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Emera Announces Election of Directors

T.EMA | May 18, 2016

Emera Announces Election of Directors

Emera (TSX:EMA) announced that all of the nominees listed in the management information circular dated March 17, 2016 were elected as directors of Emera Inc. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders on May 17, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario, 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	Percentage of	Number of Votes	Percentage of
	For	Votes For	Withheld	Votes Withheld
Sylvia D. Chrominska	68,994,646	98.97%	718,369	1.03%
Henry E. Demone	69,076,936	99.09%	636,079	0.91%
Allan L. Edgeworth	68,949,353	98.90%	763,662	1.10%
James D. Eisenhauer	69,261,619	99.35%	451,396	0.65%
Christopher G. Huskilson	69,292,345	99.40%	420,670	0.60%
J. Wayne Leonard	66,994,505	96.10%	2,718,510	3.90%
B. Lynn Loewen	69,165,448	99.21%	547,567	0.79%
John T. McLennan	68,965,488	98.93%	747,527	1.07%
Donald A. Pether	69,074,586	99.08%	638,429	0.92%
Andrea S. Rosen	68,915,201	98.86%	797,814	1.14%
Richard P. Sergel	69,398,778	99.55%	314,237	0.45%
M. Jacqueline Sheppard	69,419,153	99.58%	293,862	0.42%

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 17, 2016 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 approximately $11.5 billion in assets and 2015 revenues of $2.79 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’s common and preferred shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and trade respectively under the symbol EMA, EMA.PR.A, EMA.PR.B, EMA.PR.C, EMA.PR.E, and EMA.PR.F and instalment receipts are listed and trade under the symbol EMA.IR. Depositary receipts representing common shares of Emera are listed on the Barbados Stock Exchange under the symbol EMABDR. Additional Information can be accessed at www.emera.com or at www.sedar.com.