30th Jun 2010 13:43
Company Name IFG Group plc
Headline Chairman's Statement
IFG Group plc ("IFG" or the "Company")
Statement and Results of
Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting
The Company's Annual General Meeting, followed by an Extraordinary General Meeting, was held today at the Radisson St Helen's Hotel, Stillorgan Road, Dublin 4.
All resolutions proposed at the General Meetings of the Company were passed.
The full text of each resolution was included in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Company and in a Circular sent to Shareholders in April and June 2010, respectively.
As previously announced, Victor Quigley and Frank Ryan resigned as directors of the Company following the conclusion of the General Meetings.
At the Meeting Joe Moran (Chairman of IFG) made the following statement:
Performance
Performance in the first five months is in line with expectations. The business has emerged from the past two years in a strong position. Both the International Corporate Services and the UK Pensions Administration and Financial Advisory businesses are performing well and our gearing continues to fall with net debt reduced to 1 times EBITDA.
Divisional Update
International
As stated in our April Interim Management Statement, the current performance shows Isle of Man, Jersey, Cyprus and Switzerland all performing to plan. We expect to see activity levels rising as financial planning and related structuring becomes increasingly important to existing and potential clients. Our position as a transparent, high quality independent provider of trust and corporate services with multi-jurisdictional presence in well-regulated centres will allow us to harness changes in the competitive landscape driven by increased regulation, transparency and supervision.
UK
Both the Pensioneer Trustee Services and the Financial Advisory businesses have had a good start to the year and are on target. New business flows are healthy.
James Hay
The integration of James Hay which commenced in April 2010 is being carried out at pace. Restructuring of the cost base is ahead of schedule. The re-launching of the James Hay brand and our new product offering should be completed by year end. A more detailed statement in relation to the James Hay acquisition is being released in conjunction with this update.
Ireland
Our Pension and Advisory business is performing well in terms of client wins and profitability.
The property related business continues to operate in a difficult environment due to lack of capital and transactions. Focus in this business remains on achieving neutral contribution.
Outlook
Our businesses are performing well and our balance sheet is strong. This will allow us to grow organically and in the medium to long term by acquisition.
The Group remains comfortable with our projections to deliver an adjusted EPS of 18 - 20 cent for the year 2010.
30 June 2010
Results of Annual General Meeting
Dublin - 30 June 2010: IFG Group plc today announces the result of the Resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held on 30 June 2010 at the Radisson St Helen's Hotel, Stillorgan Road, Dublin 4.
All Resolutions were passed on a show of hands.
Resolutions 1 to 11 inclusive were passed as Ordinary Resolutions.
Resolutions 12 to 15 inclusive were passed as Special Resolutions.
The issued share capital of the Company is represented by 124,313,619 Ordinary Shares of €0.12 each.
The proxy votes received in advance of the meeting were as follows:-
Resolution Number Total Vote For/In favour of Against Withheld Chairman and Directors
1 Reports and Accounts 70,650,740 70,650,740 - -
2 Dividends 70,650,740 70,650,740 - -
Re-election of Directors:
3 Peter Priestley 70,634,312 70,521,070 113,242 16,428
4 Mark Bogard 70,578,882 69,723,390 855,492 71,858
5 Gary Owens 70,650,036 70,536,544 113,492 704
6 Colm Barrington 70,634,312 70,618,559 15,753 16,428
7 Joe Moran 70,650,740 64,736,619 5,914,121 -
8 Thomas Wacker 70,578,178 69,713,679 864,499 72,562
9 John Lawrie 70,600,036 66,282,222 4,317,814 704
10 Remuneration of Auditors 70,650,740 69,716,172 934,568 -
11 Authorising the Directors to 70,650,740 69,782,829 867,911 - Allot the authorised but unissued Share Capital
12 Authorising the Directors to 70,644,785 69,226,681 1,418,104 5,955 Disapply Pre-Emption Rights
13 Authorising the Purchase of 70,650,740 70,434,633 216,107 - Own Shares
14 Authorising the Reissue of 70,650,740 70,424,058 226,682 - Own Shares
15 Shareholders' Rights Directive 70,650,740 69,889,158 761,582 -
Notes:
In respect of Resolutions numbered 1 to 15 inclusive (save for Resolution 9) proxies representing 2,411 Ordinary Shares were received in favour of a third party;
In respect of Resolution number 9 proxies representing 52,411 Ordinary Shares were received in favour of a third party.
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Result of Extraordinary General Meeting
Dublin - 30 June 2010: IFG Group plc today announces the results of the Resolution proposed at its Extraordinary General Meeting held on 30 June 2010 at the Radisson St Helen's Hotel, Stillorgan Road, Dublin 4.
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution on a show of hands.
The issued share capital of the Company is represented by 124,313,619 Ordinary Shares of €0.12 each.
The proxy votes received in advance of the meeting were as follows:-
Resolution Number Total Vote For/In favour of Against Withheld Chairman and Directors
Introduction of Share Option Plans 67,400,215 63,022,897 4,377,318 2,256,477
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