American Capital Encourages Stockholders to Submit Voting Instructions for Its Annual Meeting
07 6월 2005 - 8:08AM
PR Newswire (US)
American Capital Encourages Stockholders to Submit Voting
Instructions for Its Annual Meeting Bethesda, Md., June 6
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Capital Strategies Ltd.
(NASDAQ:ACAS) announced today that it is encouraging all
stockholders to submit promptly their voting instructions for the
annual meeting of stockholders to be held on June 20, 2005.
Stockholders who have not yet voted may still vote in advance of
the meeting, either by telephone or Internet, as described below.
Even if stockholders have returned their voting instruction forms
through the mail, they may use the telephone or Internet to ensure
that their vote is counted. One of the matters under consideration
at the meeting, approval of an amendment to American Capital's
Fundamental Policies, requires an affirmative vote of a majority of
all of the Company's outstanding voting securities, regardless of
whether the holders of such shares are represented in person or by
proxy at the annual meeting. To date, a total of 35 million shares
have been voted in favor of this proposal and 2 million shares
against. The affirmative votes of 46 million shares are necessary
for the matter to pass. Stockholders should review the Company's
proxy statement for further information on this matter and the
other matters to be considered at the meeting. Unlike certain other
matters to be considered at the meeting, brokers will not vote
shares on the Fundamental Policies without specific stockholder
instructions. Failure to receive sufficient votes on the matter
could require American Capital to incur additional proxy
solicitation costs. American Capital has engaged Georgeson
Shareholder Communications Inc., a proxy solicitation firm, to
contact stockholders by telephone to encourage voting. Many
stockholders have received these calls over the past few days.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTING BY PHONE Using a touch-tone telephone, call
the toll-free number which appears on your Voting Instruction Form
and follow these four steps: 1. Read the American Capital
Strategies Ltd. Proxy Statement and enclosed Voting Instruction
Form. 2. Call the toll-free number located on your Voting
Instruction Form. 3. Enter your 12-digit Control Number located on
your Voting Instruction Form. 4. Follow the recorded instructions.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTING ONLINE 1. Read the American Capital
Strategies Ltd. Proxy Statement and enclosed Voting Instruction
Form. 2. Go to the website http://www.proxyvote.com/. 3. Enter your
12-digit Control Number located on your Voting Instruction Form. 4.
Follow the instructions. INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTING IF YOU HAVE MAILED
YOUR VOTE OR DO NOT HAVE YOUR BALLOT 1. Contact Georgeson
Shareholder Communications Inc. at 800-790-6795 in order to vote
your proxy. ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL American Capital is a publicly
traded buyout and mezzanine fund with capital resources of
approximately $5.2 billion. American Capital is an investor in and
sponsor of management and employee buyouts, invests in private
equity buyouts, and provides capital directly to private and small
public companies. American Capital provides senior debt, mezzanine
debt and equity to fund growth, acquisitions and recapitalizations.
As of May 31, 2005, American Capital shareholders have enjoyed a
total return of 364% since the Company's IPO -- an annualized
return of 22%, assuming reinvestment of dividends. American Capital
outperformed 86%, 78%, 93% and 98% of all public companies in the
1-year, 3-years, 5-years and the approximately 7-1/2 years since
our IPO, in each case ending May 31, 2005. American Capital has
paid a total of $717 million in dividends and paid or declared
$17.51 dividends per share since its August 1997 IPO at $15 per
share. Companies interested in learning more about American
Capital's flexible financing should contact Mark Opel, Senior Vice
President, Business Development, at (800) 248-9340, or visit our
website at http://www.americancapital.com/. Performance data quoted
above represents past performance of American Capital. Past
performance does not guarantee future results and the investment
return and principal value of an investment in American Capital
will likely fluctuate. Consequently, an investor's shares, when
sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
Additionally, American Capital's current performance may be lower
or higher than the performance data quoted above. This press
release contains forward-looking statements. The statements
regarding expected results of American Capital Strategies are
subject to various factors and uncertainties, including the
uncertainties associated with the timing of transaction closings,
changes in interest rates, availability of transactions, changes in
regional, national or international economic conditions, or changes
in the conditions of the industries in which American Capital has
made investments. DATASOURCE: American Capital Strategies Ltd.
CONTACT: John Erickson, CFO, +1-301-951-6122, or Tom McHale, Vice
President, Finance and Investor Relations, +1-301-951-6122, both of
American Capital Strategies Ltd. Web site:
http://www.americancapital.com/
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