Surge Energy Inc. Announces Annual General Meeting Voting Results

CALGARY, May 5, 2016 /CNW/ - Surge Energy Inc. (the "Company" or "Surge") (TSX: SGY) announces that at its annual meeting of shareholders held on May 4, 2016 the following eight director nominees were elected:

	Votes For		Votes Withheld
	#	%		#	%
Paul Colborne	69,865,302	98.77		868,103	1.23
P. Daniel O'Neil	69,846,780	98.75		886,625	1.25
Robert Leach	69,816,214	98.70		917,191	1.30
James Pasieka	56,689,504	80.15		14,043,901	19.85
Keith Macdonald	56,420,111	79.76		14,313,294	20.24
Murray Smith	69,790,770	98.67		942,635	1.33
Daryl Gilbert	46,342,865	65.52		24,390,540	34.48
Colin Davies	69,821,042	98.71		912,363	1.29

In addition, the shareholders also approved the appointment of KPMG Chartered Accounts LLP as auditors for the ensuing year.

Neither the TSX nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

SOURCE Surge Energy Inc.

Paul Colborne, Chairman, President & CEO, Surge Energy Inc., Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [email protected]; Paul Ferguson, CFO, Surge Energy Inc., Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [email protected]