The Middlesex Law Association 80 DUNDAS STREET WEST LONDON, ON N6A 6A1 FAX: (519) 672-5917 NOTICE OF THE 2015 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE MIDDLESEX LAW ASSOCIATION The MLA is pleased to announce that Kathy Burns and Paula Puddy of Client Intel will be our guest speakers this year. They will report on the results of this region’s 2015 Practice Management survey conducted earlier this year including recommendations arising from the survey. Attendees will earn CPD credits for attending the presentation. This program contains .75 Professionalism Hour(s). This organization has been approved as an Accredited Provider of Professionalism Content by The Law Society of Upper Canada. Take notice that the annual meeting of the Members of the Middlesex Law Association (the “MLA”) will be held on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. at the Courthouse, 80 Dundas Street, London for the following purposes: (i) Approval of the Minutes of the 2014 Annual General Meeting held on February 27, 2014, (ii) confirming the appointment of six (6) members to the Board of Trustees of the MLA for a two year term by election. Please see accompanying proxy for the nominees; (iii) receiving the audited financial statements of the MLA for the period ended December 31, 2014; (iv) appointing the auditor of the MLA for the 2015 fiscal year; (v) authorizing the Board of Trustees to fix the auditor’s remuneration; (vi) transacting such further or other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Dated at London, Ontario, this 4th day of February, 2015. By Order of the Board of Trustees Lianne Armstrong, President Notes 1. Voting for the 2015/2016 MLA Board of Trustees will take place in the library from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. before the Annual General Meeting. Members may vote in person, or any person may act as proxy by being duly authorized to do so in writing which authorization must be filed at the Library by faxing, mailing or hand-delivering the proxy form to be received no later than 2:00 p.m. on February 26, 2015. MIDDLESEX LAW ASSOCIATION FORM OF PROXY - APPOINTMENT OF THE AUDITOR AND REMUNERATION OF THE AUDITOR The undersigned member of the Middlesex Law Association (the “MLA”) hereby appoints Lianne Armstrong, President of the MLA, or in her absence, Lindsay Kirk, Vice-President of the MLA, or instead of them or any of them, as the proxy nominee of the undersigned to attend, vote and act for and on behalf of the undersigned at the annual meeting of the Members of the MLA to be held on Thursday, February 26, 2015, and any adjournment or adjournments thereof, to the same extent and with the same power as if the undersigned were present at the said meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof, and without limiting the generality of the authorization and power given hereby, the said nominee is specifically directed to vote as follows in the name of the undersigned: (a) (b) ( ) FOR or ( ) AGAINST or ( ) WITHHOLD FROM VOTING ON the appointment of NPT LLP as auditor for the 2015 fiscal year; ( ) FOR or ( ) AGAINST or ( ) WITHHOLD FROM VOTING ON the authorization of the Board of Trustees to fix the remuneration for the auditor. If no choice is specified, the proxy holder shall vote in his or her discretion. This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the MLA. This proxy, when properly executed, confers discretionary authority with respect to amendments or variations to matters identified in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Members, as well as to the other matters that may properly come before the Annual Meeting. The Trustees know of no such matters. DATED this ______ day of February, 2015. Signature of Member Name of Member (please print) NOTE: To be valid, all proxies must be delivered by fax, mail or hand delivery and received by the MLA Library no later than 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 26, 2015. MIDDLESEX LAW ASSOCIATION FORM OF PROXY RE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES The undersigned member of The Middlesex Law Association hereby appoints: a) ( ) Lianne Armstrong, President of the Middlesex Law Association, or her designate; OR b) ( ) _____________________________________________ (print or type name of proxy holder if this choice is made) as the nominee of the undersigned to attend and act for on behalf of the undersigned at the annual meeting of members of The Middlesex Law Association to be held on Thursday, February 26, 2015, to the same extent and with the same power as if the undersigned were present at the said meeting; provided, however, the proxy holder named above is specifically directed in respect of the election of Trustees to vote in the name of the undersigned as specified below. (You may vote for up to 6 people) Lakin Afolabi Lakin Afolabi Edward C. Corrigan Edward C. Corrigan Lindsay Kirk Harrison Pensa LLP Robert B. Ledgley Lerners LLP Daniel R. Mailer Cram & Associates Christina Martin Foster, Townsend, Graham & Associates LLP Erin Rankin Nash McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP Linda M. Smits McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP Joyce Thomas Lerners LLP Susan Toth Polishuk Camman & Steele Kenneth Vigeant Kenneth Vigeant Dated this _______ day of February, 2015. _____________________________ (signature of member) _____________________________ (name of member) Please Print
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