Stantec Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Processes Unlimited International, Inc.

EDMONTON, ALBERTA and NEW YORK, NEW YORK and BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA--(Marketwired - Feb. 12, 2014) - STNSTN

North American design firm Stantec will add significant strength to its oil and gas, and industrial service capabilities in the United States by acquiring Processes Unlimited International, Inc. (ProU). Based in Bakersfield, California, ProU is a 450-person multidisciplinary engineering, project management, and design firm founded in 1985 with seven offices across California, Texas, Georgia, and Tennessee. Stantec anticipates this transaction to close in March, 2014.

"ProU shares our cultural focus on clients, with a deep technical expertise that is instrumental to servicing key industrial clients across the United States," said Bob Gomes, Stantec president and chief executive officer.

ProU operates in a diverse range of markets, including oil and gas, alternative energies, power, utilities, chemicals, food and beverage, packaging, plastics, cement, minerals, mining, and building products. During ProU's near 30-year history, the company has expanded its initial service offerings from mechanical engineering and design to include process, chemical, civil, structural, automation, instrumentation, and electrical engineering, along with control panel fabrication. The firm has amassed a sizeable portfolio of design projects located primarily throughout the United States as well as internationally.

"Stantec's presence in communities and industries across the United States will allow our people access to new resources and to collaborate with a broader team while pursuing major US projects," said Dan Bernstein, ProU president and general manager.

Stantec currently has more than 5,000 employees working across 125 offices in the United States. Practitioners from ProU will join Stantec's US Industrial practice area unit.

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 13,000 employees working in over 200 locations. We collaborate across disciplines and industries to bring buildings, energy and resource, and infrastructure projects to life. Our work-professional consulting in planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics-begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. For more information, visit www.stantec.com.

Cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements require us to make assumptions and are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties. There is a significant risk that a number of factors could cause actual future results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made in this press release. These factors include, but are not limited to, the risk that the proposed transaction does not close when expected or at all or that the anticipated benefits of the transaction are not realized.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Media Contact
Danny Craig
Stantec Media Relations
US West
Tel. (949) 923-6085
Danny.Craig@stantec.com


Investor Contact
Crystal Verbeek
Stantec Investor Relations
Tel. (780) 969-3349
Crystal.Verbeek@stantec.com


ProU Contact
Donna Jones
VP Marketing & Sales
Tel. (661) 885-3105
dljones@prou.com