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Mr. Smerdon has extensive asset management and investment experience in the North American infrastructure sector, including roads, transportation, electric utilities, ports and social infrastructure. Mr. Smerdon has been integral to the sourcing of new investment opportunities and capital for Macquarie’s private infrastructure investment funds in North America.

“Michael brings a wealth of management, investment and capital markets expertise to the Fund as well as strong relationships with leading institutional investors in North America. We look forward to Michael’s leadership as we continue to seek new opportunities to build value for MPT’s unitholders,” said Michael Bernstein, the Fund’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

Derek Brown, Chairman of the Fund’s Board of Trustees said, “Harry has made a solid contribution to the Fund’s success since 2005. We thank him for his commitment to the Fund and wish him the very best in the next phase of his career.”

Biographical Details for Michael Smerdon
Since joining the Macquarie group in 1998, Michael has managed and overseen the acquisition and operation of diverse infrastructure assets in Canada and the United States.

From 1998 to 2002, Michael served with Macquarie’s infrastructure advisory group where he advised governments and the private sector on a number of transportation and electricity projects including toll roads, electricity distribution, aviation services, parking facilities and rail infrastructure.

Most recently, Michael served as a key member of the senior management team of New Yorkbased Macquarie Infrastructure Partners Inc. (“MIP”), which manages two infrastructure funds totalling US$5.5 billion of investor capital. His responsibilities included managing Macquarie’s North American port investments as well as capital raisings for Macquarie Infrastructure Partners II.

Prior to his role with MIP, Michael was responsible for managing a number of Macquarie’s infrastructure businesses, including the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, Atlantic Aviation, Leisureworld and Parking Company of America Airports, among others, where he directed business planning, financial and operational reporting, capital structure management, and risk management and governance, including serving on each business’ board of directors.

Michael has likewise played a vital role in the growth of Macquarie’s infrastructure platform in North America, including:

• Macquarie Infrastructure Group’s $1.2 billion acquisition of 40% of Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, S.A., the largest shareholder of 407 International Inc., in 2001;
• Macquarie Infrastructure Company’s initial public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange in 2004;
• Macquarie Essential Assets Partnership’s investment in the Sea to Sky Highway Improvement Project, a flagship $600 million public-private partnership (P3) project in British Columbia, in 2005;
• MPT’s acquisition of a 45% interest in Leisureworld Senior Care LP in 2005 and related financing; and
• Macquarie Infrastructure Partners’ acquisition of Fraser Surrey Docks, the Vancouverbased container and breakbulk terminal operator, in 2007.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

About the Fund
Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund invests in essential infrastructure assets in North America with an emphasis on power infrastructure. MPT’s strategy is to acquire and actively manage a diverse, high quality portfolio of infrastructure assets to improve their financial performance and provide growing and sustainable distributions to unitholders. MPT’s portfolio includes investments in gas cogeneration, wind, hydro and biomass power generating facilities, representing approximately 350 MW of installed capacity, and a 45% interest in Leisureworld Senior Care LP, a leading provider of long-term care, or social infrastructure, in Ontario. MPT is managed by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Macquarie Group Limited. Please www.macquarie.com/mpt for additional information.

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