OAKVILLE, ON, June 20,
2023 /CNW/ - Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
("AQN" or the "Company") (TSX: AQN) (NYSE: AQN) today held an
annual meeting of common shareholders. At the meeting, all of the
nominees listed in the Company's management information circular
dated April 27, 2023 were elected as
directors of AQN until the next annual meeting of shareholders.
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
Against
|
%
Against
|
|
Arun
Banskota
|
267,834,446
|
94.04 %
|
16,967,903
|
5.96 %
|
|
Melissa Stapleton
Barnes
|
261,816,199
|
91.93 %
|
22,986,153
|
8.07 %
|
|
Amee Chande
|
269,893,958
|
94.77 %
|
14,908,396
|
5.23 %
|
|
Daniel
Goldberg
|
266,710,549
|
93.65 %
|
18,091,799
|
6.35 %
|
|
Christopher
Huskilson
|
267,575,914
|
93.95 %
|
17,226,432
|
6.05 %
|
|
D. Randy
Laney
|
266,551,133
|
93.59 %
|
18,251,213
|
6.41 %
|
|
Kenneth
Moore
|
260,062,637
|
91.31 %
|
24,739,708
|
8.69 %
|
|
Masheed
Saidi
|
269,668,783
|
94.69 %
|
15,133,565
|
5.31 %
|
|
Dilek Samil
|
270,146,346
|
94.85 %
|
14,656,003
|
5.15 %
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 approving 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/edgar.
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 over $17
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 4 GW of installed renewable energy
capacity.
AQN is committed to pursuing growth and 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 and value enhancing recycling of assets.
AQN's common shares, preferred shares, Series A, and preferred
shares, Series D 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, Series 2019-A
subordinated notes and equity units are listed on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbols AQN, AQNA, AQNB, and AQNU,
respectively.
Visit AQN at www.algonquinpowerandutilities.com and follow us on
Twitter @AQN_Utilities.
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