Methanex : Reports on Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders
May 01, 2015 at 05:01 pm EDT
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 1, 2015) - Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX)(NASDAQ:MEOH) announced, in accordance with Toronto Stock Exchange requirements, the voting results from its Annual and Special Meeting held April 30, 2015 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
A total of 78,269,499 common shares were voted at the meeting, representing 85.3% of all outstanding shares as at the record date of March 2, 2015. Shareholders voted in favour of all items of business before the meeting, including the election of all director nominees as follows:
Director
Votes For
% of
Votes For
Votes
Withheld
% of Votes
Withheld
BRUCE AITKEN
75,302,394
99.68
%
238,655
0.32
%
HOWARD BALLOCH
75,427,825
99.85
%
113,224
0.15
%
PHILLIP COOK
75,503,334
99.95
%
37,715
0.05
%
JOHN FLOREN
75,446,616
99.87
%
94,433
0.13
%
THOMAS HAMILTON
74,374,833
98.46
%
1,166,216
1.54
%
ROBERT KOSTELNIK
75,407,957
99.82
%
133,092
0.18
%
DOUGLAS MAHAFFY
75,284,088
99.66
%
256,961
0.34
%
A. TERENCE POOLE
74,171,149
98.19
%
1,369,900
1.81
%
JOHN REID
75,331,488
99.72
%
209,561
0.28
%
JANICE RENNIE
75,093,484
99.41
%
447,565
0.59
%
MONICA SLOAN
74,772,975
98.98
%
768,074
1.02
%
MARGARET WALKER
75,314,495
99.70
%
226,554
0.30
%
In addition, the resolution approving certain amendments to the Company's by-laws as more particularly set forth in the management proxy circular dated March 6, 2015 and the press release dated April 16, 2015 was carried with 99% of the votes cast in favour of such resolution. Detailed voting results for the meeting are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Methanex is a Vancouver-based, publicly traded company and is the world's largest producer and supplier of methanol to major international markets. Methanex shares are listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada under the trading symbol "MX" and on the NASDAQ Global Market in the United States under the trading symbol "MEOH". Methanex can be visited online at www.methanex.com.
Methanex Corporation is a Canada-based producer and supplier of methanol to international markets. The Company supplies methanol to international markets in North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, and South America. Its operations consist of the production and sale of methanol, a commodity chemical. It operates production sites in Canada, Chile, Egypt, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States. It has three plants in New Zealand, Motunui 1, Motunui 2 and Waitara Valley. Its two plants in Geismar serve customers in methanol markets. It has two plants in Trinidad, Titan and Atlas that supplies methanol to various methanol markets. Its Chile production site supplies methanol to customers in South America and Asia Pacific, having two plants in Chile, Chile I and Chile IV. Its Egypt plant is located on the Mediterranean Sea and primarily supply methanol to the domestic and European market. Its plant in Medicine Hat, Alberta, supplies methanol to customers in North America.