VANCOUVER, April 27, 2020 /CNW/ - Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) announces, in accordance with Toronto Stock Exchange requirements, the voting results from its Annual General Meeting held Thursday, April 23, 2020 in Vancouver British Columbia.

Canfor Corporation (CNW Group/Canfor Corporation)

A total of 105,551,802 common shares were voted at the meeting representing 84.29% 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




Conrad A. Pinette

103,701,463

98.25%

Glen D. Clark

99,618,634

94.38%

Ross S. Smith

102,889,417

97.48%

William W. Stinson

100,397,050

95.12%

Barbara Hislop

105,415,551

99.87%

Dieter Jentsch

105,400,046

99.86%

Dianne L. Watts

103,826,442

98.37%

Ryan Barrington-Foote

97,299,046

92.18%

John R. Baird

103,750,968

98.29%

M. Dallas H. Ross

98,554,579

93.37%

Anders Ohlner

105,453,569

99.91%

Donald B. Kayne

103,395,340

97.96%

 

Detailed voting results for the meeting are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. 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, as well as in Sweden with its recent majority acquisition of Vida Group. Canfor produces primarily softwood lumber and also owns a 54.8% interest in Canfor Pulp Products Inc., which is one of the largest global 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

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