EX-99.1 2 a991noticeofmeeting1.htm NOTICE OF MEETING

Exhibit

Exhibit 99.1

Notice of

Annual Meeting of Shareholders

to be held on Thursday, May 4, 2017

The annual meeting of the shareholders of Baytex Energy Corp. will be held at Centennial Place, 3^rd Floor, West Tower (Bow Glacier Room), 250 – 5th Street S.W., Calgary, Alberta on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. (Calgary time) to:

1. receive and consider our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016, together with the report of the auditors;

2. elect eleven (11) directors;

3. appoint the auditors and authorize the directors to fix their remuneration;

4. consider a non-binding advisory resolution to accept our approach to executive compensation; and

5. transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

The specific details of the matters proposed to be put before the meeting (including the full text of the resolutions) are set forth in the information circular - proxy statement accompanying this notice.

If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, we request that you date and sign the enclosed form of proxy and deposit it with Computershare Trust Company of Canada by mail or courier at 8^th Floor, 100 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1, Attention: Proxy Department or by fax to 1-866-249-7775 (outside North America to 1-416-263-9524). In order to be valid and acted upon at the meeting, forms of proxy must be returned to the aforesaid address or fax number not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Registered shareholders may also vote via the internet at https://investorvote.com/. A vote submitted via the internet must be received by 3:00 p.m. (Calgary time) on May 2, 2017 or at least 48 hours prior to the time of any adjournment of the meeting. See the information circular - proxy statement for further instructions on internet voting.

Only shareholders of record at the close of business on March 15, 2017 will be entitled to vote at the meeting, unless that shareholder has transferred any shares subsequent to that date and the transferee shareholder, not later than ten days before the meeting, establishes ownership of the shares and demands that the transferee's name be included on the list of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting.

DATED at Calgary, Alberta, this 20^th day of March, 2017.

By order of the Board of Directors

(signed)        Murray J. Desrosiers

Vice President, General Counsel

and Corporate Secretary