Ishr Stx Eu 50 Regulatory News (EUN)

30 Jan 2006 16:44

European Exchange-Traded Fnd Co.PLC30 January 2006 European Exchange-Traded Fund Company plc NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of European Exchange-Traded Fund Company plc (the "Company") will be held at New Century House,International Financial Services Centre, Mayor Street Lower, Dublin 1, Irelandon Wednesday, 22 March 2006 at 11.00.a.m. for the following purposes: Ordinary Business 1. to receive and approve the Directors' Report and theFinancial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2005 together with theAuditors' Report thereon. (Resolution 1) 2. to re-elect as Directors the following persons who arerecommended by the Board for re-election. • Mr. Peter Blessing (Resolution 2a) • Mr. Vincent Dodd (Resolution 2b) • Mr. Lee Kranefuss (Resolution 2c) • Mr. Vincent Reilly (Resolution 2d) • Mr. William Roberts (Resolution 2e) 3. to re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ireland, as Auditorsand to authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors. (Resolution 3) Special Business 4. subject to the passing of resolution 5, that, pursuant toRegulation 36F of the European Communities (Undertakings for CollectiveInvestment and Transferable Securities) Regulations 2003 (SI No. 211 of 2003),as amended, the provisions of Section 256A of the Companies Act, 1990, asamended, shall apply to the Company such that there shall be segregatedliability between the funds of the Company. (Resolution 4) 5. subject to the passing of resolution 4, that the Memorandumand Articles of Association of the Company be amended to incorporate the changesset out at Schedule I to this Notice. (Resolution 5) By Order of the Board Secretary Bank of Ireland Securities Services Limited New Century House International Financial Services Centre Dublin 1 Ireland. 22 February 2006 Notes 1. Shareholders are entitled to attend and vote at the AnnualGeneral Meeting of the Company. If you have sold or transferred your shares inthe Company please pass this document at once to the purchaser or transferee orto the stockbroker, bank or other agent through whom the sale or transfer waseffected, for transmission to the purchaser or transferee as soon as possible. AShareholder may appoint a proxy to attend, speak and vote instead of theShareholder. A proxy need not be a member of the Company but must attend themeeting in person to represent you. 2. A form of proxy is enclosed for the use of Shareholdersunable to attend the meeting. Proxies must be sent to the Secretary, EuropeanExchange-Traded Fund Company plc, c/o Bank of Ireland Securities ServicesLimited, New Century House, Mayor Street Lower, International Financial ServicesCentre, Dublin 1, Ireland. To be valid, proxies and any Powers of Attorney underwhich they are signed must be received by the Secretary not less than 48 hoursbefore the time appointed for the holding of the meeting. This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of the Irish Stock Exchange. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange