news-and-events

Primary Energy Recycling Announces Annual Meeting Results and Appointment of Two New Directors

06/14/2013


OAK BROOK, IL, June 14, 2013 /CNW/ - Primary Energy Recycling Corporation (TSX: PRI), a clean energy company that generates revenue from capturing and recycling recoverable heat and byproduct fuels from industrial processes, today announced that shareholders have approved all resolutions put forth at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held in Toronto, Ontario on Thursday, June 13, 2013.

Shareholders elected each of the Company's nominees for director by the following votes cast by ballot:

Total Votes
Nominee Votes in
Favour
% Votes
Withheld
%
A. Michel Lavigne 29,504,527 93.97 1,894,941 6.03
Christopher H. Pickwoad 29,504,494 93.96 1,894,974 6.04
Lorie Waisberg 29,504,394 93.96 1,895,074 6.04
Rodney Boulanger 29,504,527 93.97 1,894,941 6.03
John D. Prunkl 29,504,494 93.96 1,894,974 6.04
Donald A. Pether 29,504,527 93.97 1,894,941 6.03
Brian Greene 29,506,659 93.97 1,892,809 6.03

As previously announced, the Company entered into an agreement with MSDC Management, L.P., West Face Capital Inc., Kingstown Capital Management L.P. and Cumberland Private Wealth Management Inc. to appoint two new independent directors to the board following the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. These Shareholders collectively own, or exercise control or direction over, 54.0% of the Company's common shares. In accordance with the agreement, Mr. Pickwoad resigned from the board following the Annual Meeting of Shareholders and the size of the board was increased from seven directors to eight directors. The board appointed Messrs. Robert A. Peiser and Brian Redmond to fill the two resulting vacancies, and Mr. Peiser has replaced Mr. Lavigne as Chairman of the Company's board of directors.

Shareholders voted to re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's auditor, and authorized the directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor.

Complete voting results can be found on www.sedar.com

About Primary Energy Recycling Corporation
Primary Energy Recycling Corporation, headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, owns and operates four recycled energy projects and a 50 per cent interest in a pulverized coal facility (collectively, the "Projects"). The Projects have a combined electrical generating capacity of 298 megawatts and a combined steam generating capacity of 1.8M lbs/hour. Primary Energy Recycling Corporation creates value for its customers by capturing and recycling waste energy from industrial and electric generation processes and converting it into reliable and economical electricity and thermal energy for resale back to its customers. For more information, please go to www.primaryenergy.com.

For Primary Energy please contact:
Chief Commercial Officer
Christopher Fanella
630.560.4227
[email protected]

Media and Investor Relations
Adam Peeler
416.815.0700 ext. 225
[email protected]


Find out more about our energy
efficient projects and their benefit to
the environment.

Information for investors,
shareholder information, downloads
and more.

Learn about Primary Energy and
our objectives and strategies.

Find out what’s been going on with
Primary Energy.

Learn how we make use of energy-
efficient recycling technologies,
how they work and their benefits
to the environment.

Questions or comments? Contact
Primary Energy for more information.

Powered By Q4 Web Systems 3.8.3.5692