CALGARY, Nov. 13, 2018 /CNW/ – TransAlta Corporation (“TransAlta” or the “Company”) (TSX: TA, NYSE: TAC) today announced the appointment of Christophe Dehout to Chief Financial Officer. Effective immediately, he will replace Brett Gellner, who will continue to serve as Chief Strategy and Investment Officer of TransAlta.

Mr. Dehout brings broad experience in power generation and extensive knowledge of capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate transformations. Most recently Mr. Dehout was at Engie SA as Project Director and Deputy Head of Performance and Group Transformation where he contributed to the successful closing of the transfer … Continue Reading

CALGARY, Oct. 31, 2018 /CNW/ –

Third Quarter 2018 Financial Highlights

Year-to-Date 2018 Financial and Operating Highlights

TransAlta Corporation (“TransAlta” or the “Company”) (TSX: TA) (NYSE: TAC) … Continue Reading

CALGARY, Aug. 3, 2018 /CNW/ –

Second Quarter 2018 Financial Highlights

Year-to-Date 2018 Financial and Operating Highlights

TransAlta Corporation (“TransAlta” or the … Continue Reading

CALGARY, July 18, 2018 /CNW/ – TransAlta Corporation (“TransAlta”) (TSX: TA, NYSE: TAC) today announced that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, TransAlta OCP LP (the “Issuer”), has priced an approximately $345 million bond offering, by way of a private placement, which will be secured by, among other things, a first ranking charge over all but a nominal percentage of the equity interests in the Issuer and its general partner, and a first ranking charge over all of the Issuer’s accounts and certain other assets  (the “Financing”). 

The amortizing bonds will bear interest from their date of issue at a rate … Continue Reading

CALGARY, July 5, 2018 /CNW/ – TransAlta Corporation (“TransAlta”) (TSX: TA; NYSE: TAC) will release its second quarter 2018 results before market open on Friday, August 3, 2018. A conference call and webcast to discuss the results will be held for investors, analysts, members of the media and other interested parties the same day at 9:00 a.m. Mountain Time (11:00 a.m. ET). The media will be invited to ask questions following analysts.

Please contact the conference operator five minutes prior to the call, noting “TransAlta Corporation” as the company and “Sally Taylor” as moderator.

Dial-in numbers … Continue Reading

CALGARY, April 20, 2018 /CNW/ – TransAlta Corporation (TSX: TA; NYSE: TAC) (“TransAlta” or the “Company”) held its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders on April 20, 2018 in Calgary, Alberta. A total of 144,822,873 common shares, representing 50.30% of the shares outstanding were represented in person and by proxy at the meeting.

The following resolutions were considered by Shareholders:

1.                  Election of Directors 

The ten director nominees proposed by management were elected by a show of hands. Proxies were received as follows:

Nominee

Votes For

Per cent

Withheld

Per cent

Rona H. Ambrose

132,865,050

94.55%

7,651,794

5.45%… Continue Reading

CALGARY, April 6, 2018 /CNW/ – TransAlta Corporation (“TransAlta”) (TSX: TA; NYSE: TAC) will hold its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders on Friday, April 20, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. MT (12:00 p.m. ET) in the Palomino Room (E-H) at the BMO Centre (Stampede Park) in Calgary, Alberta. The Annual and Special Meeting will be broadcast via webcast and conference call. To access the broadcast, please visit https://transalta.com/investors/events-and-presentations/ or use the dial-in information provided below.

Dial-in number – Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders:
Toll-free North American participants call: 1-855-353-9183 (Code 25669#)

TransAlta will release its … Continue Reading

CALGARY, Feb. 2, 2018 /CNW/ – TransAlta Corporation (“TransAlta” or the “Company”) (TSX: TA; NYSE: TAC) today announced that it has called for the redemption of its outstanding US$500 million 6.65% senior notes maturing May 15, 2018 (the “Senior Notes”). The Senior Notes will be redeemed on March 15, 2018 at a price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis at the treasury rate … Continue Reading

CALGARY, Dec. 8, 2017 /CNW/ – TransAlta Corporation (“TransAlta” or the “Company”) (TSX: TA; NYSE: TAC) today responded favourably to details of the Government of Alberta’s determination to permit carbon credits to be earned by existing wind and hydro generation in the Alberta fleet.

On December 6, 2017, the Government of Alberta announced its intention to adopt a carbon credit regime that will fully recognize the value of carbon reductions from the generation of electricity from existing renewable assets. Under Alberta’s output based allocation system for carbon emissions, TransAlta’s existing wind and hydro facilities will receive credits for … Continue Reading

CALGARY, Dec. 6, 2017 /CNW/ – TransAlta Corporation (“TransAlta” or the “Company”) (TSX: TA; NYSE: TAC) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved additional elements in the Company’s strategy to accelerate its transition to gas and renewables generation.  These elements include: