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Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp 6-K, filed Jun 4, 2021

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (AQN)

6-K 2021-06-04 For: 2021-06-03
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Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp filed this 6-K on June 4, 2021.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 6-K

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REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date: June 3, 2021

Commission File Number: 001-37946

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Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

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354 Davis Road

Oakville, Ontario, L6J 2X1, Canada

(Address of principal executive offices)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F □    Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): □

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): □

EXHIBIT INDEX

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Form 6-K:

Exhibit Description
99.1 Election of Board of Directors Press Release Dated June 3, 2021
99.2 Report of Voting Results 2021

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.
(registrant)
Date: June 3, 2021 By:  (signed) "George Trisic"
Name: George Trisic
Title:   Chief Governance Officer and Corporate Secretary

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Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. Holds Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Announces Election of Board of Directors

OAKVILLE, Ontario – June 3, 2021 - Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (“AQN” or the “Company”) (TSX/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.

For Further Information:

Amelia Tsang

Vice President, Investor Relations

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.

354 Davis Road, Oakville, Ontario, L6J 2X1

E-mail: InvestorRelations@APUCorp.com

Telephone: (905) 465-4500

Stephanie Bose

Director, Corporate Communications

Liberty

354 Davis Road, Oakville, Ontario, L6J 2X1

E-mail: Corporate.Communications@libertyutilities.com

Telephone: (905) 465-4500

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ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.

(the “Corporation”)

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

JUNE 3, 2021

VOTING RESULTS

Resolution # 1:

By way of online ballot, the shareholders approved the re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Corporation for the ensuing year.

Ballots Tabulated:

For: 287,471,503 99.57%
Withheld: 1,245,233 0.43%
Total: 288,716,736 100%

Resolution # 2:

By way of online ballot, the shareholders elected each of the following director nominees to hold office until the end of the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her successor is duly elected or appointed.

Ballots Tabulated:

Nominees For % 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

Resolution # 3:

By way of online ballot, the shareholders approved the advisory resolution set forth in Schedule “A” of the Corporation's management information circular dated April 15, 2021 (the "Circular") to approve the approach to executive compensation as disclosed in the Circular.

Ballots Tabulated:

For: 270,134,496 96.57%
Against: 9,605,042 3.43%
Total: 279,739,538 100%

DATED this 3rd day of June, 2021

ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.

/s/ George Trisic

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George Trisic

Chief Governance Officer and Corporate Secretary