Aeroplan Income Fund Reveals New Name in Proxy Circular
MONTREAL, May 23 /CNW Telbec/ - Aeroplan Income Fund (the "Fund") today announced that it has mailed to its unitholders a management information circular relating to its proposed reorganization into a public corporation announced on May 9, 2008. The proposed conversion is subject to a number of conditions, including approval by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast by unitholders voting in person or by proxy at an annual and special meeting to be held on June 19, 2008. If approved, the Fund's income trust structure will be reorganized into a growth oriented, dividend paying, global loyalty management public corporation to be named "Groupe Aeroplan Inc.". Upon completion of the reorganization, the former unitholders will become Groupe Aeroplan shareholders. Groupe Aeroplan will have its own visual identity distinct from Aeroplan's and its other subsidiaries including Nectar, which will continue to represent the consumer facing loyalty programs in Canada and the United Kingdom. The management information circular and further information and materials are available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and Aeroplan's website (www.aeroplan.com). About Aeroplan Income Fund Aeroplan Income Fund is an unincorporated, open-ended trust established under the laws of the Province of Ontario. Aeroplan Income Fund is the owner of Aeroplan Limited Partnership, Canada's premier loyalty marketing company and operator of the Aeroplan loyalty program and Loyalty Management Group Limited, operator of Nectar, the United Kingdom's leading coalition loyalty program. For more information about Aeroplan, please visit www.aeroplan.com.
For further information: Please contact: Media:Michèle Meier, (514) 205-7028, michele.meier@aeroplan.com; JoAnne Hayes, (416) 352-3706, joanne.hayes@aeroplan.com; Analysts: Trish Moran, (416) 352-3728, trish.moran@aeroplan.com; Note to editors: Groupe Aeroplan logo available upon request