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Emera Announces Election of Directors

T.EMA | May 22, 2015

Emera Inc. (TSX: EMA, EMA.PR.A, EMA.PR.C, EMA.PR.E and EMA.PR.F) announced that all of the nominees listed in the management information circular dated March 4, 2015 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 21, 2015 in Saint John, New Brunswick, are set out below.

Election of Directors

On a vote by ballot, each of the following 12 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	57,687,891	99.58	240,737	0.42
Henry E. Demone	55,844,094	96.40	2,084,317	3.60
Allan L. Edgeworth	57,278,883	98.88	649,745	1.12
James D. Eisenhauer	57,381,921	99.06	546,657	0.94
Christopher G. Huskilson	57,322,219	98.95	606,142	1.05
J. Wayne Leonard	57,689,946	99.59	238,682	0.41
B. Lynn Loewen	57,749,239	99.69	179,389	0.31
John T. McLennan	57,313,309	98.94	615,102	1.06
Donald A. Pether	56,444,590	97.44	1,484,038	2.56
Andrea S. Rosen	57,363,833	99.03	564,745	0.97
Richard P. Sergel	57,613,919	99.46	314,492	0.54
M. Jacqueline Sheppard	56,979,545	98.36	949,083	1.64

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 21, 2015 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 $10.19 billion in assets and 2014 revenues of $2.97 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. Emera continues to target having 75-85% of its adjusted earnings come from rate-regulated businesses. Emera common and preferred shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and trade under the symbols EMA, EMA.PR.A, EMA.PR.C, EMA.PR.E, and EMA.PR.F. Additional Information can be accessed at www.emera.com or at www.sedar.com.