Tembec reports on Shareholders' voting results for the election of Directors

MONTREAL, Jan. 29, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ - Tembec Inc. (the "Corporation") today announced that all of the nominees proposed as directors in the management information circular dated December 17, 2015 were duly elected as directors of the Corporation by a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") held on January 28, 2016 in Montreal. The total number of shares voted by shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting was 79,679,438, representing 79.68% of the Corporation's outstanding shares. The results of the vote are detailed below.

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Meeting will be filed on SEDAR.

	FOR		WITHHELD
NOMINEE	NUMBER	%	NUMBER	%
James N. Chapman	77,920,776	99.64	280,594	0.36
James V. Continenza	77,916,361	99.64	285,009	0.36
Michel J. Dumas	77,839,679	99.54	361,691	0.46
Jacques Leduc	77,926,505	99.65	274,865	0.35
James M. Lopez	77,921,809	99.64	279,561	0.36
Francis M. Scricco	77,917,823	99.64	283,547	0.36
David J. Steuart	77,922,875	99.64	278,495	0.36
Lorie Waisberg	77,859,072	99.56	342,298	0.44

Tembec is a manufacturer of forest products – lumber, pulp, paper and specialty cellulose – and a global leader in sustainable forest management practices. Principal operations are in Canada and France. Tembec has approximately 3,250 employees and annual sales of approximately $1.5 billion. Tembec is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TMB).

SOURCE Tembec

Patrick LeBel, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Tel.: [phone], [email protected]