NORTH MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
ACN 006 468 962
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the 2014 Annual General Meeting of North Melbourne Football Club Limited (“Club”) will be held at the Sofitel Melbourne On Collins, 25 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria on Wednesday, 18 March 2015 at 7:00pm.
Business:
1. Election of Club Directors
In accordance with Rule 10.1(i) of the Club Constitution, at every General Meeting of the Club, one-third of the members of the Board (or, if their number is not an integral multiple of three, the number nearest one-third) shall retire and be eligible for re-election. The members so retiring shall be the longest in office and in the case of equal seniority, the order of retirement shall in default of agreement be determined by lot. As such, directors Mr Carl Dilena and Ms Julie Laycock must retire at the 2014 Annual General Meeting. Each of Mr Carl Dilena and Ms Julie Laycock, being eligible, have offered themselves for re-election as Directors.
In accordance with Rule 10.1(c)(i) of the Club Constitution, nominations were sought for the two (2) Director positions which will become vacant on the day of the 2014 Annual General Meeting. The request for nominations was published in the Herald Sun newspaper on 20 January 2015 and via the website of the Club at www.nmfc.com.au.
In response, complying nominations were received in respect of current Board members Mr Carl Dilena and Ms Julie Laycock.
Pursuant to Rule 10.1(d)(ii) of the Club Constitution, if the number of candidates does not exceed the number of vacancies on the Board to be filled at the relevant election, then those candidates shall be deemed to have been duly elected and will be declared duly elected without the need for an election to occur. Accordingly, each of Mr Carl Dilena and Ms Julie Laycock are duly re-elected to the Board of the Club and no director elections will occur as part of the 2014 Annual General Meeting.
2. Presentation of 2014 Directors’ Report, Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report
There are no Items of Business to vote on this year, however if you wish to appoint someone to attend the Meeting on your behalf or in the case of a procedural motion you can complete a Proxy Form.
All current Voting Members are entitled to attend and vote in person or by proxy or attorney, except in respect of Director elections. All other categories of Club Members are entitled to attend but not vote. A proxy must be appointed in writing on the form designated for that purpose, a copy which can be downloaded from the Club’s website www.nmfc.com.au or obtained from the Returning Officer, Mr Andrew Harris C/- Computershare by telephone 1300 526 427 or by email to voting.services@computershare.com.au.
Proxy forms must be completed and returned to the Returning Officer, Mr Andrew Harris, C/- Computershare by post at PO Box 2062, Melbourne, Victoria 8060 or by email to voting.services@computershare.com.au, no later than 48 hours prior to the holding of the 2014 Annual General Meeting.
Any person who intends to exercise the rights of a Member under power of attorney will be required to produce evidence of their appointment by the relevant Member prior to the 2014 Annual General Meeting.
All capitalised terms in this Notice of Meeting have the meaning given to those terms in the Constitution of Club.
By order of the Board.
Chris Simmonds
Secretary
20 February 2015
