ITC Announces Matthew Dills as New Vice President of Human Resources

NOVI, Mich., July 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- ITC Holdings Corp. (NYSE: ITC) today announced that Matthew Dills has joined the company as vice president, human resources and chief human resources officer. Dills will lead all human resources functions for ITC.

"Matthew's knowledge across a number of industries aligns with our corporate culture of operational excellence and will be an invaluable resource at ITC," said Joseph Welch, chairman, president and CEO of ITC. "We are truly pleased that someone with his level of experience and skill has joined the ITC team."

Dills recently served as executive vice president of human resources and talent management at Hylant Inc., where he partnered with executive leadership to lead the human resource strategy and business partnership across the enterprise. Prior to that, he held several positions with First Solar, Inc., including vice president of human resources, talent, learning and organizational development. While at First Solar he provided business partnership focus and strategic deployment of human resources (HR) services, including employee/labor relations, compensation, recruitment, and training/organizational development. He also served as senior director of human resources for The University of Toledo, where he drove the strategic development of HR services, including employee relations, compensation, recruitment, and HRIS.

Dills holds a Juris Doctor in Law from The University of Toledo, College of Law, and a Master of Arts in Industrial / Organizational Psychology from the University of New Haven. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts from Bowling Green State University.

About ITC Holdings Corp.
ITC Holdings Corp. (NYSE: ITC) is the nation's largest independent electric transmission company. Based in Novi, Michigan, ITC invests in the electric transmission grid to improve reliability, expand access to markets, lower the overall cost of delivered energy and allow new generating resources to interconnect to its transmission systems. Through its regulated operating subsidiaries ITCTransmission, Michigan Electric Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and ITC Great Plains, ITC owns and operates high-voltage transmission facilities in Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, serving a combined peak load exceeding 26,000 megawatts along approximately 15,600 circuit miles of transmission line. ITC's grid development focus includes growth through regulated infrastructure investment as well as domestic and international expansion through merchant and other commercial development opportunities. For more information, please visit ITC's website at www.itc-holdings.com (ITC-itc-N).

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