OAKVILLE, ON, June 2, 2022
/CNW/ - Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. ("AQN" or the
"Company") (TSX: AQN) (NYSE: AQN) today held a virtual annual
meeting of common shareholders. At the meeting, all of the nominees
listed in the Company's management information circular dated
April 14, 2022 were elected as
directors of AQN until the next annual meeting of shareholders.
Those elected include new nominee Amee
Chande, who brings significant experience to the Company's
board given her background as a corporate director, strategy
consultant, and senior advisor to leading companies in the mobility
sector. Ms. Chande has also been appointed as a member of the
Company's Audit Committee and Corporate Governance Committee.
On a vote by ballot, each of the following nine nominees
proposed by management was elected as a director of AQN. The
results of the ballot were as follows:
Nominee
|
Votes
For
|
% For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
%
Withheld
|
Arun
Banskota
|
302,489,414
|
99.51%
|
1,499,172
|
0.49%
|
Melissa Stapleton
Barnes
|
302,246,209
|
99.43%
|
1,742,377
|
0.57%
|
Amee Chande
|
302,708,637
|
99.58%
|
1,279,949
|
0.42%
|
Daniel
Goldberg
|
301,732,308
|
99.26%
|
2,256,278
|
0.74%
|
Christopher
Huskilson
|
302,076,972
|
99.37%
|
1,911,614
|
0.63%
|
D. Randy
Laney
|
300,076,253
|
98.71%
|
3,912,333
|
1.29%
|
Kenneth
Moore
|
292,111,972
|
96.09%
|
11,876,614
|
3.91%
|
Masheed
Saidi
|
302,255,530
|
99.43%
|
1,733,056
|
0.57%
|
Dilek Samil
|
299,740,004
|
98.60%
|
4,248,582
|
1.40%
|
Shareholders also voted in favour of the re-appointment of Ernst
& Young LLP as the Company's auditor for the ensuing year, a
resolution approving the unallocated options under the Company's
stock option plan, a resolution approving the amendment,
continuation, and restatement of the Company's shareholder rights
plan, and an advisory resolution approving the Company's approach
to executive compensation.
Final voting results on all matters voted on at the annual
meeting of shareholders will be filed with Canadian and U.S.
securities regulatory authorities at www.sedar.com and
www.sec.gov/edgar.
About Algonquin Power &
Utilities Corp. and Liberty
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., parent company of
Liberty, is a diversified international generation, transmission,
and distribution utility with over $17
billion of total assets. Through its two business groups,
the Regulated Services Group and the Renewable Energy Group,
Algonquin is committed to providing safe, secure, reliable,
cost-effective, and sustainable energy and water solutions through
its portfolio of electric generation, transmission, and
distribution utility investments to over one million customer
connections, largely in the United
States and Canada. Algonquin is a global leader in
renewable energy through its portfolio of long-term contracted
wind, solar, and hydroelectric generating facilities. Algonquin
owns, operates, and/or has net interests in over 4 GW of installed
renewable energy capacity.
Algonquin is committed to delivering growth and the pursuit of
operational excellence in a sustainable manner through an expanding
global pipeline of renewable energy and electric transmission
development projects, organic growth within its rate-regulated
generation, distribution, and transmission businesses, and the
pursuit of accretive acquisitions and value enhancing recycling of
assets.
Algonquin's common shares, preferred shares, Series A, and
preferred shares, Series D are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange
under the symbols AQN, AQN.PR.A, and AQN.PR.D, respectively. AQN's
common shares, Series 2018-A subordinated notes, Series 2019-A
subordinated notes and equity units are listed on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbols AQN, AQNA, AQNB, and AQNU,
respectively.
Visit AQN at www.algonquinpowerandutilities.com and follow us on
Twitter @AQN_Utilities.
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