Emera will release itsQ1 2020 results on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. The company also announced increased options for virtual participation for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 5, 2020.
In response to COVID-19, Emera activated pandemic and business continuity plans across its operations in early March. The company remains focused on the health and safety of employees, customers and communities while ensuring customers continue to get the critical energy they need. For information on how Emera is responding to COVID-19, please visit https://www.emera.com/covid-19-response.
“We recognize our customers, including essential services like hospitals and healthcare infrastructure, are counting on us, now more than ever,” says Scott Balfour, President and CEO of Emera Inc. “I am incredibly proud of how our entire team is adapting and stepping up to safely deliver for each other and our customers during this extraordinary time.”
Release of Q1 2020 Results
Emera will release itsQ1 2020 results on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, before markets open. The Company will host a teleconference and webcast the same day at 9:30 a.m. Atlantic (8:30 a.m. Eastern) to discuss the results.
Analysts and other interested parties in North America are invited to participate by dialing 1-866-521-4909. International parties are invited to participate by dialing 1-647-427-2311. Participants should dial in at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. No pass code is required.
A live and archived audio webcast of the teleconference will be available on the company's website, http://investors.emera.com/. A replay of the teleconference will be available two hours after the conclusion of the call until June 14, 2020, by dialing 1-800-585-8367 and entering pass code 6139327.
Annual Meeting of Shareholders
The meeting will be held on Friday, June 5, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. Atlantic Time at Emera Place, 5151 Terminal Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Common shareholders of record as of the close of business on Friday, April 24, 2020 and their proxyholders are entitled to participate and vote on the business of the meeting.
As part of its response to COVID-19, Emera is taking special actions and adding options for shareholders to participate electronically in the company’s annual meeting of shareholders.
“Our number one priority is the health and safety of our team, customers, community and shareholders,” says Balfour. “We are balancing this with our commitment to shareholder engagement and ensuring we are offering several options for participation during this extraordinary time.”
Emera is subject to the Nova Scotia Companies Act annual general meeting requirements, as well as directives under the Nova Scotia Health Protection Act and Emergency Management Act regarding social distancing and limits on the size of gatherings which are currently limited to no more than five people. Given the required management participants and IT support to run the meeting, if these restrictions remain in place, we will not be able to accommodate any other attendees in person.
To address public health concerns and these requirements, shareholders will be able to participate in the meeting by webcast and will be able to exercise voting rights electronically during the meeting. Shareholders will be able to ask questions through the webcast site, or they may submit questions in advance to 2020AGM@emera.com or in writing at the address provided in the management proxy circular.
In the interest of public safety, Emera strongly encourages shareholders to take advantage of their option to vote by proxy, in advance, or to attend the meeting electronically. Details on how to participate in the meeting will be described in Emera’s management proxy circular and will be available prior to the meeting on our website at http://investors.emera.com/.
About Emera Inc.
Emera Inc. is a geographically diverse energy and services company headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with approximately $32 billion in assets and 2019 revenues of more than $6.1 billion. The company primarily invests in regulated electricity generation and electricity and gas transmission and distribution with a strategic focus on transformation from high carbon to low carbon energy sources. Emera has investments throughout North America, and in four Caribbean countries. 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, EMA.PR.F and EMA.PR.H. Depositary receipts representing common shares of Emera are listed on the Barbados Stock Exchange under the symbol EMABDR and on The Bahamas International Securities Exchange under the symbol EMAB. Additional Information can be accessed at www.emera.com or at www.sedar.com.
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