InfraREIT Announces Results of Annual Stockholders Meeting

DALLAS, May 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- InfraREIT, Inc. (NYSE: HIFR) ("InfraREIT" or the "Company") today announced the results of the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders held this morning at 11:00 a.m. Central time at the Fairmont Dallas Hotel, 1717 North Akard Street, Dallas, Texas.

At the meeting, stockholders approved the election of three Class II directors to serve for a three-year term and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The directors are Hunter L. Hunt, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. and Chairman of Sharyland Utilities, L.P.; Harvey Rosenblum, Professor of Financial Economics in the Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University; and Ellen C. Wolf, retired, former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American Water Works Company.

The stockholders also approved the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

"We would like to thank our stockholders for participating today in our annual meeting and for your continued support of our company," said David A. Campbell, Chief Executive Officer of InfraREIT.  "Our performance in 2016 demonstrated once again that we can deliver sustained growth by building on our strong business foundation and our alignment with Hunt as InfraREIT's manager, development partner and largest owner. We remain committed to investing in infrastructure to support the region's growing renewable energy and oil and gas sectors and to help ensure safe and reliable service to customers in the Sharyland service territory."

About InfraREIT, Inc.
InfraREIT is a real estate investment trust that owns rate-regulated electric transmission and distribution assets in the state of Texas. The Company is externally managed by Hunt Utility Services, LLC, an affiliate of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. (a diversified holding company based in Dallas, Texas and managed by the Ray L. Hunt family), and the Company's shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "HIFR".  Additional information on InfraREIT is available at www.InfraREITInc.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that state InfraREIT's or its management's intentions, beliefs, expectations or predictions about the business, financial performance and prospects of the Company, which, by their nature, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated above include, among others, the risks and uncertainties discussed from time to time in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release speaks only as of the date hereof, and the Company disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

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