Northland Power Announces Filing of Preliminary Short Form Prospectus

TORONTO, March 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northland Power Inc. ("Northland") (TSX: NPI) today announces that it has received a receipt for a preliminary short form prospectus (the “Prospectus”) filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada in connection with the distribution of common shares by companies controlled by Mr. James Temerty announced on March 18, 2019. The Prospectus, when made final, will qualify for distribution, on a secondary basis, approximately $750 million of common shares held by Northland Power Holdings Inc. and other entities controlled, directly or indirectly, by Mr. Temerty (collectively, the “Selling Shareholder”), and up to an additional $113 million of common shares of Northland if the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters by the Selling Shareholder is exercised. Northland will not receive any proceeds from the offering.

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