The new company, MFS, is expected to have a market capitalisation of around $50 million and to debut on the stock exchange's main board on Monday.
MFS New Zealand chief executive Jason Maywald says the meeting "marks another step in (MFS's) objective to create a significant New Zealand financial services provider with businesses operating in the funds management, financial advisory, investment banking and property structured finance sectors."
The finance company, MFS Pacific is the company's main asset at the moment with a lending book of around $330 million.
He told shareholders that MFS has a number of objectives including:
MFS has made plenty of headlines recently with acquisitions such as Northplan, and other financial planning businesses. These are currently owned by Australia company MFS, and tne newly listed New Zealand company has an option to buy them.
MFS in Australia will have a 40% stake in the New Zealand company and the other major shareholder is Babcock and Brown with a 19% stake.
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