Attached please find a Notice of Special Meeting and Proxy form being posted
to Infratil Shareholders.
14 May 2010
The Shareholders
Infratil Limited
As previously advised to the market, the Company is proposing to obtain a
dual listing on the Australian Stock Exchange.
It is important to note that obtaining a dual listing does not affect our
current NZX listing. The Australian Stock Exchange listing will be
supplementary to this. Your Directors consider that it is of benefit to the
Company to obtain this dual listing to:
- reflect our history of, and ongoing commitment to, investing in Australian
based infrastructure and utility assets;
- give the Company access to a large capital market for future growth;
- enable our steadily growing number of Australian resident shareholders to
more easily deal with their shares on their local exchange and in their local
currency; and
- potentially grow our shareholder base and awareness of the Company in
Australia which may enhance the liquidity of our shares.
Before this dual listing can be obtained, the Company's constitution must be
amended to contain certain provisions that are required by the listing rules
of the Australian Stock Exchange. These provisions are detailed in the Notice
of Special Meeting that follows and are very similar to the provisions that
are already required to be in our constitution under the NZSX Listing Rules.
Rather than just amend our current constitution to meet these Australian
Stock Exchange requirements, your Directors consider that this is an
appropriate time to adopt a new constitution that reflects recent
developments in New Zealand law and the NZSX Listing Rules since 2004 when
our current constitution was adopted. It also provides more flexibility for
the Company to utilise future developments in law and the NZSX Listing Rules.
These changes are also detailed in the Notice of Special Meeting that
follows. Your Directors unanimously recommend voting in favour of the special
resolution to adopt the new constitution.
I look forward to seeing you at the Special Meeting and answering any
questions you may have.
Yours sincerely
David Newman
Chairman
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