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3iΒ InfrastructureΒ LimitedΒ - Annual General Meeting
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The Annual General Meeting for 2008 of 3iΒ InfrastructureΒ LimitedΒ was held on Monday, 28Β July 2008 atΒ 16 Palace Street,Β London,Β SW1E 5JD.
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A poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed and each resolution was passed.
Resolutions 1 to 8 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 9 to 12 were passed as special resolutions. The changeΒ in Company name to 3i Infrastructure plc,Β referred to in resolution 9, came into effect on 28 July 2008.
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Resolutions: Β |
For |
Against |
Abstain |
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1.Β To receive and consider the Company's Accounts for the period to 31 MarchΒ 2008 and the Auditors' report on those Accounts. |
461,913,876 |
7,657,921 |
325,108 |
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2.Β To declare a final dividend relating to the period ended 31 March 2008 of 3pΒ per Ordinary Share, payable to those shareholders whose names appear onΒ the Register of Members at close of business on 20 June 2008. Β |
468,206,876 |
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1,690,030 |
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3.Β ToΒ re-elect Peter Sedgwick as a Director. Β |
468,206,876 |
- |
1,690,030 |
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4.Β Β To re-elect Paul Waller as a Director. Β |
466,741,661 |
3,155,244 |
- |
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5.Β Β To electΒ Steven Wilderspin as a Director. Β |
469,896,906 |
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- |
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6.Β To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors of the Company, toΒ hold office until the conclusion ofΒ the next Annual General Meeting. |
469,896,906 |
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- |
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7.Β To authorise the Directors to determine theΒ remuneration of the independentΒ auditors.
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469,896,906 |
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- |
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8. To increase the maximum permitted numberΒ of Directors of the Company toΒ seven, in accordance with the provisionsΒ of Article 68 of the Company's Articles of Association. Β |
469,896,906 |
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- |
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9. That, subject to the Companies (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Law 2008Β |
469,896,906 |
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comingΒ into effect, the name of theΒ Company be changedΒ to "3i Infrastructure plc" andΒ that clause 1 of the memorandum of association of the Company be amendedΒ accordingly to reflect the new name of the Company. |
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10.Β That the Articles of Association of the Company be andΒ are hereby amended as follows: (i)Β by the deletion of Article 106.2, and by the deletion of Articles 116.3 and 116.4Β (and the consequent re-numbering of Article 116.5 as Article 116.3); and (ii) by the deletion of the current Article 100.2 and its replacement by the following:Β "100.2 All Directors who are attending a Board meeting must be physically present at the location of the meeting PROVIDED THAT a Director mayΒ participate by means of telephone conference or any other communicationΒ equipment provided that he or she is outsideΒ the United Kingdom and at leastΒ two other Directors are present in person atΒ the Board meeting. Any DirectorΒ purporting to participate by means of telephone conference or any otherΒ communication equipment from within theΒ United KingdomΒ shall not be entitledΒ to vote or be counted in a quorum. Such person will be participating only in theΒ capacity of an adviser of the Board."; and (iii) by the deletion of the word "physically" from Article 101 and the inclusion of theΒ words "in accordance with Article 100" immediately prior to the words "(including by alternates)" in such Article. |
469,896,906 |
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- |
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11. That, in accordance with Article 5.A.4 of the Company's Articles of Association,Β the Directors be empowered to allot shares inΒ the Company for cash up to anΒ amount equal to 5% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital at the dateΒ of the passing of the resolution as if Article 5.A.1 of the Company's Articles of Association did not apply to the allotment for the period expiring on the dateΒ falling 18 months after the date of passing of this resolution or the conclusionΒ of the next Annual GeneralΒ Meeting of the Company, whichever theΒ earlierΒ PROVIDED THAT the Company may before such expiry make an offer orΒ agreement which would or might require shares to be allotted after such expiry and shares may be allotted in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if theΒ power conferred byΒ this resolution had not expired. |
469,896,906 |
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- |
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12. That the Company is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to makeΒ market purchases of Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company providedΒ that: (a)Β the maximum number of Ordinary Shares authorised to be acquired isΒ 105,358,685; (b)Β the minimum price which may be paid for each Ordinary Share is Β£1.00Β (exclusive of expenses); (c) the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for eachΒ Ordinary Share is, in respect of a share contracted to be purchased on any day, an amount equal to the higher of (a) 105% of the average of the middleΒ market quotations for the Ordinary Shares taken from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange for the five business days before the purchase isΒ made; and (b) the higher of the last independent trade and the highest currentΒ independent bid on the London Stock Exchange; (d) this authority will (unless renewed) expire at the conclusion of the next AnnualΒ General Meeting of the Company held after the date on which this resolution is passed or, if earlier,Β 15 months after that date; and (e) the Company may make a contract to purchase Ordinary Shares under thisΒ authority before this authority expires which will or may be executed wholly orΒ partly after its expiration. |
469,891,137 |
5,769 |
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