Emera Inc. (TSX: EMA EMA.PR.A EMA.PR.C and EMA.PR.E) announced that the
nominees listed in the management information circular dated March 4,
2014 were elected as directors of Emera Inc. The detailed results of the
vote for the election of directors held at its Annual Meeting of
Shareholders on May 7, 2014 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, are set out below.
Election of Directors
On a vote by ballot, each of the following 10 nominees proposed by
management was elected as a director of Emera.
|
Nominee
|
|
Number of Votes For
|
|
Percentage of Votes For
|
|
Number of Votes Withheld
|
|
Percentage of Votes Withheld
|
|
|
Sylvia D. Chrominska
|
|
57,338,505
|
|
99.32
|
|
394,479
|
|
0.68
|
|
|
Allan L. Edgeworth
|
|
57,345,855
|
|
99.33
|
|
387,779
|
|
0.67
|
|
|
James D. Eisenhauer
|
|
57,277,398
|
|
99.21
|
|
456,786
|
|
0.79
|
|
|
Christopher G. Huskilson
|
|
57,346,688
|
|
99.33
|
|
387,496
|
|
0.67
|
|
|
B. Lynn Loewen
|
|
57,525,556
|
|
99.64
|
|
208,128
|
|
0.36
|
|
|
John T. McLennan
|
|
57,510,038
|
|
99.61
|
|
224,146
|
|
0.39
|
|
|
Donald A. Pether
|
|
57,196,503
|
|
99.07
|
|
537,681
|
|
0.93
|
|
|
Andrea S. Rosen
|
|
57,318,362
|
|
99.28
|
|
415,322
|
|
0.72
|
|
|
Richard P. Sergel
|
|
57,558,725
|
|
99.70
|
|
175,459
|
|
0.30
|
|
|
M. Jacqueline Sheppard
|
|
57,245,152
|
|
99.15
|
|
489,032
|
|
0.85
|
|
Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders held on May 7, 2014 will be filed on www.sedar.com
About Emera Inc.
Emera Inc. is a geographically diverse energy and services company
headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia with $9.29 billion in assets and
2013 revenues of $2.2 billion. The company invests in electricity
generation, transmission and distribution, as well as gas transmission
and utility energy services. Emera's strategy is focused on the
transformation of the electricity industry to cleaner generation and the
delivery of that clean energy to market. Emera has investments
throughout northeastern North America, and in four Caribbean countries.
Approximately 80% of the company's reported net income in 2013 came from
regulated investments. Emera common and preferred shares are listed on
the Toronto Stock Exchange and trade respectively under the symbol EMA,
EMA.PR.A, EMA.PR.C, and EMA.PR.E. Additional Information can be accessed
at www.emera.com
or at www.sedar.com.
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