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FUTURE GENERATION AUSTRALIA LIMITED — AGM Information 2013
Jan 14, 2013
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AGM Information
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Hastings Funds Level 27, 35 Collins Street Management Limited Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia ABN 27 058 693 388 T +61 3 8650 3600 AFSL No. 238309 F +61 3 8650 3701 Australian Infrastructure www.hfm.com.au Fund Limited Melbourne, London, New York, Sydney ABN 97 063 935 553
ASX Announcement
Australian Infrastructure Fund (AIX)
15 January 2013
2012 Annual General Meeting
In accordance with Listing Rule 3.13.3, attached is the prepared presentation and address to be given by Australian Infrastructure Fund Limited’s Chairman at the Annual General Meeting of Australian Infrastructure Fund Limited and concurrent General Meeting of Australian Infrastructure Fund Trust to be held today at 10.00am.
A live webcast of the Annual General Meeting will be available via the following link: http://www.brrmedia.com/event/107619
For further enquiries, please contact:
Jeff Pollock Simon Ondaatje Chief Executive Officer Head of Investor Relations Australian Infrastructure Fund Hastings Funds Management Tel: +61 3 8650 3600 Tel: +61 3 8650 3600 Fax: +61 3 8650 3701 Fax: +61 3 8650 3701 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.hfm.com.au Website: www.hfm.com.au
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Jefferson Petch Company Secretary Australian Infrastructure Fund
Unless otherwise stated, the information contained in this document is for informational purposes only. It does not constitute an offer of securities and should not be relied upon as financial advice. The information has been prepared without taking into account the investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs of any particular person or entity. Before making an investment decision you should consider, with or without the assistance of a financial adviser, whether any investments are appropriate in light of your particular investment needs, objectives and financial circumstances. Neither Hastings, nor any of its related parties including Westpac Banking Corporation ABN 33 007 457 141, guarantees the repayment of capital or performance of any of the entities referred to in this document and past performance is no guarantee of future performance. Hastings, as the Manager or Trustee of various funds, is entitled to receive management and performance fees.
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Australian Infrastructure Fund 2012 Annual General Meeting 15 January 2013
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Important information and disclaimer
This presentation has been prepared by Hastings Funds Management Limited ABN 27 058 693 388 (HFML), holder of Australian Financial Services Licence number 238309, as responsible entity of the Australian Infrastructure Fund Trust (Trust or AIFT) and as manager of Australian Infrastructure Fund Limited (Company or AIFL). Together, the Company and the Trust comprise the Australian Infrastructure Fund (AIX). HFML is a subsidiary of Westpac Banking Corporation ABN 33 007 457 141 (Westpac).
The information contained in this presentation is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to issue or arrange to issue, financial products. The information contained in this presentation is not financial product advice. This presentation has been prepared without taking into account the investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs of any particular person. Before making an investment decision, you should read the publicly available information carefully and consider, with or without the assistance of a financial adviser, whether an investment is appropriate in light of your particular investment needs, objectives and financial circumstances. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.
Neither HFML, Westpac nor any other member of the Westpac Group gives any guarantee or assurance as to the performance of AIX or the repayment of capital. Investments in AIX are not investments, deposits or other liabilities of HFML, Westpac or other members of the Westpac Group. Members of the Westpac Group may invest in or lend or provide other services to AIX and may be paid fees and expenses in relation to HFML’s role as responsible entity or manager.
All data in this presentation has been calculated using the most accurate sources available, however any rates or totals manually calculated may differ from those shown due to rounding.
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Agenda
- Chairman’s address 2. Formal Business of the meeting
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Welcome and meeting opening
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Chairman’s address
Significant increase in value for AIX securityholders
- Successfully divested of non-core assets, being AIX’s interests in Port of Portland, Port of Geelong and Metro Transport Sydney
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AIX ASX 200 Industrials Index
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30 June 2012
AIX 25.0%
160.0 ASX 200 Industrials Index (2.3%) 62.50%
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130.0 8 Nov 2011: AIX announces discussions with Hastings •
24 Aug 2012: AIX announces
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MOU with Future Fund
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- Received total consideration of approximately $100 million, slightly above the independently assessed value
Reached in-principle agreement with Hastings on the key terms for the internalisation of AIX’s management Received approach from Future Fund for the acquisition of all of AIX’s infrastructure assets for total consideration of $2 billion (subject to adjustments)
- Indicative offer compared favourably to both the AIX market capitalisation immediately before approach was announced (~$1.6 billion) and the then most recent independently assessed value of these assets (~$1.8 billion)
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Formal business of the meeting
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Agenda Item 1
To receive and consider the Financial Report and the Reports of the Directors and the Auditor for the financial year ended 30 June 2012
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Agenda Item 2
John Harvey retires by rotation in accordance with the Company Constitution and, being eligible, offers himself for re-election as a Director
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Agenda Item 3
Paul Espie retires by rotation in accordance with the Company Constitution and, being eligible, offers himself for re-election as a Director
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Agenda Item 4
To adopt the Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 30 June 2012
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Conclusion of meeting
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AGM SCRIPT – Tuesday 15 January 2013
General meeting of Australian Infrastructure Fund Limited to be held concurrently with a general meeting of Australian Infrastructure Fund Trust
Meeting date – Tuesday 15 January 2013, commencing at 10:00am (AEDT)
[SLIDE 1] AIX AGM title page
[SLIDE 2] Disclaimer
[SLIDE 3] Agenda
[SLIDE 4] Welcome and meeting opening
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, my name is Paul Espie. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the sixteenth Annual General Meeting of the Australian Infrastructure Fund (AIX).
I am the Chairman of Australian Infrastructure Fund Limited (the Company) and will be the Chairman for this morning’s meeting.
As this is also a General Meeting of the Australian Infrastructure Fund Trust (the Trust) of which Hastings Funds Management Limited (Hastings) is the Responsible Entity, the Hastings Board has agreed, per our custom, for me to Chair that General Meeting and I seek your consent for me to do so.
During the proceedings, you will have the opportunity to ask questions of the directors of the Company, the Chairman of Hastings, Mr Alan Cameron, as well as other Hastings’ directors, who are also with us.
The formal part of the meeting will follow the agenda sent to you last month.
As you are aware, this meeting will be followed immediately by an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company, to be held concurrently with an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Trust. The EGMs have been convened to consider the proposal to sell all of AIX’s infrastructure assets to the Future Fund and to pay substantially all of AIX’s cash reserves to securityholders, including the consideration received from the asset sales. I will refer to this proposal throughout as the “Proposed Transaction”. The Proposed Transaction is of critical importance for AIX and its securityholders, and is therefore expected to be the focus today. I will introduce the EGM shortly, after concluding our annual meeting.
Now, I would like to introduce you to my colleagues here today.
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our Company Secretary, Jane Frawley;
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our Chief Executive Officer, Jeff Pollock;
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and my fellow directors:
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John Harvey, who is Chairman of the Audit Committee;
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Mike Hutchinson; and
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Robert Tsenin.
Jim Evans and Robert Humphris could not attend today due to long-standing commitments overseas, and each sends his apology.
Our auditor, Simon Gray, of PricewaterhouseCoopers is also with us; Simon, please stand. Simon will be available to answer any queries you may have in relation to audit matters when we consider the financial statements.
I have been advised that a quorum is present and now formally open the annual general meeting for the Australian Infrastructure Fund.
The company secretary has advised me that over 1400 valid proxies have been received for today’s meeting, representing approximately 314 million securities in relation to which votes may be cast at the meeting.
[SLIDE 5] Chairman’s address
This last year has been an exciting one for AIX, with a significant increase in value having been enjoyed by our securityholders. In the first half of 2012, AIX divested its non-core assets of the Port of Portland, the Port of Geelong and Metro Transport Sydney, receiving total consideration of approximately $100 million for these assets. This was slightly above the total value that had most recently been attributed to the assets by the AIX independent valuer. These divestments realised a strategic objective of AIX, in creating a focused portfolio of valuable airport assets.
Then, in late June, AIX announced that it had reached an in-principle agreement with Hastings, the AIX manager, on the key terms on which the management of AIX would be internalised. This was well received by the market, with the AIX security price increasing in the period following the announcement.
While AIX was working towards finalising the terms of a binding agreement on internalisation with Hastings, we received an approach from the Future Fund, who expressed interest in acquiring all of the AIX infrastructure assets. After negotiation, this led to an offer for these assets for a total consideration of $2 billion. This compared favourably to the AIX market capitalisation of $1.6 billion immediately preceding the announcement of the offer, and to the independently assessed value of the assets, which then totalled $1.8 billion.
We announced on 26 November 2012 that AIX had entered into a binding, but conditional, agreement with the Future Fund for the sale of its assets. Securityholders were provided with an Explanatory Booklet shortly afterwards, which provided details of the Proposed Transaction and a report by the Independent Expert, Grant Samuel. We are pleased to provide securityholders with the opportunity to consider the Proposed Transaction at the EGM and to vote on whether to proceed.
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Before we move to the formal business of this meeting, I would like to provide the opportunity for you to ask general questions of the Board or make any comments. I would ask you to please hold any questions you have in relation to the Proposed Transaction until the EGM, which will be held directly after this meeting.
If you have a question or wish to make a comment, would you please proceed to the microphone. It would be appreciated if you could ask not more than two questions at a time, and then allow others to ask a question. Would you please also give your name and show your voting card when asking your question.
Are there any questions or comments?
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