
John R.
Baird
|
113,328,514
|
99.99%
|
Detailed voting results for the meeting are available on SEDAR
at www.sedar.com. The vote on the election of directors was
conducted by a show of hands. The above figures are based on
proxies voted for and percentage of votes for at the meeting.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release constitute
"forward-looking statements" which involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be
materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Words such as
"expects", "anticipates", "projects", "intends", "plans", "will",
"believes", "seeks", "estimates", "should", "may", "could", and
variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to
identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are
based on management's current expectations and beliefs and actual
events or results may differ materially. There are many factors
that could cause such actual events or results expressed or implied
by such forward-looking statements to differ materially from any
future results expressed or implied by such statements.
Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and
Canfor assumes no obligation to update such information to reflect
later events or developments, except as required by law.
Canfor is a leading integrated forest products company based
in Vancouver, British Columbia
("BC") with interests in BC, Alberta, North and South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Arkansas. Canfor
produces primarily softwood lumber and also owns a 51.9% interest
in Canfor Pulp Products Inc., which is one of the largest producers
of market northern bleached softwood kraft pulp and a leading
producer of high performance kraft paper. Canfor shares are
traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CFP.
SOURCE Canfor Corporation