TfL Pension Fund Extraordinary Meeting

Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting

An Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the Members of the Fund will be held at 14:00 on Friday 25 April 2014. This is called under the provisions of Rule 52(2) of the Fund Trust Deed and Rules which provides that an EGM will be held if more than 200 Members of the Fund sign a requisition to that effect.
The following two requisitions were signed by the required number of Members.

Requisition 1
“We the undersigned TfL Pension Fund members believe that all employees employed by TfL and throughout London Underground should be allowed to join the TfL Pension Fund.

In line with the above the undersigned believe that the trustees should insist that the rules of the fund are honoured and that all employees who meet the membership criteria of the fund are allowed to join the TfL Pension Fund. In particular this would include those previously employed by Tube Lines and Metronet.
In accordance with Rule 52 (2) of the TfL Pension Fund, Trust Deed and Rules, we demand that an Extraordinary General Meeting is called to discuss the above demands.”

Requisition 2
“We the undersigned TfL Pension Fund members believe that those scheme member’s with deferred pension benefits from other sources are being disadvantaged by the trustee’s decision to suspend transfers in for a further three years.

It is the belief of the undersigned that the trustee’s decision to suspend transfers in for a further three years makes any such decision more permanent than temporary. It is also believed that the trustees have failed to acknowledge the improvement in the funding level of the TfL Pension Fund following the 2012 Triennial Actuarial Valuation at the expense of those members who would like to have the opportunity to transfer in funds from former employers or personal pension benefits into the TfL Pension Fund.

In accordance with Rule 52 (2) of the TfL Pension Fund, Trust Deed and Rules, we the undersigned demand that an Extraordinary General Meeting is called to discuss the Trustee Boards decision to further suspend transfers in to the TfL Pension Fund.”

The business of the EGM will be
1. to discuss the demands set out in Requisition 1; and
2. to discuss the Trustee Board’s decision to further suspend transfers into the Fund.

No other business will be transacted at this meeting as required under Rule 53(3) of the Fund Trust Deed and Rules.

TfL Pension Fund - Notice of EGM - March 2014