Notice of AGM and General Meeting

RNS Number : 1589I

Investec PLC

28 June 2013

 



Investec Limited Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Registration number 1925/002833/06       JSE share code: INL              ISIN: ZAE000081949

Investec plc Incorporated in England and Wales Registration number 3633621 JSE share code: INP ISIN: GB00B17BBQ50

(jointly "Investec")

As part of the dual listed company structure, Investec plc and Investec Limited notify both the London Stock Exchange and the JSE Limited of matters which are required to be disclosed under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and the Listing Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority (the "UKLA") and/or the JSE Listing Requirements.

Accordingly we advise of the following:

1.         NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS OF INVESTEC PLC AND INVESTEC LIMITED; ISSUE OF THE INVESTEC GROUP'S 2013 ANNUAL REPORT AND NO CHANGE STATEMENT; AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF INVESTEC PLC AND MEMORANDUM OF INCORPORATION OF INVESTEC LIMITED

i)          The Annual General Meeting of Investec plc will be held at 11:00am (UK time) on Thursday, 08 August 2013, at the registered office of Investec plc at 2 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7QP. In accordance with the Dual Listed Companies structure, the parallel Annual General Meeting of Investec Limited will be held at 12:00pm (SA time) on Thursday, 08 August 2013 at the registered offices of Investec Limited at 100 Grayston Drive, Sandown, Sandton.

ii)          The Investec Group's 2013 Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2013 and Notices of the Annual General Meeting of Investec plc and Investec Limited have been issued and posted to Investec shareholders today, 28 June 2013.

iii)         Shareholders are advised that there are no modifications to the financial results for the year ended 31 March 2013 for Investec plc and Investec Limited, as published on 23 May 2013.

iv)         The unqualified Audit Reports by Ernst and Young Inc and KPMG Inc are available for inspection at the registered offices of Investec Limited until the Annual General Meetings have commenced.

v)          Copies of Investec Limited's existing Memorandum of Incorporation ("MOI") and the MOI with proposed amendments and Investec plc's existing Articles of Association ("Articles of Association") and the Articles of Association with proposed amendments are available for inspection at Investec Limited's and Investec plc's registered offices. 

Shareholders should note that the effect of Resolution 50, if passed, will be to amend Investec plc's Articles of Association.

The purpose of the proposed amendment to the Articles of Association is to update the current Articles of Association to reflect changes in company law introduced by the UK Companies Act, 2006 relating to electronic communications. Investec plc wishes to take advantage of provisions enabling companies to communicate with shareholders by web-communications.

2.         NOTICE OF A GENERAL MEETING OF INVESTEC PLC AND INVESTEC LIMITED

i)          A General Meeting of Investec plc will be held at 12:30pm (UK time) on Thursday, 08 August 2013, at the registered office of Investec plc at 2 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7QP, following the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Investec plc and Investec Limited. Pursuant to the Dual Listed Companies structure, the parallel General Meeting of Investec Limited will be held at 13:30 (SA time) on Thursday, 08 August 2013 at the registered offices of Investec Limited at 100 Grayston Drive, Sandown, Sandton.

ii)          The purpose of the meetings is to consider and if deemed fit, to pass, with or without modification, a resolution to approve the Rules of the Investec plc Executive Incentive plan 2013, as described in the circular to the shareholders.

A copy of the following documents can be viewed on Investec's website at www.investec.com and will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do 

·      Investec Group's 2013 Annual Report

·      Notices of the Annual General Meeting of Investec plc and Investec Limited

·      Proxy Forms for the Annual General Meetings  

·      Articles of Association of Investec plc with proposed amendments

·      Circular to shareholders (containing the notice to the General Meeting)

·      Proxy Forms for the General Meetings

Enquiries:

David Miller                                                                                Benita Coetsee

Company Secretary                                                                   Company Secretary

Investec plc                                                                               Investec Limited

[phone]                                                                  [phone]

Date:  28 June 2013

 

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