Canfor Pulp Announces Renewal of Normal Course Issuer Bid

VANCOUVER, March 3, 2015 /CNW/ - Canfor Pulp Products Inc. (CFX) announced today that it has received regulatory approval to renew a normal course issuer bid first launched in March, 2013. Under the new bid, the Company may purchase for cancellation up to 3,541,491 Common Shares or approximately 5% of the 70,829,823 Shares outstanding as of February 28, 2015, at prevailing market prices, in accordance with the rules of The Toronto Stock Exchange. The Company repurchased a total of 177,518 Shares for cancellation between March 5, 2013 and March 4, 2015 under its prior bid, at a volume weighted average price of $11.1513 per Share.  The renewed normal course issuer bid will commence on March 5, 2015 and continue until March 4, 2016, unless completed or terminated earlier. Canfor Pulp believes the normal course issuer bid is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. Purchases of Common Shares made under the bid will be effected through the facilities of the TSX and through one or more Canadian alternative trading systems.

Canfor Pulp's parent company, Canfor Corporation, has today also announced its renewal of a normal course issuer bid for the purchase of up to 5% of its issued share capital, through the facilities and in accordance with the Rules of The Toronto Stock Exchange.

Purchases will be made at the discretion of the Company at prevailing market prices, through the facilities of the TSX, in compliance with regulatory requirements. Daily purchases will be restricted to not more than 10,891 Shares, representing 25% of the 43,562 average daily trading volume of the Company's Shares on the TSX, subject to certain prescribed exemptions. There can be no assurance as to the precise number of Shares that will be repurchased under the share repurchase program. The Company may discontinue its purchases at any time, subject to compliance with applicable regulatory requirements. The Company intends to hold all shares acquired under the issuer bid for cancellation.

Canfor Pulp Products Inc. is a leading global supplier of pulp and paper products with operations in the central interior of British Columbia ("BC") employing approximately 1,300 people throughout the organization. Canfor Pulp owns and operates three mills in Prince George, BC with a total capacity of 1.1 million tonnes of Premium Reinforcing Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft Pulp and 140,000 tonnes of kraft paper, as well as one mill in Taylor, BC with an annual production capacity of 220,000 tonnes of Bleached Chemi-Thermo Mechanical Pulp. Canfor Pulp is the largest North American and one of the largest global producers of market NBSK Pulp.  Canfor Pulp shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CFX.

SOURCE Canfor Pulp Products Inc.