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Newalta Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2012 Results

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(1) Management's Discussion and Analysis and Newalta's Consolidated Financial Statements and notes are attached. References to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP") are synonymous with IFRS and references to Consolidated Financial Statements and notes are synonymous with Financial Statements.

(2) These financial measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Non-GAAP financial measures are identified and defined throughout the attached Management's Discussion and Analysis.

(3) Includes Series 1 and Series 2 Senior Unsecured Debentures ("Senior Unsecured Debentures")

(4) Newalta has 54,410,235 shares outstanding as at February 13, 2013.

NEWALTA - WHO WE ARE

Newalta is North America's leading provider of innovative, engineered environmental solutions that enable customers to reduce disposal, enhance recycling and recover valuable resources from industrial residues. We serve customers onsite directly at their operations and through a network of 85 facilities in Canada and the U.S. Our proven processes, portfolio of more than 250 operating permits and excellent record of safety make us the first choice provider of sustainability enhancing services to oil, natural gas, petrochemical, refining, lead, manufacturing and mining markets. With a skilled team of more than 2,000 people, two decade track record of profitable expansion and commitment to commercializing new solutions, Newalta is positioned for sustained future growth and improvement.

Vision:

To be the North American leader in providing cost-effective engineered environmental solutions for our customers.

2012 Review:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------                   Tactics                     Progress in 2012StrategicObjective--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Maximize           Focus on productivity       Excluding the impact of lowerFacilities         improvements to drive       prices received for ourProfitability      incremental cash flow from  recovered products, gross                   existing assets             profit grew to 24% compared                                               to 23% in 2011.                   ---------------------------------------------------------                   Transfer existing services  Expanded oil recycling                   throughout the network to   services into eastern Canada.                   offer full breadth of       Expanded our western Canadian                   services to customers       model to process oilfield                   across Canada               waste in Atlantic Canada.                   ---------------------------------------------------------                   Expand Facility network to  Constructed one satellite                   take advantage of growth in that will be commissioned in                   existing markets and new    first half 2013.  Identified                   opportunities               and pursuing multiple                                               locations in high activity                                               areas.                   ---------------------------------------------------------                   Execute organic growth      Completed over $40 million in                   capital projects            organic growth projects in                                               2012.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recovery at Source Expand U.S. market presence Generated 25% revenue growth(Onsite)                                       in the U.S.                   ---------------------------------------------------------                   Transition projects to      Contracts now generate 9% of                   contract service            total revenue, compared to 3%                   arrangements, specifically  in 2011.                   to add 4 new long-term      Commissioned a three-year                   contracts per year          contract to process mature                                               fine tailings ("MFT"),                                               improving our stable stream                                               of future cash flows.                                               Continue to make good                                               progress on our pipeline of                                               contracts in the scoping and                                               development stage.                   ---------------------------------------------------------                   Increase market share in    Project revenue grew 12%                   project activity in         across the network.                   multiple industry segments  Projects generate 12% of                                               total revenue, up from 11% in                                               2011.                                               Commenced a multi-year                                               arrangement in the U.S. to                                               process slop oil emulsions on                                               a customer's site in the                                               Bakken.                   ---------------------------------------------------------                   In Onsite, execute organic  Completed over $65 million of                   growth capital projects     organic growth projects in                                               2012.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Process            Deliver two new commercial  Invested $12 million ofCommercialization  processes with wide         capital in 2012.                   application to operations   Two technologies in the                   every year                  demonstration phase, with                                               commercial application                                               expected in 2013.                   ---------------------------------------------------------                   Our Technical Development   Ongoing.  Assess pilot                   team will search globally   projects in progress for                   and evaluate technologies   commercial application and                   for commercial application  testing within our facility                                               network.                   ---------------------------------------------------------                   Utilize facility network to Ongoing.  Upgraded wastewater                   expedite commercialization  treatment plant to allow for                                               demonstration scale testing.----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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