/EINPresswire.com/ -- CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/09/16 -- Canadian Natural (TSX: CNQ) (NYSE: CNQ) held its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders on May 5, 2016. The result of the vote by shareholders for each resolution is reported below.

1.  The election of the following nominees as directors of the Corporation
    for the ensuing year or until their successors are elected or appointed.

                                                    Votes For Votes Withheld
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    Catherine M. Best                             778,147,535     70,660,038
                                                       91.68%          8.32%
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    N. Murray Edwards                             836,606,047     12,201,582
                                                       98.56%          1.44%
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    Timothy W. Faithfull                          846,791,873      2,015,756
                                                       99.76%          0.24%
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    Honourable Gary A. Filmon                     846,723,836      2,083,793
                                                       99.75%          0.25%
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    Christopher L. Fong                           847,598,928      1,208,701
                                                       99.86%          0.14%
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    Ambassador Gordon D. Giffin                   822,109,636     26,697,993
                                                       96.85%          3.15%
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    Wilfred A. Gobert                             830,510,783     18,296,798
                                                       97.84%          2.16%
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    Steve W. Laut                                 843,512,219      5,295,410
                                                       99.38%          0.62%
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    Honourable Frank J. McKenna                   830,169,551     18,638,078
                                                       97.80%          2.20%
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    David A. Tuer                                 842,304,260      6,503,369
                                                       99.23%          0.77%
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    Annette M. Verschuren                         828,738,831     20,068,798
                                                       97.64%          2.36%
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                                                    Votes For Votes Withheld

2.  The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers     849,472,799     13,289,114
    LLP as auditors of the Corporation for the         98.46%          1.54%
    ensuing year and to authorize the Audit
    Committee of the Board of Directors to fix
    their remuneration.
                                                    Votes For  Votes Against
3.  An ordinary resolution approving all          614,446,951    234,360,638
    unallocated stock options pursuant to the          72.39%         27.61%
    Amended, Compiled and Restated Employee
    Stock Option Plan of the Corporation
4.  A special resolution approving a plan of      846,815,671      1,991,957
    arrangement under section 193 of the               99.77%          0.23%
    Business Corporations Act (Alberta) in
    respect of a return of capital to
    Shareholders of the Corporation, which
    will be made through the distribution of
    PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. common shares
5.  The Corporation's approach to executive       745,680,738    103,126,851
    compensation.                                      87.85%         12.15%

Canadian Natural is a senior oil and natural gas production company, with continuing operations in its core areas located in Western Canada, the U.K. portion of the North Sea and Offshore Africa.

Certain information regarding the Company contained herein may constitute forward-looking statements under applicable securities laws. Such statements are subject to known or unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. Refer to our website for complete forward-looking statements www.cnrl.com

Contacts:
Steve W. Laut
President

Corey B. Bieber
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice-President, Finance

Mark A. Stainthorpe
Director, Treasury and Investor Relations

Canadian Natural Resources Limited
2100, 855 - 2nd Street S.W.
Calgary, Alberta, T2P 4J8 Canada
Phone: (403) 514-7777
(403) 514-7888 (FAX)
ir@cnrl.com
www.cnrl.com

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