/EINPresswire.com/ -- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 04/29/16 -- Methanex Corporation (TSX: MX) (NASDAQ: MEOH) announced, in accordance with Toronto Stock Exchange requirements, the voting results from its Annual General Meeting held April 28, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

A total of 75,000,430 common shares were voted at the meeting, representing 83.61% 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:

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                                          % of         Votes            % of
Director               Votes For     Votes For      Withheld  Votes Withheld
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Bruce Aitken          72,625,180        99.27%       536,104           0.73%
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Howard Balloch        72,880,996        99.62%       280,288           0.38%
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Phillip Cook          72,925,423        99.68%       235,861           0.32%
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John Floren           72,893,047        99.63%       268,237           0.37%
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Thomas Hamilton       72,788,616        99.49%       372,668           0.51%
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Robert Kostelnik      72,976,391        99.75%       184,893           0.25%
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Douglas Mahaffy       72,911,412        99.66%       249,872           0.34%
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A. Terence Poole      72,817,594        99.53%       343,690           0.47%
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Janice Rennie         72,559,904        99.18%       601,380           0.82%
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Margaret Walker       72,859,725        99.59%       301,559           0.41%
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Benita Warmbold       72,934,361        99.69%       226,923           0.31%
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Shareholders also voted 98.68% in favour of the advisory resolution accepting the Company's approach to executive compensation as disclosed in the Information Circular dated March 4, 2016.

Methanex is a Vancouver-based, publicly traded company and is the world's largest 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.

Contacts:
Sandra Daycock
Director, Investor Relations
Methanex Corporation
604 661 2600 or Toll Free: 1 800 661 8851
www.methanex.com

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