Athabasca Oil Corporation Announces Results of Shareholders' Meeting - Canadian Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events

FOR: ATHABASCA OIL CORPORATION
TSX SYMBOL: ATH

Date issue: April 25, 2017
Time in: 3:56 PM e

Attention:

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - April 25, 2017) - 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 25, 2017 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 performance award plan and appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors.

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

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Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld ------------------------------------------------------------ No. % No. % ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Eckhardt 267,606,495 75.32 87,695,731 24.68 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryan Begley 264,110,910 74.33 91,191,316 25.67 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Broen 311,477,358 87.67 43,824,868 12.33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carlos Fierro 263,831,664 74.26 91,470,562 25.74 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marshall McRae 289,700,459 81.54 65,601,767 18.46 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Sykes 291,227,078 81.97 64,075,148 18.03 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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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.

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For further information:
Media and Financial Community
Matthew Taylor
Vice President, Capital Markets and Communications
1-403-817-9104
mtaylor@atha.com

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FOR: ATHABASCA OIL CORPORATION
TSX SYMBOL: ATH

INDUSTRY: Energy and Utilities - Oil and Gas
RELEASE ID: 20170425CC0085

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