OAKVILLE, ON, June 6, 2019 /CNW/ - Algonquin Power &
Utilities Corp. ("APUC" or the "Company") (TSX/NYSE: AQN) today
announced that at the Company's annual and special meeting of
shareholders held on June 6, 2019,
all of the nominees listed in its management information circular
dated April 26, 2019 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
|
238,876,237
|
98.82%
|
2,864,420
|
1.18%
|
Melissa Stapleton
Barnes
|
240,033,777
|
99.29%
|
1,706,880
|
0.71%
|
Christopher
Jarratt
|
212,965,143
|
88.10%
|
28,775,514
|
11.90%
|
D. Randy
Laney
|
236,752,149
|
97.94%
|
4,988,508
|
2.06%
|
Kenneth
Moore
|
239,846,139
|
99.22%
|
1,894,518
|
0.78%
|
Ian
Robertson
|
240,566,112
|
99.51%
|
1,174,545
|
0.49%
|
Masheed
Saidi
|
240,057,463
|
99.30%
|
1,683,194
|
0.70%
|
Dilek
Samil
|
236,019,181
|
97.63%
|
5,721,476
|
2.37%
|
George
Steeves
|
239,569,467
|
99.10%
|
2,171,190
|
0.90%
|
Shareholders also voted in favour of an advisory resolution on
the Company's approach to executive compensation, a resolution
approving the unallocated options under the Company's stock option
plan, a resolution approving the continuation, amendment and
restatement of the Company's shareholder rights plan, a resolution
confirming and approving the Company's by-law setting out advance
notice requirements for the nomination of directors, 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 diversified international generation, transmission and
distribution utility with approximately U.S. $10 billion of total assets. Through its two
business groups, APUC is committed to providing safe, reliable and
cost effective rate-regulated natural gas, water, and electricity
generation, transmission and distribution utility services to
nearly 800,000 connections in the United
States and Canada, and is a
global leader in renewable energy through its portfolio of
long-term contracted wind, solar and hydroelectric generating
facilities representing over 2.5 GW of net installed capacity and
more than 500 MW of incremental renewable energy capacity under
construction. APUC delivers continuing growth through an
expanding global pipeline of renewable energy, electric
transmission, and water infrastructure development projects,
organic growth within its rate-regulated generation, distribution
and transmission businesses, and the pursuit of accretive
acquisitions. APUC's common shares, Series A preferred shares, and
Series D preferred shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange
under the symbols AQN, AQN.PR.A, and AQN.PR.D. APUC's common shares
and Series 2018-A subordinated notes are also listed on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbols AQN and AQNA.
Visit APUC at www.algonquinpowerandutilities.com and
follow us on Twitter @AQN_Utilities.
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