EX-99.19 20 d55767dex9919.htm EX-99.19 EX-99.19

Exhibit 99.19

 

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News Release

NORBORD INC. ANNOUNCES ELECTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

TORONTO, ON (May 12, 2015) – Norbord Inc. (TSX: NBD) announced results from its 2015 annual meeting of shareholders held earlier today. All of the eight nominees listed in the Corporation’s Management Proxy Circular dated April 6, 2015 proposed by management for election to the Board of Directors at the annual meeting of shareholders were acclaimed. The Directors will remain in office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected or appointed. The proxies received by management were as follows:

 

     Votes in Favour      Votes Withheld  

Name

   #      %      #      %  

Jack L. Cockwell

     62,068,699         92.34         5,146,766         7.66   

Pierre Dupuis

     66,216,324         98.51         999,141         1.49   

Paul E. Gagné

     66,234,747         98.54         980,718         1.46   

J. Peter Gordon

     62,331,438         92.73         4,884,027         7.27   

Paul A. Houston

     66,023,013         98.23         1,192,452         1.77   

J. Barrie Shineton

     62,274,012         92.65         4,941,453         7.35   

Denis A. Turcotte

     66,207,565         98.50         1,007,900         1.50   

Peter C. Wijnbergen

     62,670,171         93.24         4,545,294         6.76   

Norbord Profile

Norbord Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of wood-based panels and the world’s largest producer of oriented strand board (OSB). In addition to OSB, Norbord manufactures particleboard, medium density fibreboard and related value-added products. Norbord has assets of approximately $1.8 billion and employs approximately 2,600 people at 17 plant locations in the United States, Canada and Europe. Norbord is a publicly traded company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol NBD.

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Contact:

Heather Colpitts

Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs

Tel. (416) 365-0705

info@norbord.com

 

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