KEY POINTS:
Macquarie Bank shareholders will meet in October to vote on plans to create a non-operating holding company structure.
The bank has obtained a term bank facility for A$8 billion ($9.2 billion) from a syndicate of major banks that will be used for acquisitions by the holding company, to be called Macquarie Group.
The funds will be used to buy investment banking businesses and some other non-banking activities from Macquarie Bank.
