Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement • Mar 28, 2014
Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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This is an unofficial English translation, for information purposes only. Please only sign and return the original Dutch version.
To be delivered at the registered seat of the Company (together with Dutch version) at the latest on April 24, 2014 to:
Telenet Group Holding NV Jeroen De Schauwer, Corporate Counsel Liersesteenweg 4, PB 54 2800 Mechelen, Belgium
The undersigned (name and first name / residing at):
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or (name of the company / registered office) :
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Represented by …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Owner of
(number)
shares of Telenet Group Holding NV
Hereby appoints the following person as proxy-holder, with right of substitution:
specific voting instruction, he will vote in favor of the proposed resolutions which are supported by the board of directors.
To represent it/him/her at the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting of Telenet Group Holding NV, which will be held on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 as from 3.00 p.m. CET with the following agenda (and any other meeting which would be held later with the same agenda):
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| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION |
Communication of and discussion on the annual report of the board of directors and the report of the statutory auditor on the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013.
Communication of and discussion on the remuneration report, included in the annual report of the board of directors for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013.
Proposed resolution: approval of the remuneration report for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013.
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| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION |
| a/ Frank Donck | | | |
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| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION | |
| b/ Duco Sickinghe | | | |
| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION | |
| c/ John Porter | | | |
| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION | |
| d/ | | | |
| Alex Brabers | I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION |
| e/ De Wilde J. Management BVBA (Julien De Wilde) |
I AGREE |
I DO NOT AGREE |
ABSTENTION |
| f/ Friso van Oranje | | | |
| Nassau | I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION |
| g/ Cytindus NV | | | |
| (Michel Delloye) | I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION |
| h/ Charles Bracken | | | |
| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION | |
| i/ Jim Ryan | | | |
| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION | |
| j/ Ruth Pirie | | | |
| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION | |
| k/ Diederik Karsten | | | |
| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION | |
| l/ Manuel Kohnstamm | | | |
| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION | |
| m/ Balan Nair | | | |
| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION | |
| n/ Angela McMullen | | | |
| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION |
Proposed resolution: to grant discharge from liability to the statutory auditor for the exercise of his mandate during the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013.
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| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION |
Taking into account the advice of the remuneration- and nomination committee of the board of directors of the company, the board of directors recommends adopting
the following resolutions, upon nomination as stated in the articles of association of the company. Fur further information in relation to the parties involved and their resume, reference is made to the declaration on corporate governance in the annual report of the board of directors. Proposed resolutions:
a) Confirmation appointment, upon nomination in accordance with Article 18.1(ii) of the articles of association, of Mr. Jim Ryan, for a term of 4 years, with immediate effect and until the closing of the general shareholders' meeting of 2018.
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| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION |
b) Appointment, upon nomination as provided in the articles of association of the company, of IDw Consult BVBA, represented by its permanent representative Mr. Bert De Graeve, as director and "independent director", within the meaning of Article 526ter of the Belgian Company Code, clause 2.3 of the Belgian Corporate Governance Code and the articles of association of the company, for a term of four (4) years, with immediate effect and until the closing of the general shareholders' meeting of 2017. It appears from the data available to the company as well as from the information provided by Mr. Bert De Graeve, that he meets the applicable independence requirements.
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| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION |
c) Appointment, upon nomination as provided in the articles of association of the company, of SDS Invest NV, represented by its permanent representative Mr. Stéfan Descheemaeker, as director and "independent director", within the meaning of Article 526ter of the Belgian Company Code, clause 2.3 of the Belgian Corporate Governance Code and the articles of association of the company, for a term of four (4) years, with immediate effect and until the closing of the general shareholders' meeting of 2018. It appears from the data available to the company as well as from the information provided by Mr. Stéfan Descheemaeker, that he meets the applicable independence requirements.
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| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION |
d) The mandates of the directors appointed in accordance with item 8(a) up to (c) of the agenda, are remunerated in accordance with the resolutions of the general shareholders' meeting of April 28, 2010 and April 24, 2013.
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| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION |
Proposed resolution: The board of directors of the company recommends, upon advice of the Audit Committee, to re-appoint Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler – Bedrijfsrevisoren CVBA, abbreviated as KPMG Bedrijfsrevisoren CVBA, a civil company that has the form of a cooperative company with limited liability under
Belgian law, represented by Mr. Götwin Jackers, as statutory auditor of the company charged with the audit of the statutory and consolidated annual accounts, for a term of three years which will end immediately after the closing of the annual shareholders' meeting which will have deliberated and voted on the (statutory and consolidated) financial statements for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2016. The remuneration for the exercise of the mandate of statutory auditor for the Telenet group is determined at € 571,900 per annum (excluding VAT).
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| I AGREE | I DO NOT AGREE | ABSTENTION |
In order to:
The Undersigned hereby ratifies and approves all acts carried out by the aforementioned proxy holder. The proxy holder will vote on behalf of the Undersigned in accordance with the voting instructions given above.
In case of absence of voting instructions given to the proxy holder with regard to the respective agenda items or if, for whatever reason, there is a lack of clarity with regard to the voting instructions given, the proxy holder will always vote in favor of the proposed resolution, possibly as amended at the meeting.
In case of amendments to the agenda and proposed additional resolutions as aforementioned, the company will publish an amended agenda with, as the case may be, additional agenda items and additional draft resolutions no later than on or before Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at the latest. In addition, the company shall make amended forms available for votes by proxy. Votes by proxy that reach the company prior to the publication of an amended agenda remain valid for the agenda items to which the proxies apply, subject, however, to applicable law and the further clarifications set out on the proxy forms.
Done at ………………………………………………….…, on ………………………….…………………………. 2014.
Please date and signature with handwritten the notice "Goed voor volmacht" (good for proxy)
Signature(s):…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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