METHANEX CORP

This annual report includes or incorporates by reference certain statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements appear in a number of places in this annual report and documents incorporated by reference herein and include statements regarding the Registrant’s intent, belief or current expectations and those of the Registrant’s management. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Registrant’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. When used in this annual report or in documents incorporated by reference in this annual report, words such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “potential,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “aims,” “goal,” or the negative version of those words or other comparable terminology and similar statements of a future or forward-looking nature are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on various factors and were derived utilizing numerous assumptions that could cause the Registrant’s actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. For additional information, please refer to the disclosure contained under the heading, “Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in the Registrant’s Annual Information Form filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

NOTE TO UNITED STATES READERS REGARDING DIFFERENCES

BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN REPORTING PRACTICES

The Registrant is permitted to prepare this annual report in accordance with Canadian disclosure requirements, which are different from those of the United States. The Registrant prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, which principles differ in certain respects from generally accepted accounting principles applicable in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) and from practices prescribed by the SEC. Therefore, the Company’s financial statements incorporated by reference in this annual report may not be comparable to financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.