UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) - February 21, 2013
MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY LLC
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
DELAWARE |
001-32384 |
43-2052503 |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
125 West 55th Street, New York, New York |
10019 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
(Zip Code) |
(212) 231-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area
code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
(d) Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC (the “Company”) announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) elected Ouma Sananikone to serve as a director of the Company effective February 21, 2013 until the next annual meeting of shareholders. The Board also voted to increase the size of the Board to six directors. Ms. Sananikone’s committee assignments have not yet been determined. | |
Ms. Sananikone currently serves as a non-executive director of the Caisse de Depot et Placement de Quebec in Canada as well as Icon Parking and Air-Serv Holdings in the USA. She was previously Chairman of Smarte Carte and of EvolutionMedia and served as a non-executive director of Moto Hospitality, State Super Corporation of NSW and Babcock and Brown Direct Investment Fund. She also acted as Australian Financial Services Fellow for the USA on behalf of Invest Australia. | |
Ms. Sananikone will receive compensation in accordance with the Company’s standard compensation arrangements for independent directors, which are described in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2012. Pursuant to these arrangements, Ms. Sananikone will receive a prorated annual cash retainer of approximately $14,000 and a prorated grant of approximately $46,000 in restricted stock units under the Company’s Independent Directors Equity Plan, in each case for the remainder of 2012-2013 term. | |
A copy of the press release issued by the Company with respect to the election of Ms. Sananikone is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. |
Item 9.01. |
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
99.1 Press Release of Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC dated February 21, 2013. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY LLC |
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Date: | February 27, 2013 | By: |
/s/ James Hooke |
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Name: |
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James Hooke |
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Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
99.1 Press Release of Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC dated February 21, 2013.
Exhibit 99.1
Ouma Sananikone Appointed Director of Macquarie Infrastructure Company
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 21, 2013--Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC (NYSE: MIC) announced that Ms. Ouma Sananikone has been appointed to its board of directors effective February 21, 2013.
Sananikone becomes the sixth director on the MIC board. She joins Norman Brown, George Carmany, Jack Lentz and William Webb, as non-affiliated members of the board and John Roberts, Executive Chairman of Macquarie Funds Group and a Macquarie appointee, who is Chairman of the MIC board.
“Ouma brings an exceptional level of relevant experience to the MIC board,” said James Hooke, Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Infrastructure Company. “Her prior experience with substantial investors in infrastructure and as a member of the boards of several businesses ensures that she will be a great contributor in guiding the continued growth of MIC.”
Prior to joining the MIC board of directors, Sananikone served as director of State Super Corporation of NSW (Australia) and as a director of Babcock and Brown Direct Investment Fund (Australia). In addition, she was previously a Managing Director with responsibility for Corporate Strategy and Development at BT Financial Group, part of Westpac Banking Group, and the Chief Executive Officer of Aberdeen Asset Management (Australia) Ltd, a division of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC.
“I look forward to working with the other members of the MIC board and the management team in their effort to drive growth in shareholder value,” said Sananikone. “The MIC story is a remarkable one and I am pleased to be a part of it.”
About Macquarie Infrastructure Company
Macquarie Infrastructure Company owns, operates and invests in a diversified group of infrastructure businesses providing basic services to customers in the United States. Its businesses consist of a gas processing and distribution business, Hawaii Gas, a controlling interest in a District Energy business in Chicago, and a 50% interest in a bulk liquid storage terminal business, International-Matex Tank Terminals. MIC also owns and operates an airport services business, Atlantic Aviation and two solar power generation facilities, collectively MIC Solar. The Company is managed by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Macquarie Group. For additional information, please visit the Macquarie Infrastructure Company website at www.macquarie.com/mic. MIC-G
MIC is not an authorized deposit-taking institution for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 (Commonwealth of Australia). The obligations of MIC do not represent deposits or other liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 (MBL). MBL does not guarantee or otherwise provide assurance in respect of the obligations of MIC.
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