Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Feb 14, 2012
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt about the contents of this document or as to the action you should take, you are recommended to immediately seek your own personal financial advice from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial adviser authorised pursuant to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
If you have sold or otherwise transferred all of your Ordinary Shares in the Company, you should pass this document, together with the accompanying Form of Proxy, as soon as possible, to the purchaser or transferee or to the person through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission to the purchaser or transferee.
(An authorised closed-ended investment company incorporated in Guernsey with registered number 41959 under the provisions of The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008)
Recommended Proposals to change the name of the Company
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Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting
Notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting of Invista Foundation Property Trust Limited (the "Company") to be held at the offices of Northern Trust Fund Administration Services (Guernsey) Limited, Trafalgar Court, Les Banques, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 3QL, Channel Islands at 10 a.m. on 14 March 2012 or any adjournment thereof is set out at the end of this document. Shareholders are requested to return the enclosed Form of Proxy. To be valid, the enclosed Form of Proxy must be completed and returned in accordance with the instructions printed thereon so as to be received as soon as possible by the Company's Registrars Computershare Investor Services (Jersey) Limited at c/o The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol, BS99 6ZY but in any event no later than 48 hours before the appointed time for the Extraordinary General Meeting. The completion and return of the Form of Proxy will not preclude Shareholders from attending the Extraordinary General Meeting, speaking and voting in person should they wish to do so.
(An authorised closed-ended investment company incorporated in Guernsey with registered number 41959 under the provisions of The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008)
Directors: Registered Office: Andrew Sykes (Chairman) Trafalgar Court Peter Atkinson Les Banques Keith Goulborn St. Peter Port John Frederiksen Guernsey GY1 3QL Harry Dick-Cleland Channel Islands David Warr
13 February 2012
Dear Shareholder,
On 31 October 2011, the Board of Invista Foundation Property Trust Limited (the "Company") announced that the Company had signed an Investment Management Agreement (the "IMA") with Schroder Property Investment Management Limited ("Schroders") to provide investment management and accounting services, with the appointment of Schroders due to take effect upon certain conditions being satisfied. These conditions included receipt of all necessary consents from the Company's lenders, termination of the existing IMA with Invista Real Estate Investment Management ("IREIM") and the recruitment by Schroders of certain IREIM employees, who have been directly involved with the management of the Company's portfolio in the past and who are therefore familiar with the key initiatives which are under way.
The Company was pleased to confirm on 13 January 2012 that all of these conditions had been satisfied in full and that Schroders would commence the management of the Company's portfolio with immediate effect.
To reflect the fact that the Company is now managed by Schroders and in order to maximise the benefit of Schroders' corporate branding and marketing, the Board considers that it is appropriate to change the Company's name to "Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited". If the change of the Company's name is approved, the Company also intends to apply to amend its TIDM trading symbol from IFD to SREI.
The change of name requires the approval of Shareholders by Special Resolution. An Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") has been convened for 10am 14 March 2012 and will be held at the offices of Northern Trust Fund Administration Services (Guernsey) Limited Trafalgar Court, Les Banques, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 3QL. The quorum requirement for the EGM is not less than two Shareholders holding 5 per cent. or more of the voting rights applicable at the EGM present in person or by proxy (or, in the case of a corporation, by a duly appointed representative).
At the EGM a Special Resolution to approve the Company's change of name will be proposed. To be passed the resolution requires a majority of not less than 75 per cent. of Shareholders voting to vote in favour. Notice convening the EGM is set out at the end of this document.
Shareholders will find enclosed a Form of Proxy for use at the EGM. Whether or not Shareholders intend to attend the EGM, they are encouraged to complete and return the Form of Proxy by post or by hand (during normal business hours only) to the Company's Registrars Computershare Investor Services (Jersey) Limited at c/o The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol, BS99 6ZY. Forms of Proxy should be sent as soon as possible and, in all cases, so as to arrive not later than 10am on 12 March 2012. Completion and return of a Form of Proxy will not affect a Shareholder's right to attend, speak and vote at the EGM.
The Board considers that the proposed change of name is in the best interests of Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Board unanimously recommends Shareholders to vote in favour of the resolution to be proposed at the Extraordinary General Meeting as the Directors intend to do in respect of their own beneficial shareholdings, amounting, in aggregate, to 305,172 Ordinary Shares (representing 0.000857 per cent. of the issued share capital).
Yours faithfully
Andrew Sykes Chairman
(An authorised closed-ended investment company incorporated in Guernsey with registered number 41959 under the provisions of The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Invista Foundation Property Trust Limited (the "Company") will be held at the offices of Northern Trust Fund Administration Services (Guernsey) Limited, Trafalgar Court, Les Banques, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 3QL, Channel Islands at 10am a.m. on 14 March 2012 for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following Special Resolution. Expressions used in this Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting have the meanings given to them in the circular to Shareholders of the Company dated 13 February 2012 (the "Circular") of which this Notice forms part (unless the context otherwise requires):
THAT the name of the Company be changed to 'Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited'.
By order of the Board
Registered Office: Trafalgar Court Les Banques St Peter Port Guernsey GY1 3QL Channel Islands
For and on behalf of Northern Trust Fund Administration Services (Guernsey) Limited Company Secretary 13 February 2012
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