Bahamas - FirstCaribbean International Bank
Bahamas - FirstCaribbean International Bank
Bahamas - FirstCaribbean International Bank
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Notice of Meeting<br />
Annual Meeting<br />
Notice is hereby given that the Thirteenth Annual General Meeting of<br />
<strong>FirstCaribbean</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> (<strong>Bahamas</strong>) Limited will be held at 6:00<br />
p.m. on Friday June 27, 2008 at the Sheraton Cable Beach Resort, Salon C,<br />
Cable Beach, Nassau, The <strong>Bahamas</strong> for the following purposes:<br />
1. To receive and consider the minutes of the last Annual General<br />
Meeting held on February 27, 2007.<br />
2. To receive and consider the Chairman’s report.<br />
3. To receive accounts for the year ended October 31, 2007<br />
and the report of the Directors and Auditors thereon.<br />
4. To elect the following Directors:<br />
i. Sharon Brown<br />
ii. Jan-Arne Farstad<br />
iii. Terence R. Hilts<br />
iv. Joseph W. P. Krukowski<br />
v. Michael Mansoor<br />
vi. Willie Moss<br />
vii. G. Diane Stewart<br />
5. To appoint Auditors of the Company and authorise the Directors to fix<br />
their remuneration.<br />
6. Ratification of dividends for fiscal 2007.<br />
7. To discuss any other business which may properly come before the<br />
Annual General Meeting.<br />
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
Teresa S. Williams<br />
Corporate Secretary<br />
<strong>FirstCaribbean</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> (<strong>Bahamas</strong>) Limited<br />
June 4, 2008<br />
Record Date<br />
Holders of <strong>FirstCaribbean</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> (<strong>Bahamas</strong>) Limited ordinary<br />
shares of record at the close of business on June 4, 2008 are entitled to vote<br />
at the meeting.<br />
Financial Statements<br />
The Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended October 31,<br />
2007 are included in the Company’s 2007 annual report, which is enclosed<br />
as a part of the proxy soliciting material.<br />
Proxies<br />
Shareholders of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting<br />
are entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and, in a poll, vote<br />
instead of them. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. Any<br />
instrument appointing a proxy must be received at the offices of CIBC Trust<br />
(<strong>Bahamas</strong>) Limited, Registrar and Transfer Agents, Goodman’s Bay Corporate<br />
Centre, West Bay Street, Nassau, The <strong>Bahamas</strong> not less than 48 hours before<br />
the Meeting. Shareholders who return completed proxy forms are not<br />
precluded, if subsequently they so wish, from attending the Meeting instead<br />
of their proxies and voting in person. In the event of a poll, their proxy votes<br />
lodged with the Registrar and Transfer Agent will be excluded.<br />
Dividend<br />
An interim dividend of twenty-two cents ($0.22) per common share was paid<br />
on July 6, 2007. A final dividend of twenty-five cents ($0.25) per common<br />
share for the fiscal year 2007 was approved by the Directors on December<br />
17, 2007 and paid to shareholders on January 7, 2008. Total dividends paid<br />
for fiscal 2007 were forty-seven cents ($0.47).<br />
REGISTERED OFFICE: <strong>FirstCaribbean</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> (<strong>Bahamas</strong>)<br />
Limited, <strong>FirstCaribbean</strong> <strong>International</strong> Financial Centre, 2nd Floor, Shirley<br />
Street, Nassau, The <strong>Bahamas</strong>.<br />
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