Gran Tierra Energy Announces Final Voting Results from its Annual Meeting of Stockholders

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Gran Tierra Energy Inc.

Jun 24, 2015, 10:23 ET

All Eight Nominees Elected to Gran Tierra Energy's Board

CALGARY, June 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - Gran Tierra Energy Inc. ("Gran Tierra") (NYSE MKT: GTE, TSX: GTE), a company focused on oil exploration and production in South America, today announces the voting results from its 2015 annual meeting of stockholders held earlier today.

Stockholders elected all eight individuals nominated by Gran Tierra to its Board of Directors.  In addition, stockholders voted "FOR" the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of Gran Tierra's named executive officers and "FOR" the ratification of the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Deloitte LLP as Gran Tierra's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. The detailed results of the votes are as follows:

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors

For

Withheld

Non Votes

Peter Dey

187,881,289

3,268,210

39,565,152

Gary S. Guidry

187,660,830

3,488,669

39,565,152

Evan Hazell

172,828,665

18,320,834

39,565,152

Robert B. Hodgins

176,493,690

14,655,809

39,565,152

J. Scott Price

184,616,209

4,843,607

39,565,152

Ronald Royal

188,037,636

3,111,863

39,565,152

David P. Smith

188,037,123

3,112,376

39,565,152

Brooke Wade

188,049,434

3,100,065

39,565,152





Proposal 2

For

Against

Abstain

Non Votes

Advisory Vote on Executive

182,894,762

6,967,112

1,287,625

39,565,152

Compensation








Proposal 2

For

Against

Abstain

Non Votes

Ratification of Selection

228,449,624

2,037,514

227,513

0

of Independent Auditors













About Gran Tierra Energy Inc.

Gran Tierra is an international oil and gas exploration and production company, headquartered in Calgary, Canada, incorporated in the United States, trading on the NYSE MKT (GTE) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (GTE), and operating in South America. Gran Tierra holds interests in producing and prospective properties in Colombia, Peru, and Brazil. Gran Tierra has a strategy that focuses on establishing a portfolio of producing properties, plus production enhancement and exploration opportunities to provide a base for future growth.

Gran Tierra's Securities and Exchange Commission filings are available on a web site maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov and on SEDAR at http://www.sedar.com.

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