TSX.V Symbol: "WND"
OTCQX Symbol: "WNDEF"
Issued and Outstanding: 73,272,748
VANCOUVER,
April 9, 2013 /CNW/ - Western Wind
Energy Corp. (the "Company" or "Western Wind")
(TSX Venture Exchange ‒ "WND") (OTCQX ‒ "WNDEF") announced that it
will file a Form 15F today with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") to terminate registration of
its common shares under Section 12(g) of the United States
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Upon making the Form 15F filing, the Company's
reporting obligations with the SEC, including its obligation to
file reports on Form 40-F and furnish reports on Form 6-K, will
immediately be suspended. The termination of the Company's
reporting obligations is expected to become effective no later than
90 days after such filing if there are no objections from the
SEC.
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ABOUT WESTERN WIND ENERGY CORP.
Western Wind is a vertically integrated
renewable energy production company that owns and operates wind and
solar generation facilities with 165 net MW of rated capacity in
production, in the States of California and Arizona. Western Wind further owns substantial
development assets for both solar and wind energy in the U.S. The
Company is headquartered in Vancouver,
BC and has branch offices in Scottsdale, Arizona and Tehachapi, California. Western Wind trades on
the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "WND", and in
the United States on the OTCQX
under the symbol "WNDEF".
The Company owns and operates three wind energy
generation facilities in California, and one fully integrated combined
wind and solar energy generation facility in Arizona. The three operating wind generation
facilities in California are
comprised of the 120MW Windstar, the 4.5MW Windridge facilities in
Tehachapi, and the 30MW Mesa wind
generation facility near Palm
Springs. The facility in Arizona is the Company's 10.5MW Kingman integrated solar and wind facility.
The Company is further developing wind and solar energy projects in
California, Arizona, and Puerto
Rico.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
SOURCE Western Wind Energy