MONTREAL, Jan. 30, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - Tembec Inc. (the "Corporation") today announced that all of the nominees proposed as directors in the management information circular dated December 16, 2014 were duly elected as directors of the Corporation by a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") held on January 29, 2015 in Montreal. The total number of shares voted by shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting was 80,370,489, representing 80.37% of the Corporation's outstanding shares. The results of the vote are detailed below.
Final voting results on all matters voted on at the meeting will be filed on SEDAR.
| FOR | WITHHELD |
NOMINEE | NUMBER | % | NUMBER | % |
Norman M. Betts | 76,821,542 | 99.52 | 371,401 | 0.48 |
James N. Chapman | 76,625,343 | 99.26 | 567,600 | 0.74 |
James V. Continenza | 76,623,468 | 99.26 | 569,475 | 0.74 |
Michel J. Dumas | 76,787,062 | 99.47 | 405,881 | 0.53 |
Jacques Leduc | 76,799,791 | 99.49 | 393,152 | 0.51 |
James M. Lopez | 76,802,955 | 99.49 | 389,988 | 0.51 |
Francis M. Scricco | 76,647,631 | 99.29 | 545,312 | 0.71 |
David J. Steuart | 76,791,151 | 99.48 | 401,792 | 0.52 |
Lorie Waisberg | 76,782,978 | 99.47 | 409,965 | 0.53 |
Tembec is a manufacturer of forest products – lumber, pulp, paper and specialty cellulose – and a global leader in sustainable forest management practices. Principal operations are in Canada and France. Tembec has approximately 3,400 employees and annual sales of approximately $1.6 billion. Tembec is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TMB).
SOURCE Tembec
Patrick LeBel, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Tel.: 514 871-1473, patrick.lebel@tembec.com