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FUTURE GENERATION AUSTRALIA LIMITED — Board/Management Information 2015
Apr 12, 2015
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Board/Management Information
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ASX Announcement / Media Release
13 April 2015
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Investment hard hitters join FGX board
Future Generation Investment Company Limited (ASX: FGX) is pleased to announce the appointment of four highly experienced directors to its board.
Paradice Asset Management founder David Paradice, Victor Smorgon Group chief financial officer David Leeton, Greenstone Partners’ founder Scott Malcolm, and Wilson Asset Management CEO Kate Thorley will join the FGX board as non-executive directors effective 13 April 2015.
FGX chairman Jonathan Trollip said the appointments would drive the company’s commercial and philanthropic objectives.
“We are privileged to have such high quality directors joining FGX, which will enhance our capacity to create wealth for our investors, while also supporting Australia’s future generation,” Mr Trollip said.
The new directors bring hard-hitting financial management experience to the board.
Paradice Asset Management, with over $9.5 billion under management is one of the 14 fund managers, managing a component of the FGX capital on a voluntary basis.
With a strong investment focus, David Leeton also brings strong philanthropic credentials to FGX, as a Trustee of the Victor Smorgon Charitable Fund, a director of the Victor Smorgon Scholarship Fund trustee company, the Lighthouse Foundation and secretary of The Philanthropic Investor Club.
Scott Malcolm has over 20 years of investment banking experience having advised on significant mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt transactions with a total value in excess of $20 billion. Scott is also Chairman of The CatWalk Spinal Cord Injury Trust in New Zealand.
Kate Thorley was a driving force behind the creation of FGX in her lead role with Wilson Asset Management. Kate has over 15 years’ financial accounting and corporate governance experience.
“Our innovative approach to wealth creation proves both shareholder and social returns can be achieved simultaneously. Our new board appointments will continue to drive this approach,” FGX founder and director Geoff Wilson said.
In an Australian first, FGX offers shareholders unprecedented access to prominent Australian fund managers through a single ASX-listed investment vehicle without management and performance fees.
Level 11, 139 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 I GPO Box 4658 Sydney NSW 2001 I ABN: 97 063 935 553 Phone 02 9247 9202 I Fax 02 9247 6855 I [email protected] I www.futuregeninvest.com.au
13 April 2015
ASX Announcement / Media Release
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It is because of this that FGX will donate 1.0% of its net assets each year to Australian charities, focused on supporting children at risk. As a result, shareholders in the Company actively invest in the future generation of Australia.
FGX announced in February it is on track to deliver $1.6 million to Australian charities focused on children at risk for the 2015 financial year.
The Company’s investment objectives are to: provide a stream of fully franked dividends; to achieve capital growth; and preserve shareholder capital.
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About Future Generation Investment Company Limited
Future Generation Investment Company Limited (ASX: FGX) offers investors the opportunity to gain unprecedented access to prominent Australian fund managers through a single ASX-listed investment vehicle and also support Australian children’s charities. The Company offers diverse exposure to Australian equities through a range of different investment styles and strategies employed by its fund managers. Future Generation Investment Company Limited charges 0.0% management fees and 0.0% performance fees and intends to donate 1.0% of its assets each year to Australian charities, particularly those supporting children at risk. The Company’s investment objectives are to: provide a stream of fully franked dividends; to achieve capital growth; and preserve shareholder capital.
For more information visit www.futuregeninvest.com.au
“Together, we are investing in Australia’s future generation”
For further information, please contact:
Jonathan Trollip Geoff Wilson Sarah Maddox James McNamara Chairman Director Company Secretary Corporate Affairs 0411 644 737 0412 242 712 (02) 9258 4909 (02) 9258 4915
Level 11, 139 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 I GPO Box 4658 Sydney NSW 2001 I ABN: 97 063 935 553 Phone 02 9247 9202 I Fax 02 9247 6855 I [email protected] I www.futuregeninvest.com.au