Teekay Tankers Announces Approval of Authorized Share Capital Increase at Adjourned Annual General Meeting

Teekay Tankers Ltd. (Teekay Tankers or the Company) (NYSE:TNK) announced today that at its adjourned 2018 Annual General Meeting held on June 15, 2018, shareholders approved the proposal to amend the Company’s articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Teekay Tankers’ Class A common stock from 285,000,000 to 485,000,000, with a corresponding increase in the number of authorized shares of capital stock from 485,000,000 to 685,000,000.  This action was in addition to the election of the seven nominated directors at the original meeting held on June 13, 2018.

About Teekay Tankers

Teekay Tankers currently owns a fleet of 52 double-hull tankers, including 26 Suezmax tankers, 17 Aframax tankers, and nine Long Range 2 (LR2) product tankers, and has four Suezmax tankers related to capital leases and three contracted time charter-in vessels. Teekay Tankers’ vessels are employed through a mix of short- or medium-term fixed rate time charter contracts and spot tanker market trading. The Company also owns a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) through a 50 percent-owned joint venture. In addition, Teekay Tankers owns a ship-to-ship transfer business. Teekay Tankers was formed in December 2007 by Teekay Corporation as part of its strategy to expand its conventional oil tanker business.

Teekay Tankers’ common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TNK.”

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