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
Jeff Rosenthal
Chief Executive Officer
jeff.rosenthal@brookfieldrenewable.com
Tel: 604.685.9463
Western Wind Investor Relations Contact:
Vanessa Pilotte
Investor Relations
E-mail: vpilotte@westernwindenergy.com
Tel: 877-470-3601