EX-99.1 2 ex991.htm NEWS RELEASE - FEBRUARY 1, 2012

JC - Filed by Filing Services Canada 403 717 3898

February 1, 2012

VIA SEDAR

To:	Alberta Securities Commission	Nova Scotia Securities Commission
	British Columbia Securities Commission	Prince Edward Island Securities Office
	Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission, Securities Division	Securities Commission of Newfoundland and Labrador
	The Manitoba Securities Commission	Register of Securities, Northwest Territories
	Ontario Securities Commission	Registrar of Securities, Nunavut
	Autorité des marchés financiers du Québec	Registrar of Securities, Yukon
	New Brunswick Securities Commission
cc :	Toronto Stock Exchange (via SEDAR)
	New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (via egovdirect.com)
	The Canadian Depository for Securities Ltd. (via fax)
Re :	TransAlta Corporation
Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Notice of Record Date

We wish to confirm the following dates regarding the Annual Meeting of Shareholders:

DATE OF MEETING:	Thursday, April 26, 2012
RECORD DATE FOR NOTICE:	Thursday, March 1, 2012
RECORD DATE FOR VOTING:	Thursday, March 1, 2012
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP DETERMINATION DATE:	Thursday, March 1, 2012
SECURITIES ENTITLED TO NOTICE:	Common
SECURITIES ENTITLED TO VOTE:	Common
SPECIAL MEETING:	No
MEETING LOCATION:	Calgary, Alberta

Yours truly,

Signed “Maryse St.-Laurent”

Maryse St.-Laurent

Vice-President and Corporate Secretary