OAKVILLE, ON, June 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - Algonquin Power
& Utilities Corp. ("APUC" or the "Company") (TSX: AQN, NYSE:
AQN) today announced that at the Company's annual and special
meeting of shareholders held on June 8,
2017, all of the nominees listed in its management
information circular dated May 11,
2017 were elected as directors of APUC until the next annual
meeting of shareholders. The detailed voting results for the
election of directors are set out below.
On a vote by ballot, each of the following nine nominees
proposed by management was elected as a director of APUC. The
results of the ballot were as follows:
Nominee
|
Votes
For
|
%
For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
%
Withheld
|
Christopher
Ball
|
178,274,831
|
99.18%
|
1,478,648
|
0.82%
|
Melissa Stapleton
Barnes
|
179,149,857
|
99.66%
|
603,622
|
0.34%
|
Christopher
Jarratt
|
151,104,734
|
84.06%
|
28,648,745
|
15.94%
|
D. Randy
Laney
|
179,177,320
|
99.68%
|
576,159
|
0.32%
|
Kenneth
Moore
|
179,214,567
|
99.70%
|
538,912
|
0.30%
|
Ian
Robertson
|
179,229,862
|
99.71%
|
523,617
|
0.29%
|
Masheed
Saidi
|
179,123,687
|
99.65%
|
629,792
|
0.35%
|
Dilek
Samil
|
179,125,253
|
99.65%
|
628,226
|
0.35%
|
George
Steeves
|
170,773,401
|
95.00%
|
8,980,078
|
5.00%
|
Shareholders also voted in favour of an advisory resolution on
the Company's approach to executive compensation, an amendment to
the Company's Performance and Restricted Share Unit Plan, and the
re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditor
for the upcoming year.
Final voting results on all matters voted on at the annual and
special meeting of shareholders will be filed with Canadian and
U.S. securities regulatory authorities at www.sedar.com and
www.sec.gov.
About Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
APUC is a North American diversified generation, transmission
and distribution utility with $10
billion of total assets. Through its two business groups,
APUC provides rate regulated natural gas, water, and electricity
generation, transmission, and distribution utility services to
approximately 780,000 customers in the
United States, and is committed to being a North American
leader in the generation of clean energy through its portfolio of
long term contracted wind, solar and hydroelectric generating
facilities representing more than 1,300 MW of installed capacity.
APUC delivers continuing growth through an expanding pipeline of
renewable energy development projects, organic growth within its
rate regulated generation, distribution and transmission
businesses, and the pursuit of accretive acquisitions. Common
shares and preferred shares are traded on the Toronto Stock
Exchange under the symbols AQN, AQN.PR.A, and AQN.PR.D.
APUC's common shares are also listed on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol AQN.
Visit APUC at www.AlgonquinPowerandUtilities.com and
follow us on Twitter @AQN_Utilities.
SOURCE Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.