OAKVILLE, ON, June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Algonquin Power &
Utilities Corp. ("AQN" or the "Company") (TSX: AQN) (NYSE: AQN)
today held a virtual annual meeting of common shareholders. At
the meeting, all of the nominees listed in the Company's management
information circular dated April 15,
2021 were elected as directors of AQN until the next annual
meeting of shareholders. The detailed voting results for the
election of directors are set out below.
On a vote by ballot, each of the following nine nominees
proposed by management was elected as a director of AQN. The
results of the ballot were as follows:
|
Nominee
|
Votes
For
|
%
For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
%
Withheld
|
|
Christopher
Ball
|
263,756,761
|
94.29%
|
15,982,779
|
5.71%
|
|
Arun
Banskota
|
279,209,311
|
99.81%
|
530,229
|
0.19%
|
|
Melissa Stapleton
Barnes
|
279,043,669
|
99.75%
|
695,871
|
0.25%
|
|
Christopher
Huskilson
|
279,131,852
|
99.78%
|
607,688
|
0.22%
|
|
D. Randy
Laney
|
279,104,688
|
99.77%
|
634,852
|
0.23%
|
|
Carol
Leaman
|
279,172,883
|
99.80%
|
566,657
|
0.20%
|
|
Kenneth
Moore
|
267,779,544
|
95.72%
|
11,959,996
|
4.28%
|
|
Masheed
Saidi
|
279,089,815
|
99.77%
|
649,725
|
0.23%
|
|
Dilek
Samil
|
277,098,832
|
99.06%
|
2,640,708
|
0.94%
|
Shareholders also voted in favour of the re-appointment of Ernst
& Young LLP as the Company's auditor for the ensuing year and
an advisory resolution on the Company's approach to executive
compensation.
Final voting results on all matters voted on at the annual
meeting of shareholders will be filed with Canadian and U.S.
securities regulatory authorities at www.sedar.com and
www.sec.gov.
About Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. and
Liberty
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., parent company of
Liberty, is a diversified international generation, transmission,
and distribution utility with approximately $15 billion of total assets. Through its two
business groups, the Regulated Services Group and the Renewable
Energy Group, AQN is committed to providing safe, secure, reliable,
cost-effective, and sustainable energy and water solutions through
its portfolio of electric generation, transmission, and
distribution utility investments to over one million customer
connections, largely in the United
States and Canada. AQN is a
global leader in renewable energy through its portfolio of
long-term contracted wind, solar, and hydroelectric generating
facilities. AQN owns, operates, and/or has net interests in over 3
GW of installed renewable generation capacity.
AQN is committed to delivering growth and the pursuit of
operational excellence in a sustainable manner through an expanding
global pipeline of renewable energy and electric transmission
development projects, organic growth within its rate-regulated
generation, distribution, and transmission businesses, and the
pursuit of accretive acquisitions.
AQN's common shares, Series A preferred shares, and Series D
preferred shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the
symbols AQN, AQN.PR.A, and AQN.PR.D, respectively. AQN's common
shares, Series 2018-A subordinated notes and Series 2019-A
subordinated notes are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbols AQN, AQNA and AQNB, respectively.
Visit AQN at www.algonquinpowerandutilities.com and follow us on
Twitter @AQN_Utilities.
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