Canfor Pulp Announces Voting Results for the Election of Directors

VANCOUVER, May 1, 2017 /CNW/ - Canfor Pulp Products Inc. (TSX:CFX) announced, in accordance with Toronto Stock Exchange requirements, the voting results from its Annual General Meeting held Wednesday, April 26, 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

A total of 57,813,292 common shares were voted at the meeting representing 86.75% 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	56,197,764	98.09%
Stan E. Bracken-Horrocks	56,970,291	99.44%
Barbara Hislop	56,669,725	98.92%
Michael J. Korenberg	55,478,058	96.84%
Conrad A. Pinette	56,435,374	98.51%
William W. Stinson	54,754,629	95.58%
John R. Baird	56,343,280	98.35%

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

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CPPI is a leading global supplier of pulp and paper products with operations in the central interior of British Columbia ("BC") employing approximately 1,300 people throughout the organization.  Canfor Pulp owns and operates three mills in Prince George, BC with a total capacity of 1.1 million tonnes of Premium Reinforcing Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft Pulp and 140,000 tonnes of kraft paper, as well as one mill in Taylor, BC with an annual production capacity of 220,000 tonnes of Bleached Chemi-Thermo Mechanical Pulp ("BCTMP").  Canfor Pulp is the largest North American and one of the largest global producers of market NBSK Pulp.  CPPI shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CFX.

SOURCE Canfor Pulp Products Inc.

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