Western Forest Products Announces Election of Directors

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/06/16 -- Western Forest Products Inc. (TSX: WEF) ("Western" or the "Company") announced today its voting results in respect of the election of all director nominees at its Annual Meeting (the "Meeting") held today as follows:

Nominee                Votes For     % For    Votes Withheld    % Withheld
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James Arthurs         244,461,228    96.21%      9,634,602         3.79%
Jane Bird             250,164,696    98.45%      3,932,634         1.55%
Don Demens            246,587,202    97.04%      7,510,128         2.96%
Lee Doney             187,779,427    73.90%     66,317,903        26.10%
Daniel Nocente        245,118,012    96.47%      8,979,318         3.53%
Barrie Shineton       244,788,628    96.34%      9,308,702         3.66%
Michael T. Waites     245,118,128    96.47%      8,979,202         3.53%

The total number of shares represented by shareholders in person and by proxy at the meeting was 255,736,529, representing 64.68% of the Corporation's outstanding shares.

The Company has also filed a report of voting results on all resolutions voted on at the Meeting on www.sedar.com.

About Western Forest Products Inc.

Western is an integrated Canadian forest products company and is the largest coastal British Columbia woodland operator and lumber producer. The Company has an annual available harvest of approximately 6.3 million cubic metres of timber, of which approximately 6.1million cubic metres is from Crown lands. Western has a lumber capacity in excess of 1.1 billion board feet from seven sawmills and two remanufacturing plants. Principal activities conducted by the Company include timber harvesting, reforestation, sawmilling logs into lumber and wood chips, and value-added remanufacturing. Substantially all of Western's operations, employees and corporate facilities are located in the coastal region of British Columbia, while its products are sold in over 25 countries worldwide.

Contacts:
Stephen Williams
Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary
(604) 648-4500

Source: Western Forest Products Inc.

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