NuVista: Report on Voting from the 2013 Shareholders Meeting

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - May 9, 2013) - NuVista Energy Ltd. ("NuVista" or the "Corporation") (TSX:NVA) announces that the following matters were voted upon at the annual and special meeting of the shareholders of NuVista held on May 8, 2013 in Calgary, Alberta. Each of the matters is described in greater detail in the Notice of Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders and Information Circular dated March 27, 2013 (the "Circular").

1. Election of Directors

By resolution passed via ballot, the following eight nominees were appointed as Directors of the Corporation to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation, or until their successors are elected or appointed. The results of the ballot were as follows:

Name of Nominee	Votes For	Percent	Votes Withheld	Percent
W. Peter Comber	77,863,531	99.71%	228,152	0.29%
Ronald J. Eckhardt	77,897,329	99.75%	194,354	0.25%
Pentti O. Karkkainen	77,870,836	99.72%	220,847	0.28%
Keith A. MacPhail	77,558,512	99.32%	533,171	0.68%
Ronald J. Poelzer	77,621,368	99.40%	470,315	0.60%
Sheldon B. Steeves	77,612,378	99.39%	479,305	0.61%
Jonathan A. Wright	77,500,585	99.24%	591,098	0.76%
Grant A. Zawalsky	74,162,520	94.97%	3,929,163	5.03%

2. Appointment of Auditors

By resolution passed via ballot, KPMG LLP, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as auditors of the Corporation to hold office until close of the next annual meeting or until their successors are duly appointed, and the directors were authorized to fix their remuneration. The results of the ballot were as follows:

Votes For	Percent	Votes Withheld	Percent
77,929,039	99.79%	165,135	0.21%

4. Approval of 2013 Stock Option Plan

By resolution passed via ballot, the Corporation's 2013 stock option plan as described in the Circular were approved. The results of the ballot were as follows:

Votes For	Percent	Votes Withheld	Percent
66,999,218	85.80%	11,088,623	14.20%

INVESTOR INFORMATION

NuVista is an independent Canadian oil and natural gas exploration, development and production corporation with its Common Shares trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "NVA".