AGM Information • Aug 20, 2018
AGM Information
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If you have sold or otherwise transferred all of your Ordinary Redeemable Shares ("Ordinary Shares") of 1p each in the capital of TwentyFour Income Fund Limited, please send this document and Form of Proxy, as soon as possible, to the purchaser or transferee or to the stockbroker, bank or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission to the purchaser or transferee.
(a non-cellular company limited by shares incorporated in the Island of Guernsey under the Companies (Guernsey) Law 2008, as amended (the "Law"), with registered number 56128 and registered as a Registered Closed-ended Collective Investment Scheme with the Guernsey Financial Services Commission)
(The "Company")
Notice is hereby given that the Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the offices of Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services (Guernsey) Limited, Trafalgar Court, Les Banques, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands on 20 September 2018 at 1.00pm. (The "Meeting").
| Resolution on Form of Proxy |
Agenda | |
|---|---|---|
| Ordinary Resolution 1 | 1. | If no Directors are present at the Meeting, pursuant to Article 21.3.5 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company (the "Articles"), to elect an authorised representative of the Corporate Secretary to act as Chairman of the Meeting in accordance with Article 21.3.5 of the Articles. |
| Ordinary Resolution 2 | 2. | To receive and consider the Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2018. |
| Ordinary Resolution 3 | 3. | To receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Policy. |
| Ordinary Resolution 4 | 4. | To re‐elect and re‐appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers CI LLP as Auditor of the Company until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting. |
| Ordinary Resolution 5 | 5. | To authorise the Company's board of directors (the "Board") to determine the Auditor's remuneration. |
| Ordinary Resolution 6 | 6. | To re‐elect Trevor Ash as a Director of the Company. |
| Ordinary Resolution 7 | 7. | To renew the authority of the Company, in accordance with section 315 of the Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 (as amended) (the "Companies Law") to make market acquisitions (as defined in the Companies Law) of its own Ordinary Shares either for cancellation or to hold as treasury shares for future re‐ issue, resale or transfer provided that: |
a) the maximum aggregate number of Ordinary Shares authorised to be purchased shall be a number up to 14.99 per cent. of the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares (excluding treasury shares) in issue as at the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this notice;
Company to be held in 2019 or the date 15 months after the date on which this resolution is passed (unless previously renewed, revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting) save that the Company may before such expiry make offers or agreements which would or might require shares to be allotted and issued after such expiry and the Directors may allot and issue shares in pursuance of such offers or agreements as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
Ordinary Resolution 10 10. That, in substitution of all existing powers (but in addition to any powers conferred on them by extraordinary resolutions 11 and 12 below) the Directors be and are hereby generally empowered pursuant to Article 4 of the Articles, generally and unconditionally to sell shares in the Company if, immediately before the sale, such shares are held by the Company as treasury shares, for cash, provided that:
c) such power shall expire on the earlier of the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2019 or the date 15 months after the date on which this resolution is passed (unless previously renewed, revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting) save that the Company may before such expiry make offers or agreements which would or might otherwise require treasury shares to be sold after such expiry and the Directors may sell treasury shares pursuant to such offers or agreements as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
11. That, in substitution of all existing powers (but in addition to any power conferred on them by ordinary resolutions 8 and 9 above), the Directors be and are authorised generally and unconditionally in accordance with Article 6.7 of the Articles to exercise all powers of the Company to issue equity securities (as defined in Article 6.1.1(a)) for cash as if the members' pre‐emption rights contained in Article 6.2 of the Articles did not apply to any such issue pursuant to the general authority conferred on them by the ordinary resolutions 8 and 9 above (as varied from time to time by the Company in general meeting):
Extraordinary Resolution 11
Extraordinary Resolution 12
12. That, conditional on extraordinary resolution 11 above having been passed, in substitution of all existing powers (but in addition to any power conferred on them by ordinary resolutions 8 and 9 and in addition to and without prejudice to the power granted by extraordinary resolution 11 above), the Directors be and are authorised generally and unconditionally in accordance with Article 6.7 of the Articles to exercise all powers of the Company to issue equity securities (as defined in Article 6.1.1(a)) for cash as if the members' pre‐emption rights contained in Article 6.2 of the Articles did not apply to any such issue pursuant to the general authority conferred on them by the ordinary resolutions 8 and 9 above (as varied from time to time by the Company in general meeting):
13. Any Other Business.
By Order of the Board
17 August 2018
A member of a company is entitled to appoint another person as their proxy to exercise any and all of their rights to attend and to speak and vote at a meeting of the company. A member may appoint more than one proxy in relation to a meeting, provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to a different share or shares held by the member. A proxy need not also be a member of the company. Details of how to appoint the Chairman of the Meeting or another person as your proxy using the Proxy Form are set out in the notes to the Proxy Form. The requisite form is attached hereto and must be returned at least 48 hours before the time of the Meeting.
Resolution 1, which is an ordinary resolution, approves to elect an authorised representative of the Corporate Secretary to Chair the Meeting should there be no Directors present at the Annual General Meeting to be held at 1.00pm on 20 September 2018 in accordance with Article 21.3.5 of the Articles.
Resolution 2, which is an ordinary resolution, notes that the members' receive and consider the Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2018.
The Annual Report provides a detailed overview of the Company's performance over the financial year ended 31 March 2018 and a projected outlook for the present financial year. Members will be given the opportunity to ask questions about the Annual Report at the Annual General Meeting before being invited to receive and consider the Annual Report.
Resolution 3, which is an ordinary resolution, seeks to receive and adopt the Directors Remuneration Policy.The Company's policy is to ensure that the Company maintains a competitive fee structure in order to recruit, retain and motivate non‐executive Directors of excellent quality in the overall interests of members.
The Directors do not consider it necessary for the Company to establish a separate Remuneration Committee. All of the matters recommended by the UK Code that would be delegated to such a committee are considered by the Board as a whole.
It is the responsibility of the Board as a whole to determine and approve the Directors' fees, following a recommendation from the Chairman who will have given the matter proper consideration, having regard to the level of fees payable to non‐executive Directors in the industry generally, the role that individual Directors fulfil in respect of Board and Committee responsibilities and the time committed to the Company's affairs. The Chairman's remuneration is decided and approved separately by the Board as a whole.
No element of the Directors' remuneration is performance related, nor does any Director have any entitlement to pensions, share options or any long term incentive plans from the Company.
Resolutions 4 and 5, which are ordinary resolutions, seek to re‐elect PricewaterhouseCoopers CI LLP as the Company's auditor and to authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration. In accordance with Articles 41.5 and 41.7 of the Articles and sections 257 and 259 of the Companies Law, members are required to approve the re‐election of the Company's auditor each year to hold office until the next annual general meeting of the Company and to give Directors the authority to determine the auditor's remuneration. PricewaterhouseCoopers CI LLP has expressed their willingness to continue as auditor to the Company.
Resolution 6 is an ordinary resolution to propose the re‐election of Mr Trevor Ash, in accordance with Article 23.3.2 of the Articles (which states that any Director who held office at the time of the two preceding annual general meetings and who did not retire at either of them shall retire and may offer himself for election by members) and in accordance with Section B.7.1 of the UK Corporate Governance Code (each director will offer themselves for re‐election every 3 years until their ninth year of service and any director with over nine years' service shall be eligible for re‐election every year thereafter).
Mr Trevor Ash will hold office until the General Meeting in 2021 and will offer himself for re‐election by members at that meeting. Biographical details of Mr Trevor Ash are set out below:
Mr Ash is a resident of Guernsey and has over 30 years of investment experience. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. He was formerly a managing director of Rothschild Asset Management (CI) Limited. Mr Ash retired as a director of NM Rothschild & Sons (CI) Limited, the banking arm of the Rothschild Group in the Channel Islands in 1999. Since retirement, he has acted as a director of a number of hedge funds, fund of hedge funds, venture capital, derivative and other offshore funds including several managed or advised by Insight, JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch. Mr Ash was appointed to the Board on 11 January 2013.
The Board currently consists of four non‐executive Directors, all of whom are independent of the investment manager. The Board believe that the current Directors should continue to be Directors as they bring wide, current and relevant business experience that allows them to contribute effectively to the leadership of the Company.
Resolution 7, which is an ordinary resolution, is part of the Company's discount management arrangements, the Directors are seeking to renew the authority to purchase Ordinary Shares in the market up to 14.99 per cent. of the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares from time to time either for cancellation or to hold as treasury shares for future resale or transfer.
The Board will consider whether the Company should purchase Ordinary Shares where such Ordinary Shares are quoted in the market at a discount in excess of 5 per cent. to net asset value per Ordinary Share. The making and timing of any buyback of Ordinary Shares is at the absolute discretion of the Board and is expressly subject to the Board determining that the Company has sufficient surplus cash resources available (excluding borrowed monies). Purchases of Ordinary Shares will be made within guidelines established from time to time by the Board and only in accordance with the Companies Law, the Listing Rules made by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") under section 73A of FSMA and the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules made by the FCA under section 72 of FSMA. Any purchase of Ordinary Shares would be made out of the available cash or cash equivalent resources of the Company or from borrowings.
Resolution 8, which is an ordinary resolution, seeks members' approval to authorise the Board to exercise all powers of the Company to allot and issue, grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any securities into, up to 10 per cent. of the total number of shares in issue of the Company at the date of passing this ordinary resolution which authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company.
Resolution 9, which is an ordinary resolution, is conditional on resolution 8 being passed and applies in addition to resolution 8. Resolution 9 seeks members' approval to authorise the Board to exercise all powers of the Company to allot and issue, grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any securities into, up to 10 per cent. of the total number of shares in issue of the Company at the date of passing this ordinary resolution which authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company.
If both resolution 8 and resolution 9 are passed, members will be authorising the Board to exercise all powers of the Company to allot and issue up to a total of 20 per cent. of the total number of shares in issue of the Company at the date of passing ordinary resolutions 8 and 9. The Board believes that it is appropriate to increase the Company's authority to 20 per cent. as it enables the Company to take advantage of the provisions of the Prospectus Rules made by the FCA under section 73A of FSMA, which enable the Company to issue new Ordinary Shares without issuing a prospectus, provided that such new Ordinary Shares represent, over a period of 12 months, less than 20 per cent. of the number of Ordinary Shares already admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange.
If resolution 8 is passed but resolution 9 is not passed members will only be authorising the Board to exercise all powers of the Company to allot and issue up to a total of 10 per cent. of the total number of shares in issue of the Company at the date of passing ordinary resolutions 8 and 9.
Resolution 10, which is an ordinary resolution, seeks members' approval to authorise the Board to exercise all powers (but in addition to any power conferred on them by the extraordinary resolutions as defined below) of the Company to sell shares in the Company if, immediately before the sale such shares are held by the Company as treasury shares, for cash up to 10 per cent. of the total number of shares in issue in the Company at the date of passing this ordinary resolution which authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company.
Resolution 11 which is an extraordinary resolution, disapplies the pre‐emption rights contained in the Articles so that the Board has authority to allot and issue (or sell from treasury) Ordinary Shares for cash on a non‐pre‐emptive basis in respect of Ordinary Shares (equivalent to 10 per cent. of the Ordinary Shares in issue at the date of passing of the resolution, excluding shares held in treasury). The disapplication expires on the date falling fifteen months after the date of passing of resolution 11 or the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company, whichever is the earlier and permits the Board to allot and issue Ordinary Shares (or sell shares from treasury) after expiry of the disapplication if it has agreed to do so beforehand. Ordinary Shares issued (or sold from treasury) pursuant to the disapplication would not be issued at a price that is less than the prevailing net asset value per Ordinary Share.
Resolution 12 is conditional on resolution 11 being passed and applies in addition to resolution 11. Resolution 12 which is an extraordinary resolution, disapplies the pre‐emption rights contained in the Articles so that the Board has authority to allot and issue (or sell from treasury) Ordinary Shares for cash on a non‐pre‐emptive basis in respect of Ordinary Shares (equivalent to 10 per cent. of the Ordinary Shares in issue at the date of passing of the resolution). The disapplication expires on the date falling fifteen months after the date of passing of resolution 12 or the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company, whichever is the earlier and permits the Board to allot and issue Ordinary Shares (or sell shares from treasury) after expiry of the disapplication if it has agreed to do so beforehand. Ordinary Shares issued (or sold from treasury) pursuant to the disapplication would not be issued at a price that is less than the prevailing net asset value per Ordinary Share.
If both resolution 11 and resolution 12 are passed, members will be approving the disapplication of pre‐ emption rights in respect of a total of 20 per cent. of the existing Ordinary Shares in issue. As the issue (or sale from treasury) by the Company on a non‐pre‐emptive basis will only be made at a premium to the prevailing net asset value, the Board believes that the existing authority to issue new shares equal to 20 per cent. of the existing shares in issue in the Company (excluding treasury shares) is appropriate.
If resolution 11 is passed but resolution 12 is not passed members will be approving the disapplication of pre‐emption rights in respect of only 10 per cent. of the existing Ordinary Shares in issue.
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