TSX: WEF DUNCAN, BC, June 13 /CNW/ - Western Forest Products Inc. (TSX: WEF) today confirmed its Annual and Special Meeting will be held on Friday June 16, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. There will be a live audio feed of the meeting and presentation, links to which can be found on our website at www.westernforest.com. The presentation material will also be available on our website. Western will generally review operating initiatives currently underway including progress with the integration of the former Cascadia Forest Products Ltd. operations that were acquired and amalgamated with Western on May 1, 2006 and the Englewood Logging Division operations that were acquired in March, 2006. These initiatives include staff reductions of approximately 15%, timberlands reorganization and some of the integration activities underway to achieve the estimated $71 million in annual synergies. Western Forest Products Western is an integrated Canadian forest products company. Principal activities conducted by Western and its subsidiaries include timber harvesting, reforestation, sawmilling logs into lumber and wood chips, and value-added remanufacturing. Substantially all of Western's logging is conducted on government owned timberlands in British Columbia. 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 20 countries worldwide. Western is the largest Coastal British Columbia woodland operator and lumber producer with an Annual Allowable Cut of approximately 7.7 million cubic meters of timber and lumber capacity in excess of 1.5 billion board feet from nine sawmills and five remanufacturing plants. Forward Looking Statements and Information This press release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities law. Those statements and information include statements or information regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of Western. Such statements or information may be indicated by words such as "approximately", "achieving", "estimated", "expect", "anticipate", "plan", "intend", "believe", "will", "should", "may" and similar words and phrases. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements or information are not guarantees and may involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, and that the actual results may differ from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements or information as a result of various factors including, changes in government regulation, and misjudgments in the course of preparing forward-looking statements or information. The information contained under the "Risk Factors" section of Western's Annual Information Form and under the "Risks and Uncertainties" section of Western's Management's Discussion and Analysis identifies important factors that could cause such differences. All written and oral forward-looking statements or information attributable to Western or persons acting on behalf of Western are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. Western does not expect to update forward-looking statements or information as conditions change.