As an owner of in excess of 10% of the shares outstanding in Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (Asur), a Mexican airport operating company, on behalf of its clients, Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), the asset management division of Standard Life Aberdeen plc, is seeking to call an Extraordinary General Meeting which will include a vote that will propose a change in the Company’s shareholding structure and corporate governance.
Specifically, ASI is looking to cancel the Technical Assistance Fee that Asur pays to its controlling shareholder, and convert the controlling BB class of shares into a single class of B shares such that all shares will carry equal rights.
This change to structure is permitted and detailed in the company bylaws at certain anniversaries post the company’s original Initial Public Offering.
ASI believes this change to be a strong step forward in Asur’s company structure and governance.
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* as at 30 September 2017.
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