Exhibit 99.3

Responsibility for Financial Reporting

The consolidated financial statements and all financial information contained in the annual report are the responsibility of management.

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and, where appropriate, have incorporated estimates based on the best judgment of management.

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the internal control framework set out in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on our evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2017.

The Board of Directors (“the Board”) is responsible for ensuring that management fulfills its responsibilities for financial reporting and internal control, and is responsible for reviewing and approving the consolidated financial statements. The Board carries out this responsibility principally through the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee (“the Committee”).

The Committee consists of four non-management directors, all of whom are independent as defined by the applicable rules in Canada and the United States. The Committee is appointed by the Board to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibility relating to: the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, news releases and securities filings; the financial reporting process; the systems of internal accounting and financial controls; the professional qualifications and independence of the external auditor; the performance of the external auditors; risk management processes; financing plans; pension plans; and the Company’s compliance with ethics policies and legal and regulatory requirements.

The Committee meets regularly with management and the Company’s auditors, KPMG LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, to discuss internal controls and significant accounting and financial reporting issues. KPMG has full and unrestricted access to the Committee. KPMG audited the consolidated financial statements and the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting. Their opinions are included in the annual report.

  A. Terence Poole Chairman of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee March 5, 2018   John Floren President and Chief Executive Officer   Ian Cameron Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Methanex Corporation:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of financial position of Methanex Corporation (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2017, and 2016, the related consolidated statements of income (loss), comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”).

In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2017, and 2016, and its financial performance and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on the criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, and our report dated March 5, 2018, expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits.

We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB and in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in Canada.

We conducted our audits in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards and the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Chartered Professional Accountants

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 1992.

Vancouver, Canada

March 5, 2018

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Shareholders and Board of Directors of Methanex Corporation:

Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

We have audited Methanex Corporation’s (the “Company”) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on the criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on the criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

Report on the Financial Statements

We also have audited, in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards and the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”), the consolidated statements of financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2017, and 2016, the related consolidated statements of income (loss), comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”) and our report dated March 5, 2018 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying “Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting”. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB and in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in Canada.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

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Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Chartered Professional Accountants

Vancouver, Canada

March 5, 2018

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Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

(thousands of U.S. dollars, except number of common shares)

As at	Dec 31 2017			Dec 31 2016
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	375,479		$	223,890
Trade and other receivables (note 3)		536,636			499,603
Inventories (note 4)		304,464			281,328
Prepaid expenses		26,548			20,846
		1,243,127			1,025,667
Non-current assets:
Property, plant and equipment (note 5)		2,998,326			3,117,469
Investment in associate (note 6)		188,922			197,402
Deferred income tax assets (note 15)		102,341			137,341
Other assets (note 7)		78,026			78,784
		3,367,615			3,530,996
	$	4,610,742		$	4,556,663
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Trade, other payables and accrued liabilities	$	626,817		$	523,216
Current maturities on long-term debt (note 8)		55,905			53,997
Current maturities on other long-term liabilities (note 9)		65,226			29,720
		747,948			606,933
Non-current liabilities:
Long-term debt (note 8)		1,446,366			1,502,209
Other long-term liabilities (note 9)		404,885			351,191
Deferred income tax liabilities (note 15)		266,432			290,980
		2,117,683			2,144,380
Equity:
Capital stock
25,000,000 authorized preferred shares without nominal or par value
Unlimited authorization of common shares without nominal or par value
Issued and outstanding common shares at December 31, 2017 were 83,770,254 (2016 – 89,824,338)		480,331			511,465
Contributed surplus		2,124			2,568
Retained earnings		1,088,150			1,124,104
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(69,841	)		(41,302	)
Shareholders’ equity		1,500,764			1,596,835
Non-controlling interests		244,347			208,515
Total equity		1,745,111			1,805,350
	$	4,610,742		$	4,556,663

Commitments and contingencies (notes 6 and 21)

Subsequent events (note 8)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Approved by the Board:

  A. Terence Poole (Director)   John Floren (Director)

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Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)

(thousands of U.S. dollars, except number of common shares and per share amounts)

For the years ended December 31	2017			2016
Revenue	$	3,060,642		$	1,998,429
Cost of sales and operating expenses (note 10)		(2,351,949	)		(1,774,429	)
Depreciation and amortization (note 10)		(232,225	)		(228,054	)
Argentina gas settlement		–			32,500
Operating income		476,468			28,446
Earnings of associate (note 6)		75,995			19,930
Finance costs (note 11)		(94,955	)		(90,060	)
Finance income and other expenses		13,377			4,180
Income (loss) before income taxes		470,885			(37,504	)
Income tax recovery (expense) (note 15):
Current		(85,504	)		(54,677	)
Deferred		(10,284	)		63,956
		(95,788	)		9,279
Net income (loss)	$	375,097		$	(28,225	)
Attributable to:
Methanex Corporation shareholders	$	316,135		$	(12,545	)
Non-controlling interests (note 23)		58,962			(15,680	)
	$	375,097		$	(28,225	)
Income (loss) per common share for the period attributable to Methanex Corporation shareholders:
Basic net income (loss) per common share (note 12)	$	3.64		$	(0.14	)
Diluted net income (loss) per common share (note 12)	$	3.64		$	(0.14	)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding		86,768,589			89,783,883
Diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding		86,824,948			89,783,883

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(thousands of U.S. dollars)

For the years ended December 31	2017			2016
Net income (loss)	$	375,097		$	(28,225	)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Items that may be reclassified to income:
Change in fair value of cash flow hedges (note 18)		(74,790	)		153,863
Forward elements excluded from hedging relationship (note 18)		45,416			(174,078	)
Items that will not be reclassified to income:
Actuarial gains (losses) on defined benefit pension plans (note 20(a))		564			(77	)
Taxes on above items		674			6,597
		(28,136	)		(13,695	)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	346,961		$	(41,920	)
Attributable to:
Methanex Corporation shareholders	$	287,999		$	(26,240	)
Non-controlling interests (note 23)		58,962			(15,680	)
	$	346,961		$	(41,920	)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

(thousands of U.S. dollars, except number of common shares)

	Number of common shares			Capital stock			Contributed surplus			Retained earnings			Accumulated other comprehensive loss			Shareholders’ equity			Non-controlling interests			Total equity
Balance, December 31, 2015		89,671,198		$	509,464		$	2,426		$	1,235,615		$	(27,776)		$	1,719,729		$	248,844		$	1,968,573
Net loss		–			–			–			(12,545	)		–			(12,545	)		(15,680	)		(28,225	)
Other comprehensive loss		–			–			–			(169	)		(13,526	)		(13,695	)		–			(13,695	)
Compensation expense recorded for stock options		–			–			637			–			–			637			–			637
Issue of shares on exercise of stock options		153,140			1,506			–			–			–			1,506			–			1,506
Reclassification of grant-date fair value on exercise of stock options		–			495			(495	)		–			–			–			–			–
Dividend payments to Methanex Corporation shareholders ($1.10 per common share)		–			–			–			(98,797	)		–			(98,797	)		–			(98,797	)
Distributions made and accrued to non-controlling interests		–			–			–			–			–			–			(24,674	)		(24,674	)
Equity contributions by non-controlling interests		–			–			–			–			–			–			25			25
Balance, December 31, 2016		89,824,338		$	511,465		$	2,568		$	1,124,104		$	(41,302	)	$	1,596,835		$	208,515		$	1,805,350
Net income		–			–			–			316,135			–			316,135			58,962			375,097
Other comprehensive income (loss)		–			–			–			403			(28,539	)		(28,136	)		–			(28,136	)
Compensation expense recorded for stock options		–			–			488			–			–			488			–			488
Issue of shares on exercise of stock options		98,274			3,059			–			–			–			3,059			–			3,059
Reclassification of grant-date fair value on exercise of stock options		–			932			(932	)		–			–			–			–			–
Payment for shares repurchased		(6,152,358	)		(35,125	)		–			(250,995	)		–			(286,120	)		–			(286,120	)
Dividend payments to Methanex Corporation shareholders ($1.175 per common share)		–			–			–			(101,497	)		–			(101,497	)		–			(101,497	)
Distributions made and accrued to non-controlling interests		–			–			–			–			–			–			(31,300	)		(31,300	)
Equity contributions by non-controlling interests		–			–			–			–			–			–			8,170			8,170
Balance, December 31, 2017		83,770,254		$	480,331		$	2,124		$	1,088,150		$	(69,841	)	$	1,500,764		$	244,347		$	1,745,111

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(thousands of U.S. dollars)

For the years ended December 31	2017			2016
CASH FLOWS FROM / (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income (loss)	$	375,097		$	(28,225	)
Deduct earnings of associate		(75,995	)		(19,930	)
Dividends received from associate		84,553			47,325
Add (deduct) non-cash items:
Depreciation and amortization		232,225			228,054
Income tax expense (recovery)		95,788			(9,279	)
Share-based compensation expense		78,821			33,493
Finance costs		94,955			90,060
Other		4,033			1,559
Income taxes paid		(35,890	)		(5,241	)
Other cash payments, including share-based compensation		(16,477	)		(23,505	)
Cash flows from operating activities before undernoted		837,110			314,311
Changes in non-cash working capital (note 16(a))		(49,368	)		(87,644	)
		787,742			226,667
CASH FLOWS FROM / (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Payments for repurchase of shares		(286,120	)		–
Dividend payments to Methanex Corporation shareholders		(101,497	)		(98,797	)
Interest paid		(86,041	)		(82,965	)
Net proceeds on issue of long-term debt		–			65,700
Repayment of long-term debt and financing fees		(56,997	)		(48,417	)
Finance leases		(6,880	)		(5,144	)
Equity contributions by non-controlling interests		8,170			25
Cash distributions to non-controlling interests		(4,330	)		(1,410	)
Proceeds on issue of shares on exercise of stock options		3,059			1,506
		(530,636	)		(169,502	)
CASH FLOWS FROM / (USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Property, plant and equipment		(103,170	)		(99,881	)
Other assets		–			(66	)
Changes in non-cash working capital related to investing activities (note 16(a))		(2,347	)		11,738
		(105,517	)		(88,209	)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		151,589			(31,044	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year		223,890			254,934
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year	$	375,479		$	223,890

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Tabular dollar amounts are shown in thousands of U.S. dollars, except where noted)

Year ended December 31, 2017

1. Nature of operations:

Methanex Corporation (“the Company”) is an incorporated entity with corporate offices in Vancouver, Canada. The Company’s operations consist of the production and sale of methanol, a commodity chemical. The Company is the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol to the major international markets of Asia Pacific, North America, Europe and South America.

2. Significant accounting policies:

a) Statement of compliance:

These consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). These consolidated financial statements were approved and authorized for issue by the Board of Directors on March 5, 2018.

b) Basis of presentation and consolidation:

These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries, less than wholly-owned entities for which it has a controlling interest and its equity-accounted joint venture. Wholly-owned subsidiaries are entities in which the Company has control, directly or indirectly, where control is defined as the power to govern the financial and operating policies of an enterprise so as to obtain benefits from its activities. For less than wholly-owned entities for which the Company has a controlling interest, a non-controlling interest is included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and represents the non-controlling shareholders’ interest in the net assets of the entity. The Company also consolidates any special purpose entity where the substance of the relationship indicates the Company has control. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. Preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed in the financial statements and related notes. The areas of estimation and judgment that management considers most significant are property, plant and equipment (note 2(g)), financial instruments (note 2(o)), fair value measurements (note 2(p)) and income taxes (note 2(q)). Actual results could differ from those estimates.

c) Reporting currency and foreign currency translation:

Functional currency is the currency of the primary economic environment in which an entity operates. The majority of the Company’s business in all jurisdictions is transacted in United States dollars and, accordingly, these consolidated financial statements have been measured and expressed in that currency. The Company translates foreign currency denominated monetary items at the period-end exchange rates, foreign currency denominated non-monetary items at historic rates and revenues and expenditures at the exchange rates at the dates of the transactions. Foreign exchange gains and losses are included in earnings.

d) Cash and cash equivalents:

Cash and cash equivalents include securities with maturities of three months or less when purchased.

e) Receivables:

The Company provides credit to its customers in the normal course of business. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and maintains reserves for potential credit losses. The Company records an allowance for doubtful accounts or writes down the receivable to estimated net realizable value if not collectible in full. Credit losses have historically been within the range of management’s expectations.

f) Inventories:

Inventories are valued at the lower of cost and estimated net realizable value. Cost is determined on a first-in, first-out basis and includes direct purchase costs, cost of production, allocation of production overhead and depreciation based on normal operating capacity and transportation.

g) Property, plant and equipment:

Initial recognition

Property, plant and equipment are initially recorded at cost. The cost of purchased equipment includes expenditures that are directly attributable to the purchase price, delivery and installation. The cost of self-constructed assets includes the cost of materials and

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direct labour, any other costs directly attributable to bringing the assets to the location and condition for their intended use, the costs of dismantling and removing the items and restoring the site on which they are located, and borrowing costs on self-constructed assets that meet certain criteria. Borrowing costs incurred during construction and commissioning are capitalized until the plant is operating in the manner intended by management.

Subsequent costs

Routine repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. At regular intervals, the Company conducts a planned shutdown and inspection (turnaround) at its plants to perform major maintenance and replacement of catalysts. Costs associated with these shutdowns are capitalized and amortized over the period until the next planned turnaround and the carrying amounts of replaced components are derecognized and included in earnings.

Depreciation

Depreciation and amortization is generally provided on a straight-line basis at rates calculated to amortize the cost of property, plant and equipment from the commencement of commercial operations over their estimated useful lives to estimated residual value.

The estimated useful lives of the Company’s buildings, plant installations and machinery, excluding costs related to turnarounds, ranges from 10 to 25 years depending on the specific asset component and the production facility to which it is related. The Company determines the estimated useful lives of individual asset components based on the shorter of its physical life or economic life. The physical life of these assets is generally longer than the economic life. The economic life is primarily determined by the nature of the natural gas feedstock available to the various production facilities. Factors that influence the nature of natural gas feedstock availability include the terms of individual natural gas supply contracts, access to natural gas supply through open markets, regional factors influencing the exploration and development of natural gas and the expected price of securing natural gas supply. The Company reviews the factors related to each production facility on an annual basis to determine if changes are required to the estimated useful lives.

Assets under finance lease are depreciated to their estimated residual value based on the shorter of their useful lives and the lease term.

Impairment

The Company reviews the carrying value of long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate an asset’s carrying value may not be recoverable. Examples of such events or changes in circumstances include, but are not restricted to: a significant adverse change in the extent or manner in which the asset is being used or in its physical condition; a significant change in the long-term methanol price or in the price or availability of natural gas feedstock required to manufacture methanol; a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate that could affect the asset’s value, including an adverse action or assessment by a foreign government that impacts the use of the asset; or a current-period operating or cash flow loss combined with a history of operating or cash flow losses, or a projection or forecast that demonstrates continuing losses associated with the asset’s use.

Recoverability of long-lived assets is measured by comparing the carrying value of an asset or cash-generating unit to the estimated recoverable amount, which is the higher of its estimated fair value less cost to sell or its value in use. Value in use is determined by estimating the pre-tax cash flows expected to be generated from the asset or cash-generating unit over its estimated useful life discounted by a pre-tax discount rate. An impairment writedown is recorded for the difference that the carrying value exceeds the estimated recoverable amount. An impairment writedown recognized in prior periods for an asset or cash-generating unit is reversed if there has been a subsequent recovery in the value of the asset or cash-generating unit due to changes in events and circumstances. For purposes of recognition and measurement of an impairment writedown, the Company groups long-lived assets with other assets and liabilities to form a “cash-generating unit” at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other assets and liabilities. To the extent that methanol facilities in a particular location are interdependent as a result of common infrastructure and/or feedstock from sources that can be shared within a facility location, the Company groups assets based on site locations for the purpose of determining impairment.

h) Other assets:

Intangible assets are capitalized to other assets and amortized to depreciation and amortization expense on an appropriate basis to charge the cost of the assets against earnings.

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Financing fees related to undrawn credit facilities are capitalized to other assets and amortized to finance costs over the term of the credit facility.

i) Leases:

Leasing contracts are classified as either finance or operating leases based on the substance of the contractual arrangement at inception date. A lease is classified as a finance lease if it transfers substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership of the leased asset. Where the contracts are classified as finance leases, upon initial recognition, the asset and liability are recorded at the lower of fair value and the present value of the minimum lease payments, net of executory costs. Finance lease payments are apportioned between interest expense and repayments of the liability. Where the contracts are classified as operating leases, they are not recognized in the Company’s consolidated statements of financial position and lease payments are charged to income as they are incurred on a straight line basis over the lease term.

j) Site restoration costs:

The Company recognizes a liability to dismantle and remove assets or to restore a site upon which the assets are located. The Company estimates the present value of the expenditures required to settle the liability by determining the current market cost required to settle the site restoration costs, adjusts for inflation through to the expected date of the expenditures and then discounts this amount back to the date when the obligation was originally incurred. As the liability is initially recorded on a discounted basis, it is increased each period until the estimated date of settlement. The resulting expense is referred to as accretion expense and is included in finance costs. The Company reviews asset retirement obligations and adjusts the liability and corresponding asset as necessary to reflect changes in the estimated future cash flows, timing, inflation and discount rates underlying the measurement of the obligation.

k) Employee future benefits:

The Company has non-contributory defined benefit pension plans covering certain employees and defined contribution pension plans. The Company does not provide any significant post-retirement benefits other than pension plan benefits. For defined benefit pension plans, the net of the present value of the defined benefit obligation and the fair value of plan assets is recorded to the consolidated statements of financial position. The determination of the defined benefit obligation and associated pension cost is based on certain actuarial assumptions including inflation rates, mortality, plan expenses, salary growth and discount rates. The present value of the net defined benefit obligation (asset) is determined by discounting the net estimated future cash flows using current market bond yields that have terms to maturity approximating the terms of the net obligation. Actuarial gains and losses arising from differences between these assumptions and actual results are recognized in other comprehensive income and recorded in retained earnings. The Company recognizes gains and losses on the settlement of a defined benefit plan in income when the settlement occurs. The cost for defined contribution benefit plans is recognized in net income (loss) as earned by the employees.

l) Share-based compensation:

The Company grants share-based awards as an element of compensation. Share-based awards granted by the Company can include stock options, tandem share appreciation rights, share appreciation rights, deferred share units, restricted share units or performance share units.

For stock options granted by the Company, the cost of the service received is measured based on an estimate of the fair value at the date of grant. The grant-date fair value is recognized as compensation expense over the vesting period with a corresponding increase in contributed surplus. On the exercise of stock options, consideration received, together with the compensation expense previously recorded to contributed surplus, is credited to share capital. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of each stock option tranche at the date of grant.

Share appreciation rights (“SARs”) are units that grant the holder the right to receive a cash payment upon exercise for the difference between the market price of the Company’s common shares and the exercise price that is determined at the date of grant. Tandem share appreciation rights (“TSARs”) give the holder the choice between exercising a regular stock option or a SAR. For SARs and TSARs, the cost of the service received is initially measured based on an estimate of the fair value at the date of grant. The grant-date fair value is recognized as compensation expense over the vesting period with a corresponding increase in liabilities. For SARs and TSARs, the liability is re-measured at each reporting date based on an estimate of the fair value with changes in fair value

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recognized as compensation expense for the proportion of the service that has been rendered at that date. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value for SARs and TSARs.

Deferred, restricted and performance share units are grants of notional common shares that are redeemable for cash based on the market value of the Company’s common shares and are non-dilutive to shareholders. Performance share units have an additional feature where the ultimate number of units that vest will be determined by the Company’s total shareholder return in relation to a predetermined target over the period to vesting. The number of units that will ultimately vest will be in the range of 50% to 120% of the original grant for grants prior to 2014 and in the range of 25% to 150% for subsequent grants based on the weighted-average closing share price for the 90 calendar days on the NASDAQ Global Select Market immediately preceding the year end date that the performance share units vest. For deferred, restricted and performance share units, the cost of the service received as consideration is initially measured based on the market value of the Company’s common shares at the date of grant. The grant-date fair value is recognized as compensation expense over the vesting period with a corresponding increase in liabilities. Deferred, restricted and performance share units are re-measured at each reporting date based on the market value of the Company’s common shares with changes in fair value recognized as compensation expense for the proportion of the service that has been rendered at that date.

Additional information related to the stock option plan, TSARs, SARs and the deferred, restricted and performance share units is described in note 13.

m) Net income (loss) per common share:

The Company calculates basic net income (loss) per common share by dividing net income (loss) attributable to Methanex shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and calculates diluted net income (loss) per common share under the treasury stock method. Under the treasury stock method, diluted net income (loss) per common share is calculated by considering the potential dilution that would occur if outstanding stock options and, under certain circumstances, TSARs were exercised or converted to common shares. Stock options and TSARs are considered dilutive when the average market price of the Company’s common shares during the period disclosed exceeds the exercise price of the stock option or TSAR.

Outstanding TSARs may be settled in cash or common shares at the holder’s option. For the purposes of calculating diluted net income (loss) per common share, the more dilutive of the cash-settled or equity-settled method is used, regardless of how the plan is accounted for. Accordingly, TSARs that are accounted for using the cash-settled method will require adjustments to the numerator and denominator if the equity-settled method is determined to have a dilutive effect on diluted net income (loss) per common share.

The calculation of basic net income (loss) per common share and a reconciliation to diluted net income (loss) per common share is presented in note 12.

n) Revenue recognition:

Revenue is recognized based on individual contract terms when the risk of loss to the product transfers to the customer, which usually occurs at the time shipment is made. Revenue is recognized at the time of delivery to the customer’s location if the Company retains risk of loss during shipment. For methanol sold on a consignment basis, revenue is recognized when the customer consumes the methanol. For methanol sold on a commission basis, the commission income is included in revenue when earned.

o) Financial instruments:

All financial instruments are measured at fair value on initial recognition. Measurement in subsequent periods is dependent on the classification of the respective financial instrument. Financial instruments are classified into one of three categories and, depending on the category, will either be measured at amortized cost or fair value with fair value changes either recorded through profit or loss or other comprehensive income. All non-derivative financial instruments held by the Company are classified and measured at amortized cost.

The Company enters into derivative financial instruments to manage certain exposures to commodity price and foreign exchange volatility. Under these standards, derivative financial instruments, including embedded derivatives, are classified as fair value through profit or loss and are recorded in the consolidated statements of financial position at fair value unless they are in accordance with the Company’s normal purchase, sale or usage requirements. The valuation of derivative financial instruments is a critical accounting estimate due to the complex nature of these instruments, the degree of judgment required to appropriately value

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these instruments and the potential impact of such valuation on the Company’s financial statements. The Company records all changes in fair value of derivative financial instruments in profit or loss unless the instruments are designated as cash flow hedges. The Company enters into and designates as cash flow hedges certain forward contracts to hedge its highly probable forecast natural gas purchases and certain forward exchange purchase and sales contracts to hedge foreign exchange exposure on anticipated purchases or sales. The Company assesses at inception and on an ongoing basis whether the hedges are and continue to be effective in offsetting changes in the cash flows of the hedged transactions. The effective portion of changes in the fair value of these hedging instruments is recognized in other comprehensive income. Any gain or loss in fair value relating to the ineffective portion is recognized immediately in profit or loss. Until settled, the fair value of the derivative financial instruments will fluctuate based on changes in commodity prices, foreign currency exchange rates or variable interest rates.

p) Fair value measurements:

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair value measurements within the scope of IFRS 13 are categorized into Level 1, 2 or 3 based on the degree to which the inputs are observable and the significance of the inputs to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity can access at the measurement date. Level 2 inputs are inputs, other than quoted prices included within Level 1, that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Financial instruments measured at fair value and categorized within the fair value hierarchy are disclosed in note 18.

q) Income taxes:

Income tax expense represents current tax and deferred tax. The Company records current tax based on the taxable profits for the period calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date. Income taxes relating to uncertain tax positions are provided for based on the Company’s best estimate. Deferred income taxes are accounted for using the liability method. The liability method requires that income taxes reflect the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined for each temporary difference based on currently enacted or substantially enacted tax rates that are expected to be in effect when the underlying items are expected to be realized. The effect of a change in tax rates or tax legislation is recognized in the period of substantive enactment. Deferred tax assets, such as non-capital loss carryforwards, are recognized to the extent it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the asset can be utilized.

The Company accrues for taxes that will be incurred upon distributions from its subsidiaries when it is probable that the earnings will be repatriated.

r) Provisions:

Provisions are recognized where a legal or constructive obligation has been incurred as a result of past events, it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation, and a reliable estimate of the amount of the obligation can be made. Provisions are measured at the present value of the expenditures expected to be required to settle the obligation.

s) Segmented information:

The Company’s operations consist of the production and sale of methanol, which constitutes a single operating segment.

t) Application of new and revised accounting standards:

The Company has adopted the amendments to IAS 7, Statement of Cash Flows, which were effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2017. As a result of applying the amendment, the Company presented new disclosures relating to change in financial liabilities arising from financing activities (note 16(b)).

u) Anticipated changes to International Financial Reporting Standards:

In May 2014, the IASB issued IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“IFRS 15”) establishing a comprehensive framework for revenue recognition. The standard replaces IAS 18, Revenue and IAS 11, Construction Contracts and related interpretations and is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company has performed its assessment of the impact of the new standard and anticipates no impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In January 2016, the IASB issued IFRS 16, Leases (“IFRS 16”), which eliminates the current operating/finance lease dual accounting model for lessees and replaces it with a single, on-balance sheet accounting model, similar to the current finance lease accounting. The standard replaces IAS 17, Leases (“IAS 17”) and related interpretations and is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019, with early application permitted. The Company plans to apply this standard at the date it becomes effective.

The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new standard including the optional exemptions available. The recognition of all leases on balance sheet is expected to increase the assets and liabilities on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position upon

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adoption. The increase primarily relates to ocean vessels, terminal facilities and other right of use assets currently accounted for as operating leases. In addition, the nature and timing of certain expenses related to leases previously classified as operating and presented in cost of sales and operating expenses will now change and be presented in depreciation and amortization and finance costs. As a result, the Company expects that adoption of IFRS 16 will significantly impact the consolidated financial statements. The Company has not yet decided whether it will use the optional exemptions available under the standard. Refer to note 21, commitments and contingencies, for operating lease commitments as at December 31, 2017 disclosed under IAS 17.

The Company does not expect that any other new or amended standards or interpretations that are effective as of January 1, 2018 will have a significant impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

3. Trade and other receivables:

As at	Dec 31 2017		Dec 31 2016
Trade	$	429,582	$	335,606
Value-added and other tax receivables		36,584		63,738
Egypt gas contract recoveries(a)		24,466		41,578
Other		46,004		58,681
	$	536,636	$	499,603

a) Egypt gas contract recoveries:

The natural gas supply agreement in Egypt has a mechanism whereby the Company is partially compensated when gas delivery shortfalls exceed a certain threshold. The receivable is secured by a combination of funds held in escrow and a bank guarantee.

4. Inventories:

Inventories are valued at the lower of cost, determined on a first-in first-out basis, and estimated net realizable value. The amount of inventories recognized as an expense in cost of sales and operating expenses and depreciation and amortization for the year ended December 31, 2017 is $2,219 million (2016 – $1,704 million).

5. Property, plant and equipment:

	Buildings, plant installations and machinery			Finance leases		Other			TOTAL
Cost at January 1, 2017	$	4,549,816		$	206,260	$	272,878		$	5,028,954
Additions		98,780			7,667		5,001			111,448
Disposals and other		328			1,846		(2,386	)		(212	)
Cost at December 31, 2017		4,648,924			215,773		275,493			5,140,190
Accumulated depreciation at January 1, 2017		1,752,540			18,557		140,388			1,911,485
Disposals and other		(2,066	)		–		(673	)		(2,739	)
Depreciation		205,843			15,370		11,905			233,118
Accumulated depreciation at December 31, 2017		1,956,317			33,927		151,620			2,141,864
Net book value at December 31, 2017	$	2,692,607		$	181,846	$	123,873		$	2,998,326

	Buildings, plant installations and machinery			Finance leases			Other			TOTAL
Cost at January 1, 2016	$	4,521,835		$	121,849		$	204,483		$	4,848,167
Additions		35,644			87,800			74,303			197,747
Disposals and other		(7,663	)		(3,389	)		(5,908	)		(16,960	)
Cost at December 31, 2016		4,549,816			206,260			272,878			5,028,954
Accumulated depreciation at January 1, 2016		1,545,834			6,853			136,698			1,689,385
Disposals and other		(945	)		–			(5,908	)		(6,853	)
Depreciation		207,651			11,704			9,598			228,953
Accumulated depreciation at December 31, 2016		1,752,540			18,557			140,388			1,911,485
Net book value at December 31, 2016	$	2,797,276		$	187,703		$	132,490		$	3,117,469

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Included in finance leases as at December 31, 2017 are capitalized costs related to a methanol terminal and storage tanks in Geismar, Louisiana, an oxygen production facility in Trinidad, and two ocean going vessels.

6. Investment in associate:

a) The Company has a 63.1% equity interest in Atlas Methanol Company Unlimited (“Atlas”). Atlas owns a 1.8 million tonne per year methanol production facility in Trinidad. The Company accounts for its interest in Atlas using the equity method. Summarized financial information of Atlas (100% basis) is as follows:

Consolidated statements of financial position as at	Dec 31 2017			Dec 31 2016
Cash and cash equivalents	$	8,361		$	15,530
Other current assets1		79,738			45,219
Non-current assets		289,671			324,297
Current liabilities1		(41,388	)		(24,783	)
Other long-term liabilities, including current maturities		(157,935	)		(168,253	)
Net assets at 100%		178,447			192,010
Net assets at 63.1%		112,600			121,158
Long-term receivable from Atlas1		76,322			76,244
Investment in associate	$	188,922		$	197,402

Consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31	2017			2016
Revenue1	$	459,367		$	213,533
Cost of sales and depreciation and amortization		(261,121	)		(145,126	)
Operating income		198,246			68,407
Finance costs, finance income and other expenses		(11,170	)		(12,771	)
Income tax expense		(66,640	)		(24,052	)
Net earnings at 100%		120,436			31,584
Earnings of associate at 63.1%		75,995			19,930
Dividends received from associate	$	84,553		$	47,325

¹  Includes related party transactions between Atlas and the Company (see note 22).

b) Contingent liability:

The Board of Inland Revenue of Trinidad and Tobago has issued assessments against Atlas in respect of the 2005 to 2011 financial years. All subsequent tax years remain open to assessment. The assessments relate to the pricing arrangements of certain long-term fixed price sales contracts from 2005 to 2019 related to methanol produced by Atlas. Atlas had partial relief from corporation income tax until late July 2014.

The Company has lodged objections to the assessments. Based on the merits of the cases and legal interpretation, management believes its position should be sustained.

7. Other assets:

As at	Dec 31 2017		Dec 31 2016
Restricted cash	$	27,863	$	35,386
Chile VAT receivable		25,456		23,406
Investment in Carbon Recycling International		4,502		4,502
Defined benefit pension plans (note 20)		6,650		5,862
Other		13,555		9,628
	$	78,026	$	78,784

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8. Long-term debt:

As at	Dec 31 2017			Dec 31 2016
Unsecured notes
(i) 3.25% due December 15, 2019	$	348,060		$	347,126
(ii) 5.25% due March 1, 2022		248,072			247,685
(iii) 4.25% due December 1, 2024		296,873			296,529
(iv) 5.65% due December 1, 2044		295,158			295,084
		1,188,163			1,186,424
Egypt limited recourse debt facilities		241,190			288,515
Other limited recourse debt facilities		72,918			81,267
Total long-term debt1		1,502,271			1,556,206
Less current maturities1		(55,905	)		(53,997	)
	$	1,446,366		$	1,502,209

¹  Long-term debt and current maturities are presented net of discounts and deferred financing fees of $17.8 million as at December 31, 2017 (2016 – $17.8 million).

The Egypt limited recourse debt facilities have interest payable semi-annually with rates based on LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 0.9% to 1.6% per annum. Principal is paid in 24 semi-annual payments, which commenced in September 2010.

Other limited recourse debt facilities relate to financing for certain of our ocean going vessels which we own through less than wholly-owned entities under the Company’s control. Other limited recourse debt facilities have remaining terms of two to four years with principal and interest payable quarterly with rates based on LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 0.75% to 2.5% per annum. Subsequent to the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company, through a 50% owned entity, issued other limited recourse debt for $86 million ($43 million Methanex share) bearing an interest rate of 5.35% due September 2033. The debt will be used to acquire two ocean going vessels.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, non-cash accretion, on an effective interest basis, of deferred financing costs included in finance costs was $3.1 million (2016 – $3.0 million).

The minimum principal payments for long-term debt in aggregate and for each of the five succeeding years are as follows:

	Limited recourse debt facilities		Unsecured notes		Total
2018	$	57,072	$	–	$	57,072
2019		60,100		350,000		410,100
2020		62,115		–		62,115
2021		109,462		–		109,462
2022		31,279		250,000		281,279
Thereafter		–		600,000		600,000
	$	320,028	$	1,200,000	$	1,520,028

The covenants governing the Company’s unsecured notes, which are specified in an indenture, apply to the Company and its subsidiaries, excluding entities which we control but do not fully own, and include restrictions on liens, sale and lease-back transactions, a merger or consolidation with another corporation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. The indenture also contains customary default provisions.

The Company maintains a $300 million committed revolving credit facility with a syndicate of highly rated financial institutions that expires in December 2022. Significant covenants and default provisions under this facility include:

i) the obligation to maintain an EBITDA to interest coverage ratio of greater than 2:1 calculated on a four-quarter trailing basis and a debt to capitalization ratio of less than or equal to 55%, both ratios calculated in accordance with definitions in the credit agreement that include adjustments related to the limited recourse subsidiaries,

ii) a default if payment is accelerated by a creditor on any indebtedness of $50 million or more of the Company and its subsidiaries, except for the limited recourse subsidiaries, and

iii) a default if a default occurs that permits a creditor to demand repayment on any other indebtedness of $50 million or more of the Company and its subsidiaries, except for the limited recourse subsidiaries.

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The limited recourse debt facilities are described as limited recourse as they are secured only by the assets of the entity that carries the debt. Accordingly, the lenders to the limited recourse debt facilities have no recourse to the Company or its other subsidiaries.

The Egypt limited recourse debt facilities have covenants and default provisions that apply only to the Egypt entity, including restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness and a requirement to fulfill certain conditions before the payment of cash or other shareholder distributions. Certain conditions had not been met, resulting in a restriction on shareholder distributions from the Egypt entity to December 31, 2017. Under amended terms reached in 2017, shareholder distributions are permitted starting in 2018 if the average gas deliveries over the prior 12 months are greater than 70% of gas requirements. The first $100 million of shareholder distributions must be matched with $100 million of principal repayments on the Egypt limited recourse debt facilities. As of December 31, 2017, the Egypt cash balance on a 100% ownership basis was $131 million.

Failure to comply with any of the covenants or default provisions of the long-term debt facilities described above could result in a default under the applicable credit agreement that would allow the lenders to not fund future loan requests, accelerate the due date of the principal and accrued interest on any outstanding loans or restrict the payment of cash or other distributions.

As at December 31, 2017, management believes the Company was in compliance with all significant terms and default provisions related to long-term debt obligations.

9. Other long-term liabilities:

As at	Dec 31 2017			Dec 31 2016
Site restoration costs(a)	$	33,975		$	30,512
Finance lease obligations(b)		204,242			201,268
Share-based compensation liability (note 13)		111,405			53,725
Cash flow hedges (note 18)		90,199			68,664
Defined benefit pension plans (note 20)		25,076			22,403
Other		5,214			4,339
		470,111			380,911
Less current maturities		(65,226	)		(29,720	)
	$	404,885		$	351,191
a) Site restoration costs: The Company has accrued liabilities related to the decommissioning and reclamation of its methanol production sites and oil and gas properties. Because of uncertainties in estimating the amount and timing of the expenditures related to the sites, actual results could differ from the amounts estimated. As at December 31, 2017, the total undiscounted amount of estimated cash flows required to settle the liabilities was $44.9 million (2016 – $41.1 million). The movement in the provision during the year is explained as follows:
	2017			2016
Balance at January 1	$	30,512		$	29,892
New or revised provisions		2,823			51
Accretion expense		640			569
Balance at December 31	$	33,975		$	30,512

b) Finance lease obligations:

As at December 31, 2017, the Company has finance lease obligations related to a methanol terminal and storage tanks in Geismar, Louisiana, an oxygen production facility in Trinidad, and two ocean-going vessels. Total finance lease payments for 2017 of $30.6 million include an interest component of $23.7 million.

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Finance lease obligations are payable as follows:

	Lease payments		Interest component		Finance lease obligations
2018	$	31,447	$	23,549	$	7,898
2019		31,826		22,727		9,099
2020		32,213		21,756		10,457
2021		32,608		20,612		11,996
2022		33,010		19,271		13,739
Thereafter		236,772		85,719		151,053
	$	397,876	$	193,634	$	204,242

10. Expenses:

For the years ended December 31	2017		2016
Cost of sales	$	2,035,545	$	1,533,915
Selling and distribution		449,593		408,893
Administrative expenses		99,036		59,675
Total expenses by function	$	2,584,174	$	2,002,483
Cost of raw materials and purchased methanol	$	1,637,085	$	1,140,551
Ocean freight and other logistics		374,717		351,609
Employee expenses, including share-based compensation		243,707		204,762
Other expenses		96,440		77,507
Cost of sales and operating expenses		2,351,949		1,774,429
Depreciation and amortization		232,225		228,054
Total expenses by nature	$	2,584,174	$	2,002,483

For the year ended December 31, 2017 we recorded a share-based compensation expense of $78.8 million (2016 – $33.5 million), the majority of which is included in administrative expenses for the total expenses by function presentation above.

11. Finance costs:

Finance costs are primarily comprised of interest on borrowings and finance lease obligations, amortization of deferred financing fees and accretion expense associated with site restoration costs. Finance costs were $95.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 (2016 – $90.1 million).

12. Net income (loss) per common share:

Diluted net income (loss) per common share is calculated by considering the potential dilution that would occur if outstanding stock options and, under certain circumstances, TSARs were exercised or converted to common shares.

Outstanding TSARs may be settled in cash or common shares at the holder’s option and for purposes of calculating diluted net income (loss) per common share, the more dilutive of the cash-settled and equity-settled method is used, regardless of how the plan is accounted for. Accordingly, TSARs that are accounted for using the cash-settled method will require adjustments to the numerator and denominator if the equity-settled method is determined to have a dilutive effect on diluted net income (loss) per common share as compared to the cash-settled method. The cash-settled method was more dilutive for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, and no adjustment was required for the numerator or the denominator for TSARs.

Stock options and, if calculated using the equity-settled method, TSARs are considered dilutive when the average market price of the Company’s common shares during the period disclosed exceeds the exercise price of the stock option or TSAR. For the year ended December 31, 2017, stock options were considered dilutive resulting in an adjustment to the denominator. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company incurred a net loss attributable to Methanex shareholders and therefore exclusion of the stock options was more dilutive.

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Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share for the year ended December 31, 2017 was calculated using basic and diluted net income of $316.1 million (2016 – basic and diluted net loss of $12.5 million). A reconciliation of the denominator used for the purposes of calculating basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share is as follows:

For the years ended December 31	2017		2016
Denominator for basic net income (loss) per common share		86,768,589		89,783,883
Effect of dilutive stock options		56,359		–
Denominator for diluted net income (loss) per common share		86,824,948		89,783,883
For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share attributable to Methanex shareholders were as follows:
For the years ended December 31	2017		2016
Basic net income (loss) per common share	$	3.64	$	(0.14	)
Diluted net income (loss) per common share	$	3.64	$	(0.14	)

13. Share-based compensation:

The Company provides share-based compensation to its directors and certain employees through grants of stock options, TSARs, SARs and deferred, restricted or performance share units.

As at December 31, 2017, the Company had 3,953,471 common shares reserved for future grants of stock options and tandem share appreciation rights under the Company’s stock option plan.

a) Share appreciation rights and tandem share appreciation rights:

All SARs and TSARs granted have a maximum term of seven years with one-third vesting each year after the date of grant. SARs and TSARs units outstanding at December 31, 2017 are as follows:

	SARs					TSARs
	Number of units			Exercise price USD		Number of units			Exercise price USD
Outstanding at December 31, 2015		1,259,208		$	44.48		2,108,965		$	42.73
Granted		375,500			34.59		574,600			34.59
Exercised		(73,291	)		27.43		(212,505	)		25.38
Cancelled		(49,932	)		49.77		(54,949	)		52.55
Outstanding at December 31, 2016		1,511,485		$	42.68		2,416,111		$	42.10
Granted		167,600			50.15		340,200			50.17
Exercised		(213,207	)		32.03		(710,616	)		32.98
Cancelled		(10,801	)		50.18		(2,200	)		34.59
Expired		(5,000	)		25.22		–			–
Outstanding at December 31, 2017		1,450,077		$	45.11		2,043,495		$	46.62

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Information regarding the SARs and TSARs outstanding as at December 31, 2017 is as follows:

	Units outstanding at December 31, 2017						Units exercisable at December 31, 2017
Range of exercise prices	Weighted average remaining contractual life (years)		Number of units outstanding		Weighted average exercise price		Number of units exercisable		Weighted average exercise price
SARs
$25.97 to $35.51		3.36		585,317	$	32.94		345,629	$	31.79
$38.24 to $73.13		3.77		864,760		53.35		609,687		53.94
		3.61		1,450,077	$	45.11		955,316	$	45.93
TSARs
$25.97 to $35.51		3.94		779,194	$	33.67		401,049	$	32.80
$38.24 to $73.13		4.09		1,264,301		54.60		794,658		56.33
		4.03		2,043,495	$	46.62		1,195,707	$	48.44

The fair value of each outstanding SARs and TSARs grant was estimated on December 31, 2017 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:

	2017		2016
Risk-free interest rate		1.8%		1.0%
Expected dividend yield		2.0%		2.5%
Expected life of SARs and TSARs (years)		1.2		1.4
Expected volatility		31%		41%
Expected forfeitures		0.2%		0.2%
Weighted average fair value (USD per share)	$	19.02	$	10.19

Compensation expense for SARs and TSARs is measured based on their fair value and is recognized over the vesting period. Changes in fair value in each period are recognized in net income (loss) for the proportion of the service that has been rendered at each reporting date. The fair value as at December 31, 2017 was $69.8 million compared with the recorded liability of $65.2 million. The difference between the fair value and the recorded liability of $4.6 million will be recognized over the weighted average remaining vesting period of approximately 1.5 years.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, compensation expense related to SARs and TSARs included an expense in cost of sales and operating expenses of $45.1 million (2016 – $26.9 million). This included an expense of $37.8 million (2016 – $20.0 million) related to the effect of the change in the Company’s share price.

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b) Deferred, restricted and performance share units:

Deferred, restricted and performance share units outstanding as at December 31, 2017 are as follows:

	Number of deferred share units			Number of restricted share units			Number of performance share units
Outstanding at December 31, 2015		285,816			13,864			610,578
Granted		8,269			11,500			261,760
Granted performance factor1		–			–			55,592
Granted in lieu of dividends		8,430			773			18,082
Redeemed		(51,498	)		(7,488	)		(355,415	)
Cancelled		–			–			(18,325	)
Outstanding at December 31, 2016		251,017			18,649			572,272
Granted		10,452			8,100			163,500
Performance factor impact on redemption1		–			–			(102,557	)
Granted in lieu of dividends		5,669			613			14,383
Redeemed		(42,292	)		(6,907	)		(34,186	)
Cancelled		–			–			(8,517	)
Outstanding at December 31, 2017		224,846			20,455			604,895

¹  Performance share units have a feature where the ultimate number of units that vest are adjusted by a performance factor of the original grant as determined by the Company’s total shareholder return in relation to a predetermined target over the period to vesting. The performance factor is measured based on the weighted-average closing share price for the 90 calendar days on the NASDAQ Global Select Market immediately preceding the year end date that the performance share units vest.

Compensation expense for deferred, restricted and performance share units is measured at fair value based on the market value of the Company’s common shares and is recognized over the vesting period. Changes in fair value are recognized in net income (loss) for the proportion of the service that has been rendered at each reporting date. The fair value of deferred, restricted and performance share units as at December 31, 2017 was $55.9 million compared with the recorded liability of $46.1 million. The difference between the fair value and the recorded liability of $9.8 million will be recognized over the weighted average remaining vesting period of approximately 1.5 years.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, compensation expense related to deferred, restricted and performance share units included in cost of sales and operating expenses was an expense of $33.0 million (2016 – $6.0 million). This included an expense of $29.9 million (2016 – $2.8 million) related to the effect of the change in the Company’s share price.

c) Stock options:

The exercise price of each stock option is equal to the quoted market price of the Company’s common shares at the date of the grant. Options granted have a maximum term of seven years with one-third of the options vesting each year after the date of grant.

Common shares reserved for outstanding incentive stock options as at December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

	Number of stock options			Weighted average exercise price
Outstanding at December 31, 2015		448,507		$	30.52
Granted		75,500			34.59
Exercised		(153,140	)		9.80
Cancelled		(14,100	)		44.04
Expired		(12,000	)		6.33
Outstanding at December 31, 2016		344,767		$	40.91
Granted		31,400			50.17
Exercised		(98,274	)		30.90
Cancelled		(15,358	)		52.43
Outstanding at December 31, 2017		262,535		$	45.09

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Information regarding the stock options outstanding as at December 31, 2017 is as follows:

	Options outstanding at December 31, 2017						Options exercisable at December 31, 2017
Range of exercise prices	Weighted average remaining contractual life (years)		Number of stock options outstanding		Weighted average exercise price		Number of stock options exercisable		Weighted average exercise price
Options
$25.97 to $35.51		3.40		103,850	$	33.08		60,980	$	32.02
$38.24 to $73.13		3.69		158,685		52.95		114,380		53.28
		3.58		262,535	$	45.09		175,360	$	45.88

For the year ended December 31, 2017, compensation expense related to stock options was $0.5 million (2016 – $0.6 million).

14. Segmented information:

The Company’s operations consist of the production and sale of methanol, which constitutes a single operating segment.

During the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, revenues attributed to geographic regions, based on the location of customers, were as follows:

Revenue	China		Europe		United States		South Korea		South America		Canada		Other Asia		TOTAL
2017	$	801,838	$	608,668	$	570,482	$	347,896	$	279,270	$	167,436	$	285,052	$	3,060,642
2016	$	518,499	$	403,879	$	359,476	$	257,658	$	179,287	$	109,706	$	169,924	$	1,998,429

As at December 31, 2017 and 2016, the net book value of property, plant and equipment by country was as follows:

Property, plant and equipment	United States		Egypt		New Zealand		Trinidad		Canada		Chile		Other		TOTAL
2017	$	1,412,394	$	720,397	$	265,153	$	155,525	$	148,420	$	107,495	$	188,942	$	2,998,326
2016	$	1,468,283	$	742,446	$	261,482	$	176,256	$	154,982	$	108,065	$	205,955	$	3,117,469

15. Income and other taxes:

a) Income tax expense:

For the years ended December 31	2017			2016
Current tax recovery (expense):
Current period before undernoted items	$	(85,287	)	$	(44,743	)
Impact of Argentina gas settlement		–			(7,800	)
Adjustments to prior years		(217	)		(2,134	)
		(85,504	)		(54,677	)
Deferred tax recovery (expense):
Origination and reversal of temporary differences		23,310			82,838
Impact of Argentina gas settlement		–			(3,575	)
Derecognition of non-capital loss carryforwards		–			(17,861	)
Adjustments to prior years		200			1,667
Change in U.S. tax rate		(36,567	)		–
Change in other jurisdictions tax rates		734			–
Other		2,039			887
		(10,284	)		63,956
Total income tax recovery (expense)	$	(95,788	)	$	9,279

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b) Reconciliation of the effective tax rate:

The Company operates in several tax jurisdictions and therefore its income is subject to various rates of taxation. Income tax expense differs from the amounts that would be obtained by applying the Canadian statutory income tax rate to net income (loss) before income taxes as follows:

For the years ended December 31	2017			2016
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	470,885		$	(37,504	)
Deduct earnings of associate		(75,995	)		(19,930	)
		394,890			(57,434	)
Canadian statutory tax rate		26.5	%		26.5	%
Income tax recovery (expense) calculated at Canadian statutory tax rate		(104,646	)		15,220
Increase (decrease) in income tax recovery resulting from:
Impact of income and losses taxed in foreign jurisdictions		30,223			34,857
Derecognition of non-capital loss carryforwards		–			(17,861	)
Unrecognised loss carryforwards and temporary differences		20,468			(6,468	)
Impact of tax rate changes in the U.S.		(36,567	)		–
Impact of tax rate changes in other jurisdictions		734			–
Impact of foreign exchange		3,104			(4,332	)
Other business taxes		(4,105	)		(5,404	)
Adjustments to prior years		(17	)		(467	)
Other		(4,982	)		(6,266	)
Total income tax recovery (expense)	$	(95,788	)	$	9,279

c) Net deferred income tax liabilities:

(i) The tax effect of temporary differences that give rise to deferred income tax liabilities and deferred income tax assets are as follows:

As at	Dec 31 2017									Dec 31 2016
	Net			Deferred tax assets			Deferred tax liabilities			Net			Deferred tax assets			Deferred tax liabilities
Property, plant and equipment	$	(403,705	)	$	(189,368	)	$	(214,337	)	$	(419,982	)	$	(197,931	)	$	(222,051	)
Repatriation taxes		(87,239	)		–			(87,239	)		(85,364	)		–			(85,364	)
Other		(11,670	)		(3,740	)		(7,930	)		(19,956	)		(4,981	)		(14,975	)
		(502,614	)		(193,108	)		(309,506	)		(525,302	)		(202,912	)		(322,390	)
Non-capital loss carryforwards		244,576			244,576			–			280,931			280,931			–
Share-based compensation		19,920			2,946			16,974			8,590			935			7,655
Other		74,027			47,927			26,100			82,142			58,387			23,755
		338,523			295,449			43,074			371,663			340,253			31,410
Net deferred income tax assets (liabilities)	$	(164,091	)	$	102,341		$	(266,432	)	$	(153,639	)	$	137,341		$	(290,980	)

The Company recognizes deferred income tax assets to the extent that it is probable that the benefit of these assets will be realized. As at December 31, 2017, the Company had $110 million (2016 – $153 million) of unrecognized non-capital loss carryforwards in Egypt that expire in 2020 and 2021 and $384 million (2016 – $ 415 million) of deductible temporary differences in the United States that have not been recognized.

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(ii) Analysis of the change in deferred income tax assets and liabilities:

	2017									2016
	Net			Deferred tax assets			Deferred tax liabilities			Net			Deferred tax assets			Deferred tax liabilities
Balance, January 1	$	(153,639	)	$	137,341		$	(290,980	)	$	(223,757	)	$	61,881		$	(285,638	)
Deferred income tax recovery (expense) included in net income (loss)		(10,284	)		(34,517	)		24,233			63,956			69,110			(5,154	)
Impact of U.S. tax rate change in other comprehensive income		(8,621	)		(8,621	)		–			–			–			–
Deferred income tax recovery (expense) included in other comprehensive income (loss)		9,295			8,398			897			6,597			6,364			233
Other		(842	)		(260	)		(582	)		(435	)		(14	)		(421	)
Balance, December 31	$	(164,091	)	$	102,341		$	(266,432	)	$	(153,639	)	$	137,341		$	(290,980	)

16. Supplemental cash flow information:

a) Changes in non-cash working capital:

Changes in non-cash working capital for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

For the years ended December 31	2017			2016
Changes in non-cash working capital:
Trade and other receivables	$	(37,033	)	$	4,747
Inventories		(23,136	)		(28,094	)
Prepaid expenses		(5,702	)		(1,286	)
Trade, other payables and accrued liabilities, including long-term payables included in other long-term liabilities		103,601			14,577
		37,730			(10,056	)
Adjustments for items not having a cash effect and working capital changes relating to taxes and interest paid		(89,445	)		(65,850	)
Changes in non-cash working capital	$	(51,715	)	$	(75,906	)
These changes relate to the following activities:
Operating	$	(49,368	)	$	(87,644	)
Financing		–			–
Investing		(2,347	)		11,738
Changes in non-cash working capital	$	(51,715	)	$	(75,906	)

The Company has reclassified the presentation of amounts relating to accrued distributions to non-controlling interests in Changes in non-cash working capital from Operating activities to Financing activities. The reclassification has been reflected in the comparative figures.

b) Reconciliation of movements in liabilities to cash flows arising from financing activities:

	Long term debt (note 8)			Finance lease obligations (note 9)
Balance at December 31, 2016	$	1,556,206		$	201,268
Changes from financing cash flows
Repayment of long-term debt and financing fees		(56,997	)		–
Payment of finance lease liabilities		–			(6,880	)
Total changes from financing cash flows	$	(56,997	)	$	(6,880	)
Liability-related other changes
Finance costs	$	3,062		$	–
New finance leases		–			9,512
Other		–			342
Total liability-related other changes	$	3,062		$	9,854
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	1,502,271		$	204,242

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17. Capital disclosures:

The Company’s objectives in managing its liquidity and capital are to safeguard the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, to provide financial capacity and flexibility to meet its strategic objectives, to provide an adequate return to shareholders commensurate with the level of risk and to return excess cash through a combination of dividends and share repurchases.

As at	Dec 31 2017			Dec 31 2016
Liquidity:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	375,479		$	223,890
Undrawn credit facilities		300,000			300,000
Total liquidity	$	675,479		$	523,890
Capitalization:
Unsecured notes	$	1,188,163		$	1,186,424
Limited recourse debt facilities, including current portion		314,108			369,782
Total debt		1,502,271			1,556,206
Non-controlling interests		244,347			208,515
Shareholders’ equity		1,500,764			1,596,835
Total capitalization	$	3,247,382		$	3,361,556
Total debt to capitalization1		46	%		46	%
Net debt to capitalization2		39	%		42	%

¹  Total debt (including 100% of Egypt limited recourse debt facilities) divided by total capitalization.

²  Total debt (including 100% of Egypt limited recourse debt facilities) less cash and cash equivalents divided by total capitalization less cash and cash equivalents.

The Company manages its liquidity and capital structure and makes adjustments to it in light of changes to economic conditions, the underlying risks inherent in its operations and capital requirements to maintain and grow its operations. The strategies employed by the Company may include the issue or repayment of general corporate debt, the issue of project debt, the issue of equity, the payment of dividends and the repurchase of shares.

The Company is not subject to any statutory capital requirements and has no commitments to sell or otherwise issue common shares except pursuant to outstanding employee stock options.

During the year, the Company renewed and extended a $300 million revolving credit facility for a five year term to December 2022. The undrawn credit facility is provided by highly rated financial institutions and is subject to certain financial covenants (note 8).

18. Financial instruments:

Financial instruments are either measured at amortized cost or fair value.

In the normal course of business, the Company’s assets, liabilities and forecasted transactions, as reported in U.S. dollars, are impacted by various market risks including, but not limited to, natural gas prices and currency exchange rates. The time frame and manner in which the Company manages those risks varies for each item based on the Company’s assessment of the risk and the available alternatives for mitigating risks.

The Company uses derivatives as part of its risk management program to mitigate variability associated with changing market values. Changes in fair value of derivative financial instruments are recorded in earnings unless the instruments are designated as cash flow hedges, in which case the changes in fair value are recorded in other comprehensive income and are reclassified to profit or loss when the underlying hedged transaction is recognized in earnings. The Company designates as cash flow hedges certain derivative financial instruments to hedge its risk exposure to fluctuations in natural gas prices and to hedge its risk exposure to fluctuations on certain foreign currency denominated transactions.

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The following table provides the carrying value of each category of financial assets and liabilities and the related balance sheet item:

As at	Dec 31 2017		Dec 31 2016
Financial assets:
Financial assets measured at fair value:
Derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges1	$	–	$	7,024
Financial assets not measured at fair value:
Cash and cash equivalents		375,479		223,890
Trade and other receivables, excluding tax receivable		527,084		479,272
Project financing reserve accounts included in other assets		27,863		35,386
Total financial assets2	$	930,426	$	745,572
Financial liabilities:
Financial liabilities measured at fair value:
Derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges1	$	91,014	$	68,664
Financial liabilities not measured at fair value:
Trade, other payables and accrued liabilities, excluding tax payable		528,182		449,213
Long-term debt, including current portion		1,502,271		1,556,206
Total financial liabilities	$	2,121,467	$	2,074,083

¹  The Geismar 2 and Medicine Hat natural gas hedges and euro foreign currency hedges designated as cash flow hedges are measured at fair value based on industry accepted valuation models and inputs obtained from active markets.

²  The carrying amount of the financial assets represents the maximum exposure to credit risk at the respective reporting periods.

As at December 31, 2017, all of the financial instruments were recorded on the consolidated statements of financial position at amortized cost with the exception of derivative financial instruments, which are recorded at fair value unless exempted.

The fair value of derivative instruments is determined based on industry-accepted valuation models using market observable inputs and are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of all the Company’s derivative contracts includes an adjustment for credit risk. The effective portion of the changes in fair value of derivative financial instruments designated as cash flow hedges is recorded in other comprehensive income. The spot element of forward contracts in the hedging relationships is recorded in other comprehensive income as the change in fair value of cash flow hedges. The change in the fair value of the forward element of forward contracts is recorded separately in other comprehensive income as the forward element excluded from hedging relationships.

Until settled, the fair value of the derivative financial instruments will fluctuate based on changes in commodity prices or foreign currency exchange rates.

Natural gas forward contracts

The Company has elected to manage its exposure to changes in natural gas prices for a portion of its North American natural gas requirements by executing a number of fixed price forward contracts. The Company has entered into forward contracts to manage its exposure to changes in natural gas prices for the Geismar 2 facility for 40% of its gas requirements to 2025, which it has designated as cash flow hedges. The Company has also entered into physical forward contracts to manage its exposure to changes in natural gas prices for the Medicine Hat facility over the period 2017 to 2022. The Company has designated contracts for the 2021 and 2022 periods as cash flow hedges for its highly probable forecast natural gas purchases in Medicine Hat. Other costs incurred to transport natural gas from the contracted delivery point, either Henry Hub or AECO, to the relevant production facility represent an insignificant portion of the overall underlying risk and are recognized as incurred outside of the hedging relationship. The Company has elected to designate the spot element of the forward contracts as cash flow hedges. The forward element of the forward contracts are excluded from the designation and only the spot element is considered for the purpose of assessing effectiveness and measuring ineffectiveness. The excluded forward element of the swap contracts will be accounted for as a cost of hedging (transaction cost) to be recognized in profit or loss over the term of the hedging relationships. Ineffectiveness may arise in the hedging relationship due to changes in the timing of the anticipated transactions and/or due to changes in credit risk of the hedging instrument not replicated in the hedged item. No hedge ineffectiveness has been recognized in 2017.

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As at December 31, 2017, the Company had outstanding forward contracts designated as cash flow hedges with a notional amount of $473 million (2016 – $484 million) and a net negative fair value of $90.2 million (2016 – $ 61.9 million) included in other long-term liabilities. As at December 31, 2017, the forward contracts for the Geismar 2 facility had an average contract price of $3.74 per mmbtu (2016 – $3.68 per mmbtu) over the remaining eight year term, and for the forward contracts for the Medicine Hat facility has an average contract price of $1.96 per mmbtu.

Forward exchange contracts

The Company also designates as cash flow hedges forward exchange contracts to sell certain foreign currencies at a fixed U.S. dollar exchange rate to hedge its exposure to exchange rate fluctuations on certain foreign currency denominated transactions. The Company has elected to designate the spot element of the forward contracts as cash flow hedges. The forward element of the forward contracts are excluded from the designation and only the spot element is considered for the purpose of assessing effectiveness and measuring ineffectiveness. The excluded forward element of the swap contracts will be accounted for as a cost of hedging (transaction cost) to be recognized in profit or loss over the term of the hedging relationships. Ineffectiveness may arise in the hedging relationship due to changes in the timing of the anticipated transactions and/or due to changes in credit risk of the hedging instrument not replicated in the hedged item. No hedge ineffectiveness has been recognized in 2017.

As at December 31, 2017, the Company had outstanding forward exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges to sell euros at a fixed U.S. dollar exchange rate with a notional amount of 109 million euros (2016 – 92 million euros) and a negative fair value of $0.8 million included in current liabilities (2016 – positive fair value of $0.3 million included in current assets) .

Fair value liabilities

The table below shows net cash outflows for derivative hedging instruments including natural gas forward contracts and forward exchange contracts, excluding credit risk adjustments, based upon contracted payment dates. The amounts reflect the maturity profile of the fair value liabilities and are subject to change based on the prevailing market rate at each of the future settlement dates. Financial asset derivative positions, if any, are held with investment-grade counterparties and therefore the settlement day risk exposure is considered to be negligible.

As at	Dec 31 2017		Dec 31 2016
Within one year	$	7,114	$	–
1-3 years		17,057		8,481
3-5 years		28,864		18,962
More than 5 years		52,085		56,029
	$	105,120	$	83,472

The fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as disclosed above are determined based on Bloomberg quoted market prices and confirmations received from counterparties, which are adjusted for credit risk.

The Company is exposed to credit-related losses in the event of non-performance by counterparties to derivative financial instruments but does not expect any counterparties to fail to meet their obligations. The Company deals with only highly rated counterparties, normally major financial institutions. The Company is exposed to credit risk when there is a positive fair value of derivative financial instruments at a reporting date. The maximum amount that would be at risk if the counterparties to derivative financial instruments with positive fair values failed completely to perform under the contracts was nil as at December 31, 2017 (2016 – $7.0 million).

The carrying values of the Company’s financial instruments approximate their fair values, except as follows:

As at	December 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
	Carrying value		Fair value		Carrying value		Fair value
Long-term debt excluding deferred financing fees	$	1,515,544	$	1,561,392	$	1,568,822	$	1,538,543

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Long-term debt consists of limited recourse debt facilities and unsecured notes. There is no publicly traded market for the limited recourse debt facilities. The fair value of the limited recourse debt facilities as disclosed on a recurring basis and categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy is estimated by reference to current market rates as at the reporting date. The fair value of the unsecured notes disclosed on a recurring basis and also categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy is estimated using quoted prices and yields as at the reporting date. The fair value of the Company’s long term debt will fluctuate until maturity.

19. Financial risk management:

a) Market risks:

The Company’s operations consist of the production and sale of methanol. Market fluctuations may result in significant cash flow and profit volatility risk for the Company. Its worldwide operating business as well as its investment and financing activities are affected by changes in methanol and natural gas prices and interest and foreign exchange rates. The Company seeks to manage and control these risks primarily through its regular operating and financing activities and uses derivative instruments to hedge these risks when deemed appropriate. This is not an exhaustive list of all risks, nor will the risk management strategies eliminate these risks.

Methanol price risk

The methanol industry is a highly competitive commodity industry and methanol prices fluctuate based on supply and demand fundamentals and other factors. The profitability of the Company is directly related to the market price of methanol. A decline in the market price of methanol could negatively impact the Company’s future operations. The Company does not hedge its methanol sales through derivative contracts. The Company manages its methanol price risk, to a certain degree, through natural gas supply contracts that include a variable price component related to methanol prices, as described below.

Natural gas price risk

Natural gas is the primary feedstock for the production of methanol. The Company has entered into multi-year natural gas supply contracts for its production facilities in New Zealand, Trinidad, Egypt and certain contracts in Chile that include base and variable price components to reduce the commodity price risk exposure. The variable price component is adjusted by formulas related to methanol prices above a certain level. The Company also has multi-year fixed price natural gas contracts to supply its production facilities in Geismar, Medicine Hat and Chile and natural gas hedges in Geismar and Medicine Hat to manage its exposure to natural gas price risk.

Interest rate risk

Interest rate risk is the risk that the Company suffers financial loss due to changes in the value of an asset or liability or in the value of future cash flows due to movements in interest rates.

The Company’s interest rate risk exposure is mainly related to long-term debt obligations.

As at	Dec 31 2017		Dec 31 2016
Fixed interest rate debt:
Unsecured notes	$	1,188,163	$	1,186,424
	$	1,188,163	$	1,186,424
Variable interest rate debt:
Egypt limited recourse debt facilities	$	241,190	$	288,515
Other limited recourse debt facilities		72,918		81,267
	$	314,108	$	369,782

For fixed interest rate debt, a 1% change in interest rates would result in a change in the fair value of the debt (disclosed in note 18) of approximately $84.0 million as of December 31, 2017 (2016 – $80.2 million).

The fair value of variable interest rate debt fluctuates primarily with changes in credit spreads.

For the variable interest rate debt, a 1% change in LIBOR would result in a change in annual interest payments of $3.2 million as of December 31, 2017 (2016 – $3.7 million).

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Foreign currency risk

The Company’s international operations expose the Company to foreign currency exchange risks in the ordinary course of business. Accordingly, the Company has established a policy that provides a framework for foreign currency management and hedging strategies and defines the approved hedging instruments. The Company reviews all significant exposures to foreign currencies arising from operating and investing activities and hedges exposures if deemed appropriate.

The dominant currency in which the Company conducts business is the United States dollar, which is also the reporting currency.

Methanol is a global commodity chemical that is priced in United States dollars. In certain jurisdictions, however, the transaction price is set either quarterly or monthly in the local currency. Accordingly, a portion of the Company’s revenue is transacted in Canadian dollars, euros, Chinese yuan and, to a lesser extent, other currencies. For the period from when the price is set in local currency to when the amount due is collected, the Company is exposed to declines in the value of these currencies compared to the United States dollar. The Company also purchases varying quantities of methanol for which the transaction currency is the euro, Chinese yuan and, to a lesser extent, other currencies. In addition, some of the Company’s underlying operating costs and capital expenditures are incurred in other currencies. The Company is exposed to increases in the value of these currencies that could have the effect of increasing the United States dollar equivalent of cost of sales and operating expenses and capital expenditures. The Company has elected not to actively manage these exposures at this time except for a portion of the net exposure to euro revenues, which is hedged through forward exchange contracts each quarter when the euro price for methanol is established.

As at December 31, 2017, the Company had a net working capital asset of $85.3 million in non U.S. dollar currencies (2016 – $75.3 million). Each 10% strengthening (weakening) of the U.S. dollar against these currencies would decrease (increase) the value of net working capital and pre-tax cash flows and earnings by approximately $8.5 million (2016 – $7.5 million).

b) Liquidity risks:

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities, such as the settlement of financial debt and lease obligations and payment to its suppliers. The Company maintains liquidity and makes adjustments to it in light of changes to economic conditions, underlying risks inherent in its operations and capital requirements to maintain and grow its operations. As at December 31, 2017, the Company had $375 million of cash and cash equivalents. In addition, the Company has an undrawn credit facility of $300 million provided by highly rated financial institutions that expires in December 2022.

In addition to the above-mentioned sources of liquidity, the Company monitors funding options available in the capital markets, as well as trends in the availability and costs of such funding, with a view to maintaining financial flexibility and limiting refinancing risks.

The expected cash flows of financial liabilities from the date of the balance sheet to the contractual maturity date are as follows:

As at December 31, 2017	Carrying amount		Contractual cash flows		1 year or less		1-3 years		3-5 years		More than 5 years
Trade and other payables1	$	519,352	$	519,352	$	519,352	$	–	$	–	$	–
Finance lease obligations		204,242		397,876		31,447		64,039		65,618		236,772
Long-term debt2		1,502,271		2,178,011		121,689		586,091		471,831		998,400
Cash flow hedges		91,014		105,120		7,114		17,057		28,864		52,085
	$	2,316,879	$	3,200,359	$	679,602	$	667,187	$	566,313	$	1,287,257

¹  Excludes tax and accrued interest.

²  Contractual cash flows include contractual interest payments related to debt obligations. Interest rates on variable rate debt are based on prevailing rates as at December 31, 2017.

c) Credit risks:

Counterparty credit risk is the risk that the financial benefits of contracts with a specific counterparty will be lost if a counterparty defaults on its obligations under the contract. This includes any cash amounts owed to the Company by those counterparties, less any amounts owed to the counterparty by the Company where a legal right of offset exists and also includes the fair values of contracts with individual counterparties that are recorded in the financial statements.

Trade credit risk

Trade credit risk is defined as an unexpected loss in cash and earnings if the customer is unable to pay its obligations in due time or if the value of the security provided declines. The Company has implemented a credit policy that includes approvals for new customers, annual credit evaluations of all customers and specific approval for any exposures beyond approved limits. The

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Company employs a variety of risk-mitigation alternatives, including credit insurance, certain contractual rights in the event of deterioration in customer credit quality and various forms of bank and parent company guarantees and letters of credit to upgrade the credit risk to a credit rating equivalent or better than the stand-alone rating of the counterparty. Trade credit losses have historically been minimal and as at December 31, 2017 substantially all of the trade receivables were classified as current.

Cash and cash equivalents

To manage credit and liquidity risk, the Company’s investment policy specifies eligible types of investments, maximum counterparty exposure and minimum credit ratings. Therefore, the Company invests only in highly rated investment-grade instruments that have maturities of three months or less.

Derivative financial instruments

The Company’s hedging policies specify risk management objectives and strategies for undertaking hedge transactions. The policies also include eligible types of derivatives and required transaction approvals, as well as maximum counterparty exposures and minimum credit ratings. The Company does not use derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

To manage credit risk, the Company only enters into derivative financial instruments with highly rated investment-grade counterparties. Hedge transactions are reviewed, approved and appropriately documented in accordance with Company policies.

20. Retirement plans:

a) Defined benefit pension plans:

The Company has non-contributory defined benefit pension plans covering certain employees. The Company does not provide any significant post-retirement benefits other than pension plan benefits. Information concerning the Company’s defined benefit pension plans, in aggregate, is as follows:

As at	Dec 31 2017			Dec 31 2016
Accrued benefit obligations:
Balance, beginning of year	$	60,771		$	55,966
Current service cost		1,879			1,677
Past service cost		812			–
Interest cost on accrued benefit obligations		2,242			2,269
Benefit payments		(5,280	)		(2,570	)
Settlements		–			–
Actuarial loss		166			2,393
Foreign exchange loss		4,803			1,036
Balance, end of year		65,393			60,771
Fair values of plan assets:
Balance, beginning of year		44,230			40,286
Interest income on assets		1,522			1,553
Contributions		1,970			2,722
Benefit payments		(5,280	)		(2,570	)
Settlements		–			–
Return on plan assets		1,330			2,345
Foreign exchange gain (loss)		3,219			(106	)
Balance, end of year		46,991			44,230
Unfunded status		18,402			16,541
Minimum funding requirement		–			–
Defined benefit obligation, net	$	18,402		$	16,541

The Company has an unfunded retirement obligation of $25.1 million as at December 31, 2017 (2016 – $22.4 million) for its employees in Chile that will be funded at retirement in accordance with Chilean law. The accrued benefit for the unfunded retirement arrangement in Chile is paid when an employee leaves the Company in accordance with plan terms and Chilean regulations. The Company estimates that it may make benefit payments based on actuarial assumptions related to the unfunded retirement obligation in Chile of $5.1 million in 2018. Actual benefit payments in future periods will fluctuate based on employee retirements.

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The Company has a net funded retirement asset of $6.6 million as at December 31, 2017 (2016 – $5.7 million) for certain employees and retirees in Canada and a net funded retirement asset of $0.1 million as at December 31, 2017 (2016 – $0.2 million) in Europe. The Company estimates that it will make additional contributions relating to its defined benefit pension plan in Canada of $0.6 million in 2018.

These defined benefit plans expose the Company to actuarial risks, such as longevity risk, currency risk, interest rate risk and market risk on the funded plans. Additionally, as the plans provide benefits to plan members predominantly in Canada and Chile, the plans expose the Company to foreign currency risk for funding requirements. The primary long-term risk is that the Company will not have sufficient plan assets and liquidity to meet obligations when they fall due. The weighted average duration of the net defined benefit obligation is 10 years.

The Company’s net defined benefit pension plan expense charged to the consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

For the years ended December 31	2017			2016
Net defined benefit pension plan expense:
Current service cost	$	1,879		$	1,677
Past service cost		812			–
Net interest cost		720			715
Cost of settlement		–			–
	$	3,411		$	2,392
The Company’s current year actuarial gains (losses), recognized in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, are as follows:
For the years ended December 31	2017			2016
Actuarial gain (loss)	$	564		$	(77	)
Minimum funding requirement		–			–
Actuarial gain (loss), net	$	564		$	(77	)
The Company uses a December 31 measurement date for its defined benefit pension plans. Actuarial reports for the Company’s defined benefit pension plans were prepared by independent actuaries for funding purposes as of December 31, 2016 in Canada. The next actuarial reports for funding purposes for the Company’s Canadian defined benefit pension plans are scheduled to be completed as of December 31, 2019. The discount rate is the most significant actuarial assumption used in accounting for the defined benefit pension plans. As at December 31, 2017, the weighted average discount rate for the defined benefit obligation was 3.7% (2016 - 3.7%). A decrease of 1% in the weighted average discount rate at the end of the reporting period, while holding all other assumptions constant, would result in an increase to the defined benefit obligation of approximately $6.3 million. The asset allocation for the defined benefit pension plan assets as at December 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:
As at	Dec 31 2017			Dec 31 2016
Equity securities		46	%		49	%
Debt securities		29	%		27	%
Cash and other short-term securities		25	%		24	%
Total		100	%		100	%

The fair values of the above equity and debt instruments are determined based on quoted market prices in active markets whereas the fair values of cash and other short-term securities are not based on quoted market prices in active markets. The plan assets are held separately from those of the Company in funds under the control of trustees.

b) Defined contribution pension plans:

The Company has defined contribution pension plans. The Company’s funding obligations under the defined contribution pension plans are limited to making regular payments to the plans, based on a percentage of employee earnings. Total net pension expense for the defined contribution pension plans charged to operations during the year ended December 31, 2017 was $8.1 million (2016 - $7.6 million).

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21. Commitments and contingencies:

a) Take-or-pay purchase contracts and related commitments:

The Company has commitments under take-or-pay contracts to purchase natural gas, to pay for transportation capacity related to the delivery of natural gas and to purchase oxygen and other feedstock requirements up to 2035. The minimum estimated commitment under these contracts, except as noted below, is as follows:

As at December 31, 2017

2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Thereafter
$    473,927	$    371,167	$    306,400	$    308,338	$    245,989	$    1,300,609

In the above table, the Company has included natural gas commitments at the contractual volume and prices.

b) Argentina natural gas supply contracts:

Since June 2007, the Company’s natural gas suppliers from Argentina have curtailed all gas supply to the Company’s plants in Chile pursuant to long-term gas supply agreements. The Company has not received natural gas under these long-term agreements since 2007 and therefore potential future purchase obligations have been excluded from the table above.

c) Operating lease commitments:

The Company has future minimum lease payments under operating leases relating primarily to vessel charter, terminal facilities, office space, equipment and other operating lease commitments as follows:

As at December 31, 2017

2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Thereafter
$    90,820	$    90,035	$    56,973	$    38,982	$    37,858	$    163,822

The minimum lease payments relate to the right of use of the leased asset and exclude non-lease elements such as the reimbursement of operating costs.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company recognized as an expense $181.4 million (2016 – expense of $165.1 million) relating to operating lease payments. The expense recognized includes amounts related to leased assets and the reimbursement of operating costs for time charter vessels.

d) Leased assets not yet in service:

The Company has future minimum lease payments under operating leases related to two time charter agreements for vessels which are currently under construction and expected to be delivered in 2019. The minimum lease payments under these leases have been excluded from the operating lease commitments table above as the contracts contain certain cancellation features which are dependent on the delivery of the vessels. Once delivered, these vessels will have a total minimum commitment of approximately $80 million per vessel over a 15 year life.

e) Purchased methanol:

The Company has marketing rights for 100% of the production from its jointly owned plants (the Atlas plant in Trinidad in which it has a 63.1% interest and the plant in Egypt in which it has a 50% interest), which results in purchase commitments of an additional 1.3 million tonnes per year of methanol offtake supply when these plants operate at capacity. As at December 31, 2017, the Company also had commitments to purchase methanol from other suppliers for approximately 0.8 million tonnes for 2018 and 1.5 million tonnes in aggregate thereafter. The pricing under these purchase commitments is referenced to pricing at the time of purchase or sale, and accordingly, no amounts have been included in the table above.

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22. Related parties:

The Company has interests in significant subsidiaries and joint ventures as follows:

Name	Country of incorporation		Principal activities		Interest%
					Dec 31 2017			Dec 31 2016
Significant subsidiaries:
Methanex Asia Pacific Limited		Hong Kong		Marketing & distribution		100	%		100	%
Methanex Europe NV		Belgium		Marketing & distribution		100	%		100	%
Methanex Methanol Company, LLC		United States		Marketing & distribution		100	%		100	%
Egyptian Methanex Methanol Company S.A.E. (“Methanex Egypt”)		Egypt		Production		50	%		50	%
Methanex Chile S.A.		Chile		Production		100	%		100	%
Methanex New Zealand Limited		New Zealand		Production		100	%		100	%
Methanex Trinidad (Titan) Unlimited		Trinidad		Production		100	%		100	%
Methanex U.S.A. LLC		United States		Production		100	%		100	%
Methanex Louisiana LLC		United States		Production		100	%		100	%
Waterfront Shipping Company Limited2		Cayman Islands		Shipping		100	%		100	%
Significant joint ventures:
Atlas Methanol Company Unlimited1		Trinidad		Production		63.1	%		63.1	%

¹  Summarized financial information for the group’s investment in Atlas is disclosed in note 6.

²  Waterfront Shipping Company Limited has a controlling interest in multiple ocean going vessels owned through less than wholly-owned entities as disclosed in note 23.

Transactions between the Company and Atlas are considered related party transactions and are included within the summarized financial information in note 6. Atlas revenue for the year ended December 31, 2017 of $459 million (2016 – $214 million) is a related party transaction as the Company has marketing rights for 100% of the methanol produced by Atlas. Balances outstanding with Atlas as at December 31, 2017 and provided in the summarized financial information in note 6 include receivables owing from Atlas to the Company of $13 million (2016 – $7 million), and payables to Atlas of $98 million (2016 – $55 million). The Company has total loans outstanding to Atlas as at December 31, 2017 of $76 million (2016 – $76 million) which are unsecured and due at maturity.

Remuneration of non-management directors and senior management, which includes the members of the executive leadership team, is as follows:

For the years ended December 31	2017		2016
Short-term employee benefits	$	5,214	$	5,315
Post-employment benefits		583		650
Other long-term employee benefits		43		47
Share-based compensation expense1		40,668		16,172
Total	$	46,508	$	22,184

¹  Balance includes realized and unrealized gains (losses) from share-based compensation awards granted.

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23. Non-controlling interests:

Set out below is summarized financial information for each of our subsidiaries that have non-controlling interests. The amounts disclosed are before inter-company eliminations.

As at	Dec 31 2017									Dec 31 2016
	Methanex Egypt			Other1			Total			Methanex Egypt			Other1			Total
Current assets	$	248,032		$	27,240		$	275,272		$	155,422		$	12,123		$	167,545
Non-current assets		720,356			105,375			825,731			746,202			116,314			862,516
Current liabilities		(231,259	)		(12,489	)		(243,748	)		(177,088	)		(14,622	)		(191,710	)
Non-current liabilities		(293,184	)		(76,090	)		(369,274	)		(339,369	)		(84,540	)		(423,909	)
Net assets		443,945			44,036			487,981			385,167			29,275			414,442
Carrying amount of Methanex non-controlling interests	$	216,599		$	27,748		$	244,347		$	188,099		$	20,416		$	208,515
For the years ended December 31				2017									2016
	Methanex Egypt			Other1			Total			Methanex Egypt			Other1			Total
Revenue	$	285,017		$	32,094		$	317,111		$	111,728		$	26,148		$	137,876
Net and total comprehensive income (loss)		65,241			6,981			72,222			(79,963	)		4,781			(75,182	)
Net and total comprehensive income (loss) allocated to Methanex non-controlling interests		55,470			3,492			58,962			(18,069	)		2,389			(15,680	)
Equity contributions by non-controlling interests	$	–		$	8,170		$	8,170		$	–		$	25		$	25
Distributions paid and accrued to non-controlling interests	$	(26,970	)	$	(4,330	)	$	(31,300	)	$	(23,264	)	$	(1,410	)	$	(24,674	)
For the years ended December 31				2017									2016
	Methanex Egypt			Other1			Total			Methanex Egypt			Other1			Total
Cash flows from (used in) operating activities	$	131,175		$	19,538		$	150,713		$	(23,992	)	$	17,718		$	(6,274	)
Cash flows from (used in) financing activities		(27,365	)		(3,250	)		(30,615	)		(24,929	)		55,891			30,962
Cash flows from (used in) investing activities	$	(18,839	)	$	(605	)	$	(19,444	)	$	(4,637	)	$	(70,516	)	$	(75,153	)

¹  Other is comprised of multiple ocean going vessels controlled by Waterfront Shipping Company Limited through less than wholly-owned entities.

The Company has reclassified the presentation of amounts relating to accrued distributions to Methanex Egypt in Changes in non-cash working capital from Operating activities to Financing activities. The reclassification has been reflected in the comparative figures.

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