Emera Inc. Announces Election of Directors

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emera Inc. (TSX: EMA) announced that at its annual meeting of shareholders held on June 5, 2020, on a vote by ballot, each of the 11 nominees proposed as Directors and listed in its Management Information Circular dated April 21, 2020 were elected as Directors. The detailed results of the vote for the election of Directors are set out below.

Nominee	Votes For		Votes Withheld
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Scott C. Balfour	113,082,913	99.82	201,320	0.18
James V. Bertram	113,027,552	99.77	256,681	0.23
Sylvia D. Chrominska	113,016,951	99.76	267,282	0.24
Henry E. Demone	113,126,430	99.86	157,803	0.14
Kent M. Harvey	112,762,345	99.54	521,888	0.46
B. Lynn Loewen	113,120,775	99.86	163,458	0.14
John B. Ramil	112,988,651	99.74	295,582	0.26
Andrea S. Rosen	112,541,994	99.34	742,239	0.66
Richard P. Sergel	113,006,056	99.75	278,177	0.25
M. Jacqueline Sheppard	113,066,920	99.81	217,313	0.19
Jochen E. Tilk	113,009,750	99.76	274,483	0.24

Final voting results of all matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 5, 2020 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 $34 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.