Emera (TSX:EMA) today announced executive leadership changes at Emera Inc. and Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI). Karen Hutt will become Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development at Emera Inc. and Wayne O'Connor will become President and CEO of NSPI. Both appointments are effective October 21.

On September 27, 2019, the Board of Directors of Emera Inc. (TSX: EMA) approved an increase in the annual common share dividend to $2.45 from $2.35 per common share and extended its dividend growth rate target of four to five per cent to 2022.

Emera Incorporated ("Emera" or the "Company") (TSX:EMA) announced today that it has established an at-the-market equity program (the "ATM Program") that allows the Company to issue up to C$600,000,000 (or its U.S. dollar equivalent) of common shares (the "Common Shares") from treasury to the public from time to time, at the Company's discretion. Any Common Shares sold in the ATM Program will be sold through the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") or any other marketplace on which the Common Shares are listed, quoted or otherwise traded (collectively, the "Marketplaces") at the prevailing market price at the time of sale.