PERPETUAL ENERGY INC. ANNOUNCES ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

PERPETUAL ENERGY INC.

ANNOUNCES Election of Directors

 

Calgary, Alberta ? May 22, 2013 (TSX: PMT) ? Perpetual Energy Inc. ("Perpetual") is pleased to announce that the nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated April 5, 2013 were elected as directors of Perpetual.  The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at its annual and special meeting of shareholders earlier today in Calgary, Alberta are set out below.

Election of Directors

On a vote by ballot, each of the following eight nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of Perpetual:

Nominee	Votes For	% For	Votes Withheld	% Withheld
Clayton H. Riddell	61,791,625	98.44%	980,597	1.56%
Susan L. Riddell Rose	61,708,382	98.31%	1,063,933	1.69%
Karen A. Genoway	61,767,010	98.40%	1,005,305	1.60%
Randall E. Johnson	61,761,299	98.39%	1,011,016	1.61%
Donald J. Nelson	61,627,470	98.18%	1,144,845	1.82%
Howard R. Ward	61,718,236	98.32%	1,054,079	1.68%
Robert A. Maitland	62,065,074	98.87%	707,241	1.13%
Geoffrey C. Merritt	61,778,678	98.42%	993,637	1.58%

Perpetual Energy Inc. is a Canadian energy company focused on oil and gas-based exploration, development, production and marketing. Perpetual's shares and Convertible Debentures are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols "PMT", "PMT.DB.D" and "PMT.DB.E". Further information with respect to Perpetual can be found at its website at www.perpetualenergyinc.com.

 

For additional information, please contact:

 

Perpetual Energy Inc. Suite 3200, 605 - 5 Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3H5 Telephone: [phone]                 Fax: [phone]             Email: [e-mail]

Susan L. Riddell Rose         President and Chief Executive Officer Cameron R. Sebastian       Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer