Gear Energy Ltd. Announces Results of Directors Vote

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - May 7, 2014) - Gear Energy Ltd. ("Gear") (GXE.TO) is pleased to announce that the nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated April 7, 2014 were elected as directors of Gear. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at its annual meeting of shareholders are set out below.

On a vote by ballot, each of the following five nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of Gear:

Nominee

Outcome of Vote

Votes For

% For

Votes Withheld

% Withheld

Greg Bay

Elected

37,343,758

99.09

342,600

0.91

Raymond Cej

Elected

37,664,358

99.94

22,000

0.06

Ingram Gillmore

Elected

37,684,358

99.99

2,000

0.01

Donald Gray

Elected

37,343,758

99.09

342,600

0.91

Peter Verburg

Elected

37,684,358

99.99

2,000

0.01

About Gear Energy Ltd.

Gear is a Canadian exploration and production company with predominantly horizontal heavy oil production in east central Alberta and west central Saskatchewan. The current and ongoing business plan is to continue focusing on being a low cost heavy oil operator, drilling economic wells and acquiring assets on an accretive basis.