Western Forest Products Inc. Announces Election of Directors

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 8, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Western Forest Products Inc. (TSX: WEF) (“Western” or the “Company”) announces the following voting results with respect to the election of directors at its annual meeting of directors Shareholders (the “Meeting”) took place today:

Name of nominee	vote for	% For		Voices Against	% Against
Laura A. Cillis	187,242,637	88.96	%	23,246,588	11.04	%
Steven Hofer	192,441,538	91.43	%	18,047,687	8.57	%
Randy Krotowski	181,115,058	86.04	%	29,374,167	13.96	%
Fiona Macfarlane	188,112,005	89.37	%	22,377,220	10.63	%
Noordin Nanji	148,874,239	70.73	%	61,614,986	29.27	%
Daniel Nocente	188,187,630	89.40	%	22,301,595	10.60	%
Peter Wijnbergen	191,681,996	91.06	%	18,807,229	8.94	%

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The total number of shares represented at the meeting by shareholders in person and by proxy was 214,125,976, representing 67.60% of the Company’s outstanding shares.

As part of best governance practices, the Company’s Board of Directors has constituted its Board committees as summarized below. All members of the board committees are 100% independent.

Test Committee	Environment, health and safety Committee	Management resource and compensation Committee	nomination and Corporate management Committee
Laura A. Cillis (Chair)	Randy Krotowski (Chair)	Fiona Macfarlane (Chair)	Noordin Nanji (Chair)
Randy Krotowski	Fiona Macfarlane	Peter Wijnbergen	Laura A. Cillis
Peter Wijnbergen	Noordin Nanji	Randy Krotowski	Fiona Macfarlane

The Company has also filed a report of the voting results of all resolutions voted on at the meeting at https://www.sedarplus.ca.

About Western Forest Products Inc.

Western is an integrated forest products company building a margin-driven log and lumber business to compete successfully in global softwood lumber markets. With offices and employees located primarily in coastal British Columbia and Washington State, Western is a leading supplier of high-quality, specialty forest products to global markets. Western has 885 million board feet of lumber capacity across six sawmills and operates four remanufacturing facilities and two glulam production facilities. The company sources wood from its private properties, long-term licenses, agreements with First Nations and market purchases. Western complements its production with a wholesale program that offers its customers a comprehensive range of specialty products.

For further information please contact:

Stephen Williams
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(604) 648-4500