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Interfor eyes name change

April 2, 2014, Vancouver, B.C. - International Forest Products Limited will ask shareholders at its May 6 Annual General Meeting (AGM) to vote on a proposal to change the company name to Interfor Corporation from International Forest Products Limited.

"The change will provide a direct link to our traditional trade name and build on the successful rebranding efforts undertaken in recent years using the Interfor name and logo," President & CEO Duncan Davies said today. "The new name will also be consistent with the formal names of our US subsidiaries which now account for more than 50 per cent of our production."

The name Interfor has been trademarked for exclusive use of the company in the world's major lumber markets.

Another proposal to be tabled at the AGM will simplify Interfor's share structure by eliminating the company's Class B Common Shares, known as the Multiple Voting Shares, and re-designating the Class A Subordinate Voting Shares as Common Shares. The process to simplify the company's share structure began last August when its then-controlling shareholder, Sauder Industries Limited, exchanged its Class B Common Shares on a one-for-one basis for Class A Subordinate Voting Shares.

"These changes are another step in the repositioning of Interfor that will make the Company more attractive to investors and help build value in the years ahead," Davies said.

These proposed changes are subject to TSX approval. The company has also made a request to the TSX that, upon the effective date of the name change, the company's stock symbol be changed to IFP from IFP.A.

April 2, 2014  By  Andrew Macklin