Methanex Reports on Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders
/EINPresswire.com/ -- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Apr 28, 2017) - Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX)(NASDAQ:MEOH) announced, in accordance with Toronto Stock Exchange requirements, the voting results from its Annual and Special Meeting held on April 27, 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
A total of 73,912,726 common shares were voted at the meeting, representing 82.27% of 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 | % of Votes For | Votes Withheld | % of Votes Withheld |
| Bruce Aitken | 72,052,622 | 99.78 | 160,505 | 0.22 |
| Douglas Arnell | 72,080,998 | 99.82 | 132,129 | 0.18 |
| Howard Balloch | 71,944,336 | 99.63 | 268,791 | 0.37 |
| Phillip Cook | 71,255,707 | 98.67 | 957,420 | 1.33 |
| John Floren | 72,056,184 | 99.78 | 156,943 | 0.22 |
| Thomas Hamilton | 71,893,349 | 99.56 | 319,778 | 0.44 |
| Robert Kostelnik | 72,095,399 | 99.84 | 117,728 | 0.16 |
| Douglas Mahaffy | 71,254,576 | 98.67 | 958,551 | 1.33 |
| A. Terence Poole | 70,461,418 | 97.57 | 1,751,709 | 2.43 |
| Janice Rennie | 71,336,888 | 98.79 | 867,239 | 1.21 |
| Margaret Walker | 71,466,640 | 98.97 | 746,487 | 1.03 |
| Benita Warmbold | 72,152,224 | 99.92 | 60,903 | 0.08 |
Shareholders also voted 96.18% in favour of the advisory resolution accepting the Company's approach to executive compensation and 95.24% in favour of amending the Company's Stock Option Plan, both as disclosed in the Information Circular dated March 3, 2017.
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.
Sandra Daycock
Director, Investor Relations
Methanex Corporation
604-661-2600 or Toll Free: 1 800 661 8851
www.methanex.com
