Athabasca Oil Corporation Announces Results of Shareholders’ Meeting


CALGARY, Alberta, April 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Athabasca Oil Corporation (TSX:ATH) (“Athabasca” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that all matters presented for approval at the Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders held April 6, 2018 have been fully authorized and approved. The items on the agenda included fixing the number of directors to be elected at six, electing six proposed director nominees, approval of the restricted share unit and stock option plans, approval of the shareholder rights plan and the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors.

The results of the voting, inclusive of all votes cast and proxies received for each director nominee, which was conducted by ballot, are as follows:

 

Nominee
Votes ForVotes Withheld
No.%No.%
Ronald Eckhardt265,026,50172.7599,279,03127.25
Bryan Begley227,101,09062.34137,204,44237.66
Robert Broen317,477,62687.1546,827,90612.85
Anne Downey266,914,67273.2797,390,86026.73
Carlos Fierro227,162,19962.35137,143,33337.65
Marshall McRae264,743,07372.6799,562,45927.33

About Athabasca Oil Corporation

Athabasca Oil Corporation is a Canadian energy company with a focused strategy on the development of thermal and light oil assets. Situated in Alberta’s Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, the Company has amassed a significant land base of extensive, high quality resources. Athabasca’s common shares trade on the TSX under the symbol “ATH”. For more information, visit www.atha.com.

For more information, please contact:
Matthew Taylor                                                                               
Vice President, Capital Markets and Communications                                    
1-403-817-9104                
mtaylor@atha.com