Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Jul 5, 2012
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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If you are in any doubt about this document or the action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own financial advice from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent adviser authorised under the UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended).
If you have sold or otherwise transferred all of your ordinary shares in AFI Development PLC, please forward this document, together with the accompanying documents as soon as possible to the purchaser or transferee, or to the stockbroker, bank manager or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected, for delivery to the purchaser or transferee.
Your attention is drawn to AFI Development PLC's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2011, as on the Company's website at www.afi-development.ru.
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(incorporated and registered in Cyprus under company number HE 118198)
Notice of Annual General Meeting
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Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held at the offices of Emerald Secretarial Ltd. at 25 Olympion Street, Omiros & Araouzos Tower 3035 Limassol Cyprus on 2 August 2012 at 3 p.m. EEST is set out at the end of this document.
Holders of A ordinary shares are requested to complete and return the Form of Proxy enclosed with this document as soon as possible but in any event, to be valid, so as to be received by the Company Secretary, Emerald Secretarial Limited, no later than 3 p.m. EEST on 31 July 2012. Holders of B ordinary shares are requested to complete and return the Form of Proxy enclosed with this document as soon as possible but in any event, to be valid, so as to be received by the Company's registrars, Capita Registrars, no later than 3 p.m. EEST on 31 July 2012.
The return of the Form of Proxy will not preclude a member from attending and voting at the Annual General Meeting in person should he or she subsequently decide to do so.
| Directors, Secretaries and Registered Office of AFI Development PLC | 3 |
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| Letter from the Chairman of AFI Development PLC | 4 |
| Notice of Annual General Meeting | 6 |
| Explanatory Notes on the Resolutions | 7 |
| Explanatory Notes to the Notice of Annual General Meeting | 11 |
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| Non-Executive Independent |
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| Non-Executive Independent |
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| Secretaries and Registered | Emerald Secretarial Limited (Company Secretary) |
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| Office | 25 Olympion Street |
| Omiros & Araouzos Tower | |
| 3035 Limassol | |
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(incorporated and registered in Cyprus under company number HE 118198)
Registered office: 25 Olympion Street Omiros & Araouzos Tower 3035 Limassol Cyprus
5 July 2012
Dear Shareholder,
I am pleased to be writing to you with details of our Annual General Meeting ("AGM") which we are holding at the offices of Emerald Secretarial Ltd. in Limassol, Cyprus at 3 p.m. EEST on 2 August 2012. The notice convening the AGM is set out on page 6 of this document.
If you would like to vote on the resolutions but cannot attend the AGM, please complete the relevant Form of Proxy enclosed with this document and, if you are a holder of A ordinary shares, return it to the Company Secretary, Emerald Secretarial Ltd., or if you are a holder of B ordinary shares, return it to our registrars, Capita Registrars, as soon as possible. The Forms of Proxy must be received by no later than 3 p.m. EEST on 31 July 2012. Holders of Depository Interests will have received a Form of Direction instead of a Form of Proxy. The Form of Direction should be completed and returned to Capita Registrars no later than 3 p.m. EEST on 31 July 2012.
Explanatory notes on all the business to be considered at this year's AGM appear on pages 8 to 9 of this document. Resolutions 1 to 11 below seek the necessary shareholder approvals by way of ordinary resolution.
In summary, the shareholder authority sought includes:
The Directors consider that all the proposals to be considered at the AGM are in the best interests of the Company and its members as a whole and are most likely to promote the success of the Company for the benefit of its members as a whole. The Directors unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of all of the proposed resolutions, as they intend to do so in respect of their own beneficial shareholdings (if any).
Shareholders will find enclosed with this document Forms of Proxy for use in connection with the AGM. Shareholders, whether or not they propose to attend the AGM in person, are requested to complete, sign and return the applicable enclosed Form of Proxy, in accordance with the instructions printed thereon, so as to be received by the Company Secretary, Emerald Secretarial Ltd., in the case of shareholders holding A ordinary shares, or by the Company's registrars, Capita Registrars, in the case of shareholders holding B ordinary shares, as soon as possible and, in any event, by not later than 3 p.m. EEST on 31 July 2012. Completion and return of a Form of Proxy will not preclude Shareholders from attending and voting at the AGM in person if they wish to do so. Holders of Depository Interests will have received a Form of Direction instead of a Form of Proxy. The Form of Direction should be completed and returned to Capita Registrars no later than 3 p.m. EEST on 31 July 2012. If you are a holder of Depository Interests and wish to attend and vote at the AGM you must bring to the AGM a Letter of Corporate Representation validly executed on behalf of the Depository, Capita IRG Trustees Limited. A Letter of Corporate Representation can be obtained on request from the Depository.
Yours faithfully Lev Leviev Chairman
(incorporated and registered in Cyprus under company number HE 118198)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of AFI Development PLC (the "Company") will be held at the offices of Emerald Secretarial Ltd. Olympion Street, Omiros & Araouzos Tower, 3035, Limassol Cyprus at 3 p.m. EEST on 2 August 2012 to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions, which will be proposed as ordinary resolutions.
convert securities into shares to be granted after the authority ends and the Directors may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into share under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not ended.
By Order of the Board
Emerald Secretarial Limited Company Secretary AFI Development PLC
5 July 2012
Registered Office: AFI Development PLC 25 Olympion Street Omiros & Araouzos Tower 3035 Limassol Cyprus
The Directors must present the Directors' report, the audited annual accounts of the Company and the independent auditor's report to the shareholders at the AGM.
Resolutions from 2 to 9 deal with the re-election of Lev Leviev, Mark Groysman, Izzy Cohen, Christakis Klerides, Moshe Amit, John Porter, Michael Sarris and Panayiotis Demetriou.
Resolution 3 deals with the re-election of Mark Groysman. Mr Groysman was appointed to the Board of Directors under article 117 of the Company Articles of Association on 1 January 2012, to replace Alexander Khaldey, who resigned from the Board. Under the article 117 Mr Groysman can hold office until the next annual General Meeting.
Under the Company's Articles of Association, all directors are required to retire and submit themselves for re-election at an annual general meeting of no more than three years from their appointment or, where applicable, most recent re-election. The directors will therefore retire and offer themselves for re-election. Brief biographical details on the directors appear on pages 24-25 of the 2011 Annual Report and Accounts and on the Company's website at www.afi-development.ru.
Mr Leviev has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1 January 2008. He holds a 47.23% stake in Africa Israel Investments Ltd. and also serves as its Chairman. He is also the owner and the President of the LLD Diamonds Ltd Group and President of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia and CIS.
Mr Groysman joined the AFI Development Group in May 2011 as the CEO of the main Russian operating subsidiary, OOO AFI RUS, bу appointment of the Board of Directors. He was appointed Executive Director on 1 January 2012. Mr Groysman is a seasoned real estate professional with over 28 years of experience in the development and management of real estate assets. Mr Groysman holds an Engineering degree in Industrial Management from the Israel Institute of Technology.
Mr Cohen has been a director since 27 August 2008 and the CEO of Africa Israel Investments since 15 June 2008. Prior to his appointment at Africa Israel Investments Ltd, Mr Cohen was CEO of Migdal Insurance and Financial Holdings Ltd for ten years. He also worked as Head of Generali Group Innovation Lab. Mr Cohen holds a BA in Statistics and Computer Sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Mr Klerides is the senior independent non-executive director and is the chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr Klerides was the Minister of Finance of Cyprus from March 1999—to February 2003 and currently provides finance and business consultancy services through his family--owned company, CMK Eurofinance Consultants Limited. Mr Klerides is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.
Mr Amit serves as an independent non-executive director and is the chairman of the Remuneration and the Nomination Committees. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Delek - the Israel Fuel Corporation Ltd and also holds board memberships in a number of companies including Blue Square Chain Properties & Investments Ltd. Mr Amit holds a banking diploma from the Israeli Banking Institute and a Bachelors degree in political science and sociology from Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
Mr Porter serves as an independent non-executive director. Among other directorships, he is also the Chairman of Sinocare Group, which owns and operates hospitals in the PRC. Sinocare serves the broad community and aims to raise the standard of health care for the Chinese middle class. Mr Porter has had a history of involvement with the life sciences, helping to found Natus Medical and serving for 5 years as a director of Ivax Corpnow (now part of Teva). Mr Porter holds degrees from the Universities of Oxford, Paris and Stanford. He serves on the Board of Advisors to the Said Business School, Oxford and has served two terms on the Board of Advisors to Stanford Business School.
Mr Sarris serves an independent non-executive director. He is a former Minister of Finance of the Republic of Cyprus and previously held a senior position with the World Bank. In the course of his career, his work covered a broad range of sectors in Africa, Latin America and East Asia. During his tenure as Minister of Finance, Cyprus, Mr. Sarris prepared for and successfully introduced the Euro as its national currency. Mr Sarris received his B.Sc. in Economics at the London School of Economics. He continued his studies in the United States where he obtained his Doctorate in Economics.
Mr Demetriou serves as an independent non-executive director. He is trained as a lawyer in both Cyprus and London (Barrister at Law). Mr Demetriou is a former Member of Cyprus Parliament and of the European Parliament, Honorary Member of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He currently provides legal services through the Law Office: Panayiotis Demetriou & Associates LLC.
Resolution 10 proposes the reappointment of KPMG Limited as Auditors of the Company and authorises the Directors to set their remuneration.
This resolution seeks to give director's general authority to allot shares in the Company or grant options or rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, shares in the Company, pursuant to an employee share scheme, and will expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company held in 2013 or, if earlier, the close of business on 31 August 2013.
If passed, Resolution 11 would give the Directors authority to allot shares or grant options or rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal value of USD 78,577.05representing approximately 7.5% (seven and a half per cent) of the Company's existing issued share capital and calculated as at 4 July 2012 (being the latest practicable date prior to publication of this notice).
In accordance with the Company's articles of association, the holders of A Ordinary Shares and the holders of B Ordinary shares shall vote as separate classes.
Depository Interests should complete and return the Form of Direction enclosed with their Notice of Annual General Meeting to Capita Registrars by no later than 3 p.m. on 31 July 2012.
Except as provided above, members who have general queries about the AGM should use the following means of communication (no other methods of communication will be accepted) email to the Company Secretary at: [email protected].
You may not use any electronic address provided either in this AGM notice or any related documents (including the Chairman's letter and proxy form) to communicate for any purposes other than those expressly stated.
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