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Newalta Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2012 Results

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"Return on capital" is used to assist management and investors in measuring the returns realized from capital employed.

($000s)                                                   2012         2011----------------------------------------------------------------------------Adjusted EBITDA                                        142,136      146,475  Total assets                                       1,318,758    1,165,021  Current liabilities                                  193,796      157,954----------------------------------------------------------------------------Capital employed                                     1,124,962    1,007,067----------------------------------------------------------------------------2-Year net assets average                            1,066,015      965,527----------------------------------------------------------------------------Return on capital (%)                                     13.3%        15.2%----------------------------------------------------------------------------


Trailing Twelve-Month Return on Capital: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/213nal_graphs.pdf

References to EBITDA, EBITDA per share, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA per share, Adjusted net earnings, Adjusted net earnings per share, Funds from operations, Funds from operations per share and Return on capital throughout this document have the meanings set out above. Adjusted SG&A has the meaning described in the section titled "Corporate and Other".

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with (i) the audited consolidated financial statements of Newalta, and the notes thereto ("Financial Statements"), for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, (ii) the consolidated financial statements of Newalta and notes thereto and MD&A of Newalta for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, (iii) the most recently filed Annual Information Form of Newalta and (iv) the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of Newalta and the notes thereto and MD&A for the quarters ended March, 31, 2012, June 30, 2012, and September 30, 2012. This information is available at SEDAR (www.sedar.com). Information for the year ended December 31, 2012 along with comparative information for 2011, is provided.

This MD&A is dated February 13, 2013, and takes into consideration information available up to that date. Throughout this document, unless otherwise stated, all currency is stated in Canadian dollars, and MT is defined as "tonnes" or "metric tons".

SELECTED ANNUAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION(1)

($000s except per share data)                    2012       2011       2010----------------------------------------------------------------------------Revenue                                       726,209    682,828    576,196Gross Profit                                  169,758    165,509    138,390  - % of revenue                                   23%        24%        24%Net earnings                                   42,804     33,562     16,122  - per share ($) - basic                        0.86       0.69       0.33  - per share ($) - basic adjusted(2)            0.84       0.85       0.56  - per share ($) - diluted                      0.85       0.68       0.33Adjusted EBITDA(2)                            142,136    146,475    118,795  - per share ($)(2)                             2.86       3.02       2.45Cash from operations                           97,179    104,563     96,151  - per share ($)                                1.96       2.15       1.98Funds from operations(2)                      116,616    122,775     96,874  - per share ($)(2)                             2.35       2.53       2.00Dividends declared                             18,918     14,818     11,152  - per share ($)(2)                             0.38       0.31       0.23Dividends paid                                 17,382     14,082     10,424Total Assets                                1,318,758  1,165,021  1,047,677Maintenance capital expenditures(2)            34,952     31,051     29,013Growth capital expenditures(2)                137,388     86,629     47,535Senior long-term debt - net of issue costs     76,500     68,493     51,520Senior unsecured debentures(3) - principal amount                                       250,000    250,000    125,000Convertible debentures - principal amount           -          -    115,000Weighted average shares outstanding            49,690     48,569     48,485Shares outstanding, December 31, (4)           54,263     48,607     48,492----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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